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Monday, November 21, 2005
	Broken glass by brian @ 12:10:03 - [perma-link] Not sure how this happened. I had these lights on while I was painting. Out of nowhere I heard the glass break. Must have been a temperature shock, since it was about 50 degrees out here.
Monday, November 14, 2005
movie (click to play)	The Molecule by brian @ 22:17:57 - [perma-link] I can't believe I didn't post this yet. This is from the end of the summer. I got this ridiculous towable "Molecule" to pull behind the boat. Then called up some friends and off we went! It was so much fun. The center part rides above the surface of the water, and you spend most of the time skimming on the "atoms" at the 3 corners. The riders don't get beat up like on an innertube, where every bump hits you somewhere uncomfortable, like in the back of a Volkswagon. All of the chop passes underneath, and the big waves get smoothed out over the 7-foot width. And it easily slides across the wake. So naturally we can pull it much, much faster. Check out the video.
Saturday, November 12, 2005
	Bert's new hangout by brian @ 23:00:09 - [perma-link] I've had this thing hanging in the basement, but this is the first time any of the cats has voluntarily occupied it. Bert (pronounced like "bear"...ironic...) Jumped up from the desk and was taking a nap until we disturbed him.
Friday, November 11, 2005
	Wonder what I did... by brian @ 15:45:20 - [perma-link] I've noticed this bruise growing over the last few days. I think it has peaked. No idea how I got it though.
	Too blurry... by brian @ 16:12:59 - [perma-link] ...but I barely have a wifi signal and I'm sitting right under one of the "wireless hotspot" signs.
	STILL waiting to board... by brian @ 16:45:38 - [perma-link] At least the plane is finally here
Thursday, November 10, 2005
	MTV by brian @ 13:37:38 - [perma-link] "You are all whores of corruption." Love it.
	Colbert's Charger by brian @ 18:31:13 - [perma-link] I saw this on the shelf during the show. Oh yeah... I'm in new york and got tickets to the Colbert Reprt.
Monday, November 7, 2005
	Racing at Another Scale by brian @ 01:02:26 - [perma-link] I couldn't wait until we finished the basement to get my slot cars going again. Instead of setting up the 1/32 track, I got this pretty rad AFX scale set, the "International Super Challenge" with 16 four-lane layouts modeled after tracks around the world. For comparison, I pulled out one of the 1/32 scale cars. HO cars are small. There isn't as much detail, and the crashes aren't quite as spectacular as with the big cars. But 4-lanes flat out rules. And some of these small cars are ridiculously fast. And even at HO scale, a Dodge Charger sliding its tail out around a long turn looks pretty cool.
Wednesday, November 2, 2005
	Where does this wire go? by brian @ 15:23:13 - [perma-link] There are 3 wires in this grey sheath. One for brake lights and 2 for the turn signals (I believe). It goes through the plug in the floor, and... And that's about it. Seems that my car has towed a trailer at some point. Whoever set it up (or perhaps removed the hitch) left a bare 4 prong connector with 3 switched 12V lines, just hanging out in a confined space surrounded by the body and bumper, which happen to be two really good grounds. I think I've finally found (and now removed) the intermittant which has been plaguing my electrical system for as long as I've had the car.
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