Ramblings and Junk

Big Foot Museum - Willow Creek, CA

Mon, 28 May 2012 14:38:41 -0700

Big Foot Museum - Willow Creek, CA

Kinetic World Championships - Eureka, CA - May 2012

Mon, 28 May 2012 14:36:23 -0700

Kinetic World Championships - Eureka, CA - May 2012

The How Weird Festival in San Francisco May 2012

Sun, 13 May 2012 14:41:39 -0700

The How Weird Festival in San Francisco May 2012

Wine tasting on a Wednesday.

Wed, 09 May 2012 15:39:08 -0700

Wine tasting on a Wednesday.

Flyers vs Devils Game 2

Tue, 01 May 2012 18:13:19 -0700

Flyers vs Devils Game 2

Tue, 01 May 2012 17:25:11 -0700

Flyers vs Devils Game 2

Nike+ Fuel Band - Shameless Product Endorsement

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 20:39:10 -0700

I love my Nike+ Fuel Band, and would even call it one of the best electronicals purchased by me in the last 10 years, and I have bought a lot of electronicals during that time.

It tracks your activity all day, and is an unobtrusive black rubber band, really only slightly bigger than the <insert cause here> rubber wrist bands everybody wears already. Oh, and if that isn’t enough, it is a watch too!

So what does it track for you, well it tracks steps, calories, NikeFuel, and the time. Steps, calories and time are all pretty easy concepts to grasp, so I won’t go into any more depth on them, but NikeFuel? What the hell is that? According to Nike, NikeFuel is, well, they don’t really say, except that is tracked the same way for everyone.

How does this piece of magic work? That is easy, it tracks your activity through a sport-tested accelerometer (a fun word to say and share with friends, mine are getting tired of hearing me say it though), it then translates every move into NikeFuel (but we still don’t know what that is).

If you are going to throw a new word around, you should know what it means, thus I shall supply the definition Wikipedia provides;

An accelerometer thus measures weight per unit of (test) mass, a quantity of with dimensions of acceleration that is sometimes known as specific force, or g-force (although it is not a force). Another way of stating this is that by measuring weight, an accelerometer measures the acceleration of the free-fall reference frame (inertial reference frame) relative to itself (the accelerometer). This measurable acceleration is not the ordinary acceleration of Newton (in three dimensions), but rather four-acceleration, which is acceleration away from a geodesic path in four-dimensional space-time.

HUH?

I still don’t understand what it is and I don’t quite understand how it works, all I know is I like saying “accelerometer”, Nike put one in a wrist band, it tracks my activity, and it lets me know when I am a slacker and miss my daily goal, or gives me a high-five when I exceed my daily goal. Really it just has some animated little character do a dance when you exceed your goal, high-five is not really included.

Folks, don’t just take my word for it, go, run to a internet connected device and check it out for yourself at the Nike store.

Things I see out of airplane windows.

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 03:35:44 -0700

Things I see out of airplane windows.

After 9 innings still my view.

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 21:12:24 -0700

After 9 innings still my view.

My view this evening, Lee vs Cain.

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 20:10:35 -0700

My view this evening, Lee vs Cain.

5 Things Electronical that are Within Reach

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 14:18:51 -0700

iPad
iPhone
Panasonic Lumix camera
Garmin Forerunner 310XT
Sharp COMPET VX-1138A calculator

My MacBook Air doesn’t count since I am using it to create this enthralling and exciting post. Next up 5 pictures of grass growing.

Phillies vs Giants with the Freak on the mound.

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 20:23:55 -0700

Phillies vs Giants with the Freak on the mound.

Phillies vs. Giants with Doc on the mound.

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 19:53:46 -0700

Phillies vs. Giants with Doc on the mound.

5 Things Electronical I Use Everyday

Sun, 15 Apr 2012 09:56:19 -0700

MacBook Air
iPad
iPod (yes, still have and use this)
iPod Nano
iPhone

I think this means I am no longer a PC and have officially switched over to the dark side.

Five Things I Liked About the Flyers v. Penguins Game 2

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 19:28:37 -0700

The Penguins only scored 5 goals.
#5 Braydon Coburn, who by keeping the puck in the zone gave Jagr the chance to score what was the game winning goal.
Claude GIroux! 6 points.
Rookies, they have stepped up their game with the veterans.
The Flyers scored 8 goals (see number 1 above).

The score does not do the game justice, close, tight, physical and gritty is how it was played, with comebacks and lead changers.

5 Things to Know About the Chork

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 14:08:11 -0700

It is a fork.
It is chopsticks for beginners.
It is chopsticks for those experienced with chopsticks.
It is only $5.99 for a 24 pack, or $3.99 for a 12 pack.
You can order it at www.thechork.com.

Folks, you really need to see this, it is a fork, chopsticks, and could probably be used as knitting needles.

5 Things I Liked About the Flyers vs. Penguins Game

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 19:44:42 -0700

Danny Briere’s goal.
Danny Briere’s second goal.
Brayden Schenn’s PP goal.
Jakub Voracek’s overtime goal.
The Flyers winning.

The 5 Things I had for Breakfast

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 08:47:59 -0700

strawberries
black berries
cereal (365’s Berry Flax, Protein & Fiber Crunch)
yogurt (Chobani Peach)
mango juice (Odwalla Mango Tango)

This is a big departure from just the ice cream I used to eat.

The 5 Things in my Pocket

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 16:18:34 -0700

money
chapstick
house keys
credit cards
iphone

This is just in case anyone out there was wondering.

Video

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 16:14:00 -0700

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