MexicanDragon

OK... I just opened it up to check it out. You can bloody search by INSTRUMENT! Yeah, you kids are going to love this. **BRENT**

http://www.theverge.com/2012/9/15/3337762/blue-note-records-spotify-app-timeline Blue Note Records has a new Spotify app which lets you see the History of Jazz. Thought you guys may wanna check it out. http://open.spotify.com/app/bluenote **BRENT**

Can't believe you're rocking an APPLE device, Mr. DOTU. Some people... **BRENT**

Al said yes, so JP had to say "NOPE!" (Al was probably right) photo by MexicanDragon, on Flickr Colin in his undershirt. Shocker. photo by MexicanDragon, on Flickr Mike and Raffy post ride, along with Al happy he didn't just get off a 79 mile ride (Century Cycling meet my ass). photo by MexicanDragon, on Flickr Matt Beer (something from Goose Island, IIRC) photo by MexicanDragon, on Flickr The totally straight bar JP led us to photo by MexicanDragon, on Flickr There's an Easter Egg in this pic. (Not a real one, a colloquialism, if you will). It's phone/hair related. photo by MexicanDragon, on Flickr Colin's "Thinker" pose thinking about his drink order. (It was too much for him. He never ordered here.) photo by MexicanDragon, on Flickr What'd "I" do? photo by MexicanDragon, on Flickr My first trip to NYC in over 11 years... photo by MexicanDragon, on Flickr Imagine what it woulda looked like if I would have taken a good shot... photo by MexicanDragon, on Flickr 3000 pounds of Bad Ass Bacon on board. Grahame, how's YOUR trip? photo by MexicanDragon, on Flickr This was just great. photo by MexicanDragon, on Flickr This is why they call it "The Big Apple", right? photo by MexicanDragon, on Flickr Place next to the beer joint everyone stayed too long at. photo by MexicanDragon, on Flickr Still don't like beer. photo by MexicanDragon, on Flickr Bierkraft photo by MexicanDragon, on Flickr Mike schooling raffy photo by MexicanDragon, on Flickr Mike schooling JP photo by MexicanDragon, on Flickr The student revolt photo by MexicanDragon, on Flickr Lunch at some place. (This needs an Instagram filter). photo by MexicanDragon, on Flickr Dinny's in disbelief that Colin was demonstrating his "Oh" face in polite company. photo by MexicanDragon, on Flickr 1000 yards away, someone's day was about to get worse. photo by MexicanDragon, on Flickr "Some Place" in French, I think... but can't be sure. photo by MexicanDragon, on Flickr I took a nap on one of those benches up there. photo by MexicanDragon, on Flickr St. Peter's, I believe photo by MexicanDragon, on Flickr A gorgeous place photo by MexicanDragon, on Flickr Finished the trip out with a non-Sous-Vide'd steak with Colin. Not picutred: Stag's Leap Artemis (I think). Pictured: Colin's entire apartment. photo by MexicanDragon, on Flickr **BRENT**

The homepage said today was your birthday, but I don't believe it. If it were your birthday, you wouldn't gotten a bike for your birthday, but I didn't see Mindless Consumerism or the Bike Thread updated, so what's the deal? On the off chance it is your birthday, hope you had a good one. If it isn't, well, you're a mod, delete it! **BRENT**

It's cool, I have 25 weeks to train for it. Also, last week in NYC I realized there's the magical thing called "taxis." It's brilliant. Chicago should look into 'em. **BRENT**

Subscribed. **BRENT**

http://www.npr.org/news/specials/2012/cushman/ Story (with audio slideshow) of a guy who took 14,000 color pictures from the late 30s through the early 60s. It looks like there are a lot of shots of the Golden Gate Bridge, various people pix, one I liked with horse and buggy vs guy on tractor. I'd say it's worth the 10-15 minutes to go through the slideshow. I watched it with Zoe (my 9 year old daughter) and she seemed rather interested. **BRENT**

Nope. Mike is going to like the next one. "Key Lime Pie." Tyrion: "I make an awesome Key Lime Pie. You can't have any." **BRENT**

FWIW, it doesn't scour IMDB at all. I find that odd, but also pretty neat. **BRENT**

Yes. On Verizon, you don't get charged with the NEW plans (tiered data). AT&T probably charges you. T-Mobile may or may not charge you, depending on plan. I think Sprint still charges. Unless it's disabled by the manufacturer or carrier, Android has built-in tethering capabilities. I doubt they've taken that out in ICS or Jelly Bean (the two latest OS releases). I use it all the time on my 1.5 year old Android phone. **BRENT**

http://www.amazon.co...&qid=1347667613 There are 22 free Kindle books to choose from with free Whisper Sync for Voice, which syncs with your Audible account. You can read on Kindle, pick up on the audiobook, or vice versa. So far, I've been able to get Bram Stoker's Dracula and Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray. I'm going to try to get all of them while they're still free. If nothing else, free copies of the books for the kids. **BRENT** Edit: I wound up with 13 books + 13 audiobooks. At that point, I was tired of clicking + didn't care about the other stuff. 8 of them I didn't care enough to do, and FUCK the Bronte sisters (bad memory from sophomore English class... dirty dirty [EXPLETIVE DELETED]!

Justin Bieber is 4. The Edge is 3. Tiny Tim is 3. Snooki's is 3. **BRENT**

Congrat/g'luck, Raffi! **BRENT**

Thanks for the heads-up, Jam. **BRENT**

I love the GNex... but it's almost a year old at this point. The screen on the GSIII and HOX are each better. If you're buying off contract and wanna save the 250 each... **BRENT**

If you're buying today, One X with GSIII close behind, or swapped, depending on preference, really. The Galaxy Note II (what Al was showing off... that bastard) should be out next month, and the HTC One X+ should probably be hitting in the near future as well. Those are the only four you should concern yourself with... unless you're off contract and wanting a "cheap but decent" phone, then get the Galaxy Nexus for 349$ from good, no contract... but that kinda crazy if you don't have to. **BRENT**

Oh, dude... I looked up Justin Bieber but forgot to look up Jeebus? (This is fantastic stuff, BTW) **BRENT**

Heh @ Spy vs Spy. Love it. Mmmmm... Galaxy Note 2. Can't BELIEVE I forgot to "borrow" that. Oh, Al, Strat messaged me after the iPhone 5 keynote and asked if he should just go ahead and get a GSIII or GN2. (He's had every iPhone since original). **BRENT**

^ these. **BRENT**

http://www.theverge.com/2012/9/12/3324002/verizon-facetime-over-cellular-no-additional-charge Verizon isn't going to charge for Facetime over XG. (Yes, this should be in the iPhone thing, but no one else is, so...) **BRENT**

Then get a Galaxy Note 2. **BRENT**

Heh. Thanks Grahame. **BRENT***

So we land around 2:30, but the trains in Atlanta aren't running, so we got to take a bus to the other side of the airport. It's split about the same between airport workers, stranded passengers, and the domicile challenged. I'm hanging out at a re-badged "Panera Bread" (Atlanta Bread), guarding my phone plugged into one of the 4 outlets I've been able to find. 2 singles and a double. The double, however, is being "guarded" by a sleeping giant, which I dare not wake. 2.3 more hours until my shuttle gets here and it's safe to take a nap. The continuing adventures of Biscuit Boy. **BB**

So today I missed breakfast with the boys, almost missed hanging out at the hotel, hung out at Bierkraft, hung out with the NYC crew + Al, went to 30 Rock, almost bought the entire cast of The Office bobble heads (on clearance), but thought better of it. Had my phone almost die, but found an outlet and took naps while sitting up in various parts of the area (dammit, Colin for keeping me up!), met back up with Colin, had some more steak and some vino, and then went to Newark to catch a plane that left at 9:50. Wait, what was that, THREE delays? Oh, now I can't catch the shuttle back to Chattanooga tonight? No biggy. We've all slept at airports before, right? 6am shuttle, 8am arrival, 8:30am I've got to be at work. I feel a "casual day" is in order, no? It was an interesting trip, and it was great seeing everyone. I was even happy to take some falls (and around 14 thorns) to the enjoyment of many. I can't wait to show the kids Jeff's footage when I get home tomorrow. They'll enjoy it I've been glad to be a part of the Travel Team this past month. Maybe I'll throw some pictures up when I hit Atlanta. Oh... in case you were wondering... Matt had a beer with us at Virgil's last night. **BRENT**