Archive for March, 2005

Tuesday night @ Friar Tux . . .

Wednesday, March 30th, 2005

George Portoulas, punk rock all-star
My buddy George never stopped playing his guitar after the band we were in fell apart and it shows. George is good. Went to see him play for the first time in forever. The band is called Substance A and they played a bunch of cool punk rock [...]

Steve, don’t eat it ! ! !

Wednesday, March 30th, 2005

This ones for Sang
http://www.thesneeze.com

Yosemite Decimal System . . .

Tuesday, March 29th, 2005

I always wondered how this worked
I have been interested in climbing for a long time, but have never really done. I might try a climbing gym soon. Anyways, I have seen plenty of magazines and they show the climbs with a number rating system. Turns out it is the YDS or Yosemite [...]

Playing Hooky for Vulgarthon 2005 . . .

Tuesday, March 29th, 2005

Loooooong, but fun day at the Cinerama Dome
Long story short, got there at about 8:15 AM to get in line, I’d guess I was about the 5 or 600th person in line. Left Cinerama Dome at about 1:30 AM. Jason Mewes (Jay) and Kevin Smith (Silent Bob) greeted EVERYONE at the door and [...]

Hiked the “Top Birding” hike from the L.A. Times today & weekend wrap-up . . .

Sunday, March 27th, 2005

Nice hike
I am actually looking forward to doing it again. Got to the trailhead with Serge and Zar at about 9:15 AM. They call it moderate but I’d call it mild. It starts right at the entrance to the JPL East parking lot which is familiar territory for me. I would [...]

Started marathon training . . .

Saturday, March 26th, 2005

So far, so good
This morning I dragged my ass outta bed to go meet up with the Pasadena Pacers. Serge even came along for this one. Today was super easy, run 1 minute, walk 5 for 30 minutes. I have to do that 2 times this week on my own, easy [...]

Might scratch my marathon itch . . .

Tuesday, March 22nd, 2005

Thinking about it again
I have wanted to try my hand at a marathon for a while now and even started training once. Did a couple a 5k runs and then just kinda eased out of it. Well, I think I’m gonna give it another go and shoot for LA 2006. I’m probably [...]

Back From the Dead . . .

Monday, March 21st, 2005

Well, Death Valley . . .
Spent the last weekend in Death Valley National Park. I had a great weekend with a great bunch of guys. We were there to celebrate the end of Bachelorhood for Geoff, as he will soon be married. We also seemed to luck out. This time of year, more specifically this [...]

SwissChamp XXLT . . .

Tuesday, March 15th, 2005

Ridiculous?
YES. Do I want one? YES. It’s insane and not practical at all, who in there right mind would even call that a pocket knife? Still, gotta love it.
SwissChamp XXLT

iPod your 1998 Honda Civic Part Two . . .

Tuesday, March 15th, 2005

Basic step-by-step
Here it is, what you have all been waiting for . . . okay, maybe not. I will try and add some pics later, but no promises. Parts:
1x Belkin Auto Kit for iPod w/Dock connector
1x Blitzsafe HON/AUX V.1
1x Radio Shack Lighter Socket Adapter
1x Radio Shack 3′ Gold Series Stereo Cable
2x Radio Shack [...]

flickr.com . . .

Monday, March 14th, 2005

Neato photo siteo
Jerri pointed out flickr.com to me the other day and I didn’t look too closely. Then Gizmodo had a post that listed tons of ‘what’s in your gadget bag’ pics from flickr. I thought that was pretty cool. Sooo today I created an account and played around with some of [...]

New Favorite Study Spot . . .

Sunday, March 13th, 2005

Higley’s Coffee House
I tend to get more done when I study away from home. Libraries and coffee shops seems to be where I end up on most occasions. Yesterday my friend Beth suggested studying at Higley’s Coffee House. I came back today with Bill and he also gave it a thumbs up [...]