Sunday evening, kattything and I drove down to Mojave,CA to witness the launch of the Scaled Composites Space Ship One, the world's first private space flight. Space Ship One is a rocket powered sub orbital spacecraft, that is launched at 46,000 feet from White Knight. SS1 then changes its wing configuration to slow descent (they call this feathering), and ( Read more... )

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So it would appear that after a work and school induced hiatus, the band (Blue Sky Theory) is getting things back together and gearing up for live performances. Friday I went to Alex's apartment and we worked on the keyboards for one of the songs. We got most of the parts worked out in one day, so thats (pretty much) one down and 3ish to go, in ( Read more... )

Happy "Fund a questionable Government" day. Yes, today I filed and paid my taxes. I now have approximately $150 to my name. When it comes to paying taxes, I don't mind all that much. Sure, I gripe a hell of a lot, but in reality I accept it as part of living in the US. If you think about it, taxes are quite similar to the "protection" money paid ( Read more... )

So, I finally got the last piece of my new computer! whoo! I've been building it for about 2 weeks now, and its finally complete (that is until I build some speakers that warrant a new sound card.) ( Read more... )

wh00! new piercing. I've been talking about getting another mod of some sort, so on saturday i finally got this (the 10 gauge lobe piercing). nothing major i know, but i've been meaning to get it done for some time now. i also got the other lobe streatched to 10 to match the new one. Unfortunately the piercer i usually go to, Mic at cold steel on ( Read more... )

Is it so damn hard for microsoft to shove the content of a textbox into a variable when the back button is pressed? Twice now within a week i have lost 500+ word entries to my journal and a forum due to the fact that some microsft programmers/product managers decided that people never spend more than a minute putting text into forms. Asshats ( Read more... )

Given the job description for my soon to be acquired new job, i though it would be best to sharpen my asp.net/c# skills. So, i finally broke down and started paying for the material that i've found so useful, and which i have to thank for helping me learn the skizzles that got me the job. That would be learnvisual.net. They've an assload of videos ( Read more... )

i'm nikked!

What has me been up to? lots. got a job, quit it, in the process of getting another one, Taking over the world(civ 3), getting into accident(s), fixing my motorcycle, getting ready for a drive out of town, doing chores, watching movies(yay for post-apoc zombie mayhem), messing with electronics, playing paintball, enjoying nummy barfoods, and ( Read more... )