It’s almost like I’m back in Finance or Economics class again. 
Slap the Nerd - slap ugly nerds before they open their mouth
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Syndication
Posted October 30th, 2007 by almartine
Posted October 28th, 2007 by almartine
This morning’s newspaper and croissant run was done in a …
3.5 Liter
6 cylinder
287 Horsepower
Burgundy
Opportunity to lose my licence in Texas … 350Z
Posted October 24th, 2007 by almartine
Blog title was automatically generated by the ‘Blog This’ plug-in for Live Writer but what a great line. New toilets in cars - yahhhooooooo!
A few takes on this article. First, it will hopefully lead to different technologies for different areas of our lives such as sleeping. I’ve always wanted to have a little door around mid-level in the bed so I didn’t need to get up in the middle of the night. Other options include in the living room for the big game, at your desk, those three hour lectures at school, or on a first date (no one likes to go on the first date).
Second, and this is the really exciting part, large wide-scale adoption of the auto-loo (my name by the way) would the the way road rage would evolve. Someone cuts you off in traffic? Screw flipping them off - bombs away!!! Not just for road rage, general boredom would work too, like the daily commute home. Stop and go (huh, huh) driving would never be the same. Each traffic light would look like a giant brown food fight, which technically I think it still would be food.
And, long road trip practical jokes could achieve an entirely new level. The scene: the family has just stopped for a quick stretch of the legs at a rest stop. Hey sis, what ya eating? A: some of this chocolate pudding I found in the back seat…
Wonder if they’ll sell an optional sling shot with them?
Back-seat toilet to end mishaps in traffic jams - Yahoo! News
Posted October 24th, 2007 by almartine
Two is definitely better than one - two bottles of Guinness, two large cheese steak hoagies, or two chances for a million dollars. Hell, even on people the things that come in twos are normally more appealing (to look at) than the things that come in ones: eyes vs nose, legs vs uh, oh this could spiral out of control … have thought about objections to my last example … must move writing along … growing weary …
hmm, where were we? Two better than one.
For instance, over the last couple days I’ve started keeping both my personal laptop and work laptop on at the same time. This allows me to keep up with my work emails, while happily surfing along and checking personal emails. I’m still on the bench for work (that’s consulting speak for no current project) so my current setup will be fine.
The other area of my life that 2 is better than 1 is in the automotive department. Currently, Mrs M and I are sharing our new-to-us Honda Accord and thanks to us still being new to the city things are going okay. But, soon we will be a two car family. And, if everything works out what a car.
I’m not overly superstitious, but until the final check is conducted later today and the paperwork is handed over there’s no need to go into details. But, oh baby I have no chance of keeping my license without points.
