Archive for the 'technology' Category

Is the Large Hadron Collider a Worthwile Project?

There seems to be a lot of talk in the air lately about how much money someone should be allowed to make. What size bonus’s they get and so on. Just a few moments ago one of my Facebook friends posted this: If your bored one day and you have 8 billion dollars to spare [...]

A Gömböc by any other name

A Gömböc is a strange thing. It’s a shape that has only one stable equilibrium point which means if you place it down on a flat surface on any other point it’s going to right itself. COOL!

Deno’s Triumph

My friend Deno has a sweet 2004 Triumph Thruxton for sale. We shot a video of it last Thursday. Here is a list of the work and upgrades that have been performed on this fantastic bike. South Bay Triumph 904 Big Bore Kit Stay Tuned Stainless Steel PeaShooter Exhaust Imported English Stainless Headers OHLINS Rear [...]

Garmin Nuvi 350

Last week I wrote about my brother’s website Proximity Cast During my visit he figured out that he would bribe me to help him out with his project. He offered to buy me a Garmin Nuvi 350. This way it would be easier to upload photographs to his site according to the site requirements. Each [...]

What in the world is a Proximity Cast?

My older brother, David Robert, has been working on a project for over a year now. It’s called Proximity Cast. So what in the world is a Proximity Cast? It’s an idea that my brother came up with while he was flying life flight helicopters. He developed software that allowed the flight medic to determine [...]

Jatech Disappearing Car Door

Some things are just too COOL to ignore! I found this site by accident, and the concept is mind boggling. If you thought that gull wing doors were cool this will change your paradigm. Link: sevenload.com

Technology will fail

Rule #1. Technology will fail. Rule #2. If you believe that your technology is failsafe, see rule #1. My computer crashed today. I’ve been working up a post about my recent road trip from Ashland, Oregon, to Fayetteville, Arkansas. The posts along the way were fun, but now that I’ve been sitting still for more [...]