#MayTheFourthBeWithYou
It’s no secret that I’m a big fan of the Holy Quintuple. Yes, I said quintuple. That first episode should have been flushed down the toilet and eaten by the gigantic alligator living in the sewers of New York City. Which is why I observe today with the rest of the geekful as Star Wars [...]
Cool Time Lapse
This is a really cool time lapse of a child from birth to 12 years old in under 3 minutes: Lotte Time Lapse: Birth to 12 years in 2 min. 45. from Frans Hofmeester on Vimeo. I have to give the father a lot of credit. Time lapse video takes a lot of time and [...]
#NoVaCon2012
The #NoVaCon2012 (North Virginia Conference) main event dinner this year was held at Sakura Japanese Steak and Seafood House. The restaurant itself is very nice, well lit, and clean with the typical large hibachi style tables throughout the main dining area. The staff was prompt and helpful, even though we weren’t seated until 8:20pm for [...]
Enterprise
This past Friday New York City welcomed the Space Shuttle Enterprise. The Enterprise was being transported from the Smithsonian Institute Steven F. Udavar-Hazy Center in northern Virginia to the Intrepid Air & Space Museum. The Smithsonian recently received the Space Shuttle Discovery for their display. As part of the transport, the Enterprise was flown around [...]
#10MoreBasicThingsAboutMe
A Twitter meme going around was #10BasicThingsAboutMe. So, in typical topic jacking fashion, I took it off Twitter and put it into a blog post. So not being one to let a good meme die, here are 10 More Basic Things About Me (in no specific order): I’m a connoisseur of greasy spoon diner food [...]
CarneCon: The #NoVaCon2012 Pre-Event
The weekend before this past weekend, Poppy and I kissed the kitties goodbye and headed down south for the small intimate gathering known as #NoVaCon2012. On the way down we made a quick stop for a roast beef fix, and proceeded to the Westin Dulles unimpeded. Just as TequilaCon spawned the pre-event known as BeerHer, [...]
Long Live Roy Rogers Roast Beef
As a child, my mother would grab my chubby digits and taught me the “Little Piggy Poem”, with each finger represnting a different Piggy. The Little Piggy Poem This little piggy went to market, (thumb) This little piggy stayed home, (index finger) This little piggy had roast beef, (middle finger) This little piggy had none, [...]
May Your Favors Be Ever In Chocolate
Growing up as a Roman Catholic and spending 12 years working in a church provided me with a unique perspective on not just religion, but on those that practice it. One group were known as the CAPE Catholics. CAPE stood for Christmas Ashes Palms Easter. You would catch most of these “opportunistic believers” during Christmas, [...]
Angry Birds Promotes Space Exploration
I’m sure you’ve heard about the addictive Angry Birds game, right? I downloaded the newest version of the game called Angry Birds Space for iOS last night. It cost me a whopping $.99 in the iOS App Store. If I had to sum it up in one word: Addictive. The physics that made the original [...]
#10BasicThingsAboutMe
A Twitter meme going around is #10BasicThingsAboutMe. So, in typical topic jacking fashion, I’ve taken it off Twitter and put it into a blog post. So here are 10 Basic Things About Me (in no specific order): I drink Coca-Cola specifically I’m a wrestling fan I live on the 4th floor of a walk up [...]
The Hamilton Avenue Bridge
The bridge goes up… the bridge comes down. This is a photo of the Hamilton Avenue Bridge on its way down. The photo was taken with my new iPhone 4s with HDR engaged. It looked really good on the small screen… but on the big screen I’m less impressed.
Why I Deserted The Droid Army For The iCult
Last week my girlfriend, Stef (who I often refer to as Poppy), and I celebrated being together for 4 years. Besides congratulating her on a will of steel and a heart of gold, one of the things we decided during such occasions is to chose something we both want and then get it. Whether it [...]
The Oldest Professions Crashes Onto The Newest Social Scene For Only $5
It was really only a matter of time until prostitution came to Facebook, and it finally has for the low low price of only $5. The Washington Post has an article about how you can get a Facebook girlfriend for just $5. The article focuses on fiverr.com user Cathy01 who has offered up these services [...]
Two Words I Hate: Site Down
Last night, after wrapping up a long day at work, I was greeted by 4 e-mails that in some context included the two words I hate the most: Site Down The site they were referring to was the EMS Blogs network. Not to get into too many finite details, but one of the posts on [...]
What’s Old Is New Again
So, you may have noticed this site has a new look. You may also notice it has no content. The truth is that I was a bit lackadaisical in keep this site both updated with content AND with security updates. So I was hacked. Now this wasn’t just any sort of hack job where they [...]
Hello world!
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How Podcasting Differs From Blogging
I recently had the opportunity to be on a live recording of the EMS Garage at EMS Today 2010. It’s quite a different experience, both being on a podcast and being live on a podcast in front of an audience. There’s not necessarily a lot of time to formulate a response to the topic, the [...]
On HIPAA And Photography
Earlier this week I mentioned a video on STATter 911 that showed an EMT swipe a camera from a local activist in the name of the all powerful 1996 Health Insurance Portability and Acountability Act (HIPAA). Now I’ll be honest, while the video is slightly disturbing I can understand why it happened. The activist was [...]
On Blog Networks: Pros And Cons
Recently I’ve been involved in a few different discussions about Blog Networks, and both their benefits and the disadvantages. To be honest, I find it a little surprising that people are doing things now that are so… 2006… but whateva. In the interest of full disclosure I have been offered spots in quite a few [...]
