A must see. Glad to see someone represeneting his hometown of Stockton in positive way.

http://www.bizofbaseball.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4466:as-pitcher-dallas-braden-to-be-featured-on-hbos-real-sports-with-bryant-gumbel&catid=57:television&Itemid=122

 

Youtube Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFSGjt1NsPs

 

Jon Steward is always is spot on

 

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Always an interesting read form a guy in the trenches.

http://www.theangrypharmacist.com/archives/2010/01/the-price-of-free.html

I know the article is old, but for those who need to knew.

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/social_graph_concepts_and_issues.php

 

 

 

How cool is that for a Google Doodle banner?

arrrrg!

I remember my special birthday with I got it ( my 29th  ;-) )

It was the first new game system since the Original NES.(I swore of video games for many years for an education instead). Still have it around and fire it up once in awhile. Even the MOD chip still work and use XBMC from time to time... 

Ah the XBOX will hold a special spot in my heart...

 

Today, The Original Xbox Live Dies

It's April 14. If you own an old Xbox and play online with it, or still play original Xbox games on Xbox Live via your 360, you should know this is the last day you'll ever be able to do so.

As Microsoft promised earlier in the year, at midnight tonight the plug will be pulled on the world's first truly successful online gaming service for consoles, which first set up shop on the original Xbox all the way back in 2002.

While Xbox Live itself will obviously live on for the Xbox 360, the games that got the service its start - those for the original Xbox - will tomorrow no longer be supported, nor will online play via the original Xbox console.

The move paves the way for a brighter future for the Xbox 360, one where friends lists aren't capped at 100 people, but the celebrations for the future will be marred by tears for the dearly departed, as today we bid farewell to clasic multiplayer titles like Battlefront 2, Crimson Skies and of course the original online juggernaut, Halo 2 (though with its singleplayer campaign it's at least still useful).

Will any of you be marking the occasion with one last game, for old time's sake? I might dust off Halo and Battlefront, send them off in style.

Sprint 4G Network in Stockton? Cool... No Really.. We've had wimax for some time so about time the integrated into the phone.

A road map for the first 4G phone,Sprint HTC EVO 4G now beginning.Sprint plans to roll out the 4G network to even more places.Sprint and their partnerships ; Comcast,Clearwire and Time Warner Cable will provide Sprint customers with access to 4G network and subscribers to the cable services will now be offered mobile internet in their service plans. Clearwire will deal exclusively in mobile internet services.Here is 18 cities where will get 4G in this summer :


Merced, CA
Modesto, CA
Stockton, CA
Visalia, CA
Rochester, NY
Syracuse, NY
Tampa, FL
Jacksonville, FL
Daytona, FL
Kansas City, KS
Nashville, TN
St. Louis, MO
Salt Lake City, UT
Wilmington, DE
Grand Rapis, MI
Eugene, OR
Yakima and Tri-Cities, WA

Posting from an iPad.. Well the dhtml editor I am using on my blog doesn't seem to work. At least I can post text.

Iran is one of the world's most earthquake-prone countries, but the explanation for the tremors by one cleric left a lot of people scratching their heads. Hojatoleslam Kazem Sedighi said: 'Many women who do not dress modestly... lead young men astray, corrupt their chastity and spread adultery in society, which (consequently) increases earthquakes.' In order to prove him wrong, over 30,000 women have signed up to a Facebook group called Boobquake. It was started by Jennifer McCreight, who wants to test the cleric's claim scientifically, by getting thousands of women to show off their cleavages to see if any tectonic movements follow. 'On Monday, April 26th, I will wear the most cleavage-showing shirt I own,' she says. 'Yes, the one usually reserved for a night on the town. 'I encourage other female skeptics to join me and embrace the supposed supernatural power of their breasts. Or short shorts, if that's your preferred form of immodestly. 'With the power of our scandalous bodies combined, we should surely produce an earthquake. If not, I'm sure Sedighi can come up with a rational explanation for why the ground didn't rumble…' Her plea has met with resounding success, with thousands eagerly promising to flaunt their wares. Group member Rebecca Hogan trumpeted: 'Hell yes. They will be out in force.' And Jenny Love remarked: 'My puppies will be delighted to be there.' We will do our best to keep you abreast of any further developments with the Boobquake group… http://www.facebook.com/pages/Boobquake/116310728391074?ref=search&sid=3406175.1307770904..1&v=wall

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Well new to me at least. I saw this article on digg about cars using the bumps and other movements on the road to charge itself. Nnaturally as a Mechanical Engineer I was like "what?" and followed the link.. Man that was the best thing to do all day as I found this interesting website of design and invention.

http://gajitz.com/

 

Lisa Etheridge became an interest sensation in a matter of minutes ViA Twitter and Twit.TV. Leo Laporte

http://twitter.com/LisaTickledPink 

 

 

About time my neighborhood moved into the 21st century...

At&T U-verse

FYI I was barely getting 2.0Mb/s DOWNLOD and .75Mb/s UPLOAD before the upgrade. Lets see how  it does in the rain as my old service pretty much died whenever it rained..

#2 as the most miserable city, but good to see that we are moving down that rank and at least mentions what Stockton is doing about it. Here's a pretty good video from Forbes about Stockton and what step Stocktonians are taking to improve the city. Everything from better marketing, promoting a diversified economic base and  advertising our economic enterprise zone, it sounds like people are truely looking into Stockton's future.

 

Hum.... the day I hated, loved and hated is coming this Sunday.

I wonder what will be in store for me this year. Looking back at 7 years of them, I wonder about the choices I made in life and how I got where I am today.... But as the day come closer and closer, I think about the times when it put a smile on my face... with the hopes of cookies, candy and jelly beans. It also reminds me of one year where I was scrambling around looking for the perfect gift while stuck at a conference and how I could call on my favorite place in the Lincoln center in a pinch..  (Which I learned will NOT be selling chocolate-cover strawberries this year :-(  )

Anyways,  its almost here,  Happy V-day.

Being a big GIS fan and such, a discussion about the boundary of Eastern US and western US as we defined here at work, I went looking around for a Zip code boundary utility and came across this site...

http://maps.huge.info/

I especially found their  google Map layout utility pretty  cool http://maps.huge.info/zip.htm

and something I can use for next year when figuring out what city a county is in http://maps.huge.info/county.htm

Also be sure to check out his blog.. I never they still issue new ZIP codes http://maps.huge.info/blog/

 One other random site I ran across is http://www.city-data.com/

I was curious what the google real-time blog search thing found and was happy  to see that google found me in 8 minutes ;-)

Is that their or there:-)

Reminds me of how I got a call yelling at me for updating the homepage without "notice" but no one noticed the 50 other times I updated the homepage without notice.. Spell something wrong and everyone notices :-D