tonight i got a call to go out with some guys. there were 4 regular rex’s and one sti. we went out and went from one place to another, but did get some shots of the cars.

the canon elph did an ok job in the dark, but please forgive the graininess of the images. some are blurry and others are decent, but since i had to take the pictures with the flash off in order to actually get decent photos, they are not perfect. i have included in the gallery 2 shots of each photo, the original and a somewhat “enhanced” shot of the same picture. click on the thumbnails to enlarge them.

click on the image to the side to go to the gallery or click here.

smashsworld - I’m on Google Talk right now.

it looks like google will be announcing its new google talk client tomorrow, but as can be seen on the web, people are already using the service. my brother, andrew, and i have already given it a shot. looking at the above article, you will see that you can connect to the google talk service simply with a jabber client and your gmail account. applications like trillian, adium, gaim, and ichat have this pretty much built it, so it is a breeze to use. simply use the following within your particular client’s settings:

Server: talk.google.com Username: yourgmailid@gmail.com Password: yourgmailpassword

make sure you use the “@gmail.com” or it will not work. my brother and i have tried the audio and video over it with ichat and it works just fine as it does over aim. the actual google talk client will most likely be pc only, but since mac and linux users (not wanting to use wine linux users) can connect, all is happy and well in the world.

below are some other locations related to this topic.

TUAW eWeek downloadsquad

digg 1 digg 2 digg 3

Apple iPod Shuffle (4 GB) 4.1 GB MP3 Player - Find, Compare, and Buy Apple iPod Shuffle (4 GB) 4.1 GB MP3 Player at Shopping.com

i heard this on a podcast earlier today and decided to check it out. sure enough shopping.com has it listed as a product that is not yet available. this is one of the items that is rumored to be an announcement in the next couple of weeks at a france conference. the following places also have information on the 4gb ipod shuffle, but i first looked at shopping.com per the podcast.

engadget 1 engadget 2

macrumors

t3

this will be very nice if they can keep the price points the same. who wouldn’t want a 4gb usb key for $129? oh, and it plays music too!

“feel good inc.”

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

Feel good, sh-shake it, shake it. (8x)

City’s breaking down on a camels back. They just have to go ‘cos they don’t know wack. So all you fill the streets, it’s appealing to see. You wont get out the county, ‘cos you’re bad and free. You’ve got a new horizon, it’s ephemeral style, In a melancholy town where we never smile. And all I wanna hear is the message beep. My dreams, they’ve got to kiss me cos I don’t get sleep, no…

Windmill, windmill for the land Learn forever hand in hand Take it all in on your stride It is sticking falling down Love forever Love is free Lets turn forever you and me Windmill, windmill for the land Is everybody in?

Laughing gas these hazmats, fast cats, Lining them up like ass cracks, Ladies homies at the track It’s my chocolate attack. Shit, I’m stepping in the heart of this here. Care bear bumping in the heart of this here. Watch me as I gravitate hahahahahaa. Yo, we gonna go ghost town, this Motown, with yo sound you in the blink you gonna bite the dust Cant fight with us with yo sound you kill the INC. so don’t stop, get it, get it until you cheddar header. Yo, watch the way I navigate hahahahahahaa.

Windmill, windmill for the land Learn forever hand in hand Take it all in on your stride It is sticking falling down Love forever Love is free Lets turn forever you and me Windmill, windmill for the land Is everybody in?

Dont stop, get it, get it, We are your captains in it (feel good), Steady, Watch me navigate, Ahahahahahhaa (feel good). (2x)

Sh-shake it, shake it, Feel good. (4x)

Ahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

-gorillaz-

While rummaging through digg.com earlier today i ran across this post about six degrees of kevin bacon. although it is a game that most people know, it was awesome to see that someone actually took it upon themselves to build a website that made the connections for you. The digg post can be found here, and the page is found below:

UVA Computer Science: The Oracle of Bacon at Virginia

For those that do not know what this game is, where have you been living for the past decade and a half? the object is simple, connect any actor or actress back to kevin bacon in less than 6 connections. for example, lets say i want to connect nicolas cage to kevin bacon, it would go something like this:

nicolas cage -> Penelope cruz (Captain Corelli’s Mandolin) -> tom cruise (vanilla sky) -> kevin bacon (a few good men)

now, having checked that against the site, they were able to make the connection in only 2 whereas mine took 4. pointless? yes. but it will drive you insane when you can’t connect that one person to him that you know if you could think a little harder you could get it.

DrunkenBlog: The most amusing exchanges

The following quote is from drunkenblog and had me rolling. This is typical db stuff, but i had to post it just to bring forth the joys of my day. i’m probably the only one, but hey, what is life without some laughable perks that only you get. Being a friend of DrunkenBlog must be really hard sometimes.

It isn’t like there are a whole lot of other Bible salesmen who happen to use the Mac and who happen to be geeky to compare myself to. This could possibly improve soon, as there is now a surprising amount of applications for the Mac that revolve around the Bible. I’m particularly impressed by whomever came up with the names ‘iBible’, ‘Hangman Bible’, ‘MacSword’, ‘BiblePod’ and ‘Got Word?’.

We complain about the lack of vertical apps on the Mac sometimes, but Linux has it much worse, aside from games. Besides lacking Photoshop and iTunes, the state of Bible software on Linux is downright deplorable — let alone Bible software with such marketable names. It doesn’t necessarily mean they’re all heathens, but one could make the argument it’s implied the platform tends towards the atheist and agnostic.

“Hurt”

I hurt myself today To see if I still feel I focus on the pain The only thing that’s real The needle tears a hole The old familiar sting Try to kill it all away But I remember everything

[Chorus:] What have I become My sweetest friend Everyone I know goes away In the end And you could have it all My empire of dirt I will let you down I will make you hurt

I wear this crown of thorns Upon my liar’s chair Full of broken thoughts I cannot repair Beneath the stains of time The feelings disappear You are someone else I am still right here

[Chorus:] What have I become My sweetest friend Everyone I know goes away In the end And you could have it all My empire of dirt I will let you down I will make you hurt

If I could start again A million miles away I would keep myself I would find a way

-johnny cash