MexicanDragon

Heh. **BRENT**

According to Neil deGrasse Tyson, Android's clock is 15 second behind due to getting time from a satellite that was put in orbit in 1984, I believe. There have been 15 leap seconds added by the UTC since then that Android does not account for (currently). iOS has seemingly noticed the bug (found in 2009) and adjusted for it. So... over half the people with phones DON'T have the accurate time (including myself)... so watches still matter. Science. **BRENT**

Drove up to TnTech where I went to school for a while for a goodo friend's wedding reception today. Got to hang out with some old friends who came up early, and the kids are having a great time chilling in a hotel room. Hotels with wifi + 2x 3DS + 2x Laptops = hotels are more fun than they were in my day? (<<< typed from my iPad with keyboard while laying on a bed... which has an ethernet jack next to it). Now, an hour or two from going to meet an old friend, her man-friend (husband? idk), and her kids for a cookout for lunch, then on to the wedding reception. Haven't seen some of these guys in 3-10 years... i'm stoked. Oh yeah... so it turns out at least 2 others ALMOST brought their bikes... but we weren't sure if anyone else was. **BRENT**

My sincerest condolences. I like Dan's advice on this. **BRENT**

Heh. Hey guys, thanks for the b-day wishes, it means a lot. I actually had a pretty good day today. Got out of work early, got a new temp tag for the car (that I bought 6 months ago... yeah... ), and then went out with the fam for some chicken nachos. Played some Killing Floor with the HC crew to end the night, and now, to catch up on some Hulu. <3 you guys... even the bastards (damb you, grawk!) **BRENT**

Google Play is offering a lot of decent albums (and some probably crap) for 2.99$ for 320k MP3. Smashing Pumpkins - Melancholy and the Infinite Sadness Daft Punk - Tron: Legacy Beastie Boys - Paul's Botique Jay-Z/Kanye West - Watch The Throne Coldplay - Mylo Xylo Lana Del Rey - Born To Die And a bunch of others. I don't know how I was a teenager in the 90s and didn't own Melancholy and the Infinite Sadness, but I figure I'll own it in about 3 minutes. **BRENT**

Sweet. I saw you had started advertising on there, and it seems that about 5 people "I" know have liked it. G'luck with that. **BRENT**

Hey SO, how's it hangin'? From our local newspaper today: **BRENT**

Sigh. Battery pulls didn't work. **BRENT**

This is a fantastic idea. **BRENT**

Thanks guys... I didn't pull the internal battery. I'll give that a go when I get to it next. **BRENT**

Congrats, Dinni! Well... all the buttons on my 20D quit working this weekend, except the shutter button. So now, I'm stuck in Cloudy (white balance) and ISO 100, and I can't review any pix. Sigh. I'm wondering if it's worth trying to get fixed, or if it's new (used) camera time. **BRENT**

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Went to a Porsche Club of America autocross, and co-drove an e90 (3 series sedan) M3. It's stock today... by the next SCCA event (2 weeks), it'll have suspension, wheels, race tires, etc. That thing is a beast. (Buddy's race car blew a head gasket, so while that's getting a shitload of work, he had to get another toy to play with). Came home, got a set of baby party speakers (Cerwin Vega D2) from a buddy next door who was moving, then took a 3.5 hour nap before going to see The Avengers in 3D. Ridiculous amounts of 1 liners, but in a good way. Really enjoyed it. Finished off the night killing floors with Colin and GE. Along with yesterday, this is the best weekend I've had in a couple months, easy. **BRENT**

The last few I've consumed via Audible, while at work. "God, No! Signs You May Already Be an Atheist and Other Magical Tales" - Penn Jilette "How To Be Black" - Baratunde Thurston "Catch-22" - Joseph Heller "Bossypants" - Tina Fey "Einstein" - Walter Isaacson (in process) All of them read - other than "Einstein" - at least in part, by their author (Just a little by Heller). As much as I love Tina Fey, I didn't find the book to be that great. Good, but not great. I dug the rest, but "Einstein" hasn't yet grabbed me like Isaacson's "Steve Jobs," which was ridiculously good.

Took Xavier to the new bike shop for the kids' day, when I find the shop was closed. Got to check out the new bike rack. So, we find out the shop is supposed to be closed, due to a couple things via the sign, but since I've started to get to know the owner a bit, he waved us in to chat. Turns out a couple of his employees (both family members) screwed him over in 16 hour period, so the sign didn't quite tell the whole tale. We wound up hanging out, talking, and eating some of the 300$ of catered food they had already bought for the day. There were a few other "new friends" with kids there, and we talked, kids hung out, and had a good time. We got the bikes down and rode around the lot a bit, working on some 1-training-wheel skills for Xavier, and then packed up to head home to pick up Zoe. I called a couple fellow kid-overseers and we all met at 4 at the park, with 3 scooters, 2 bikes, a couple balls, a frisbee, a cooler, etc. After 3.5 hours there, hit up DQ for some special treats, took one of the friends home, and then came back to crash. It's been a great day, and got some time on the new bike for the first time. **BRENT**

I used to be a hardcore amateur/coulda-been-pro-maybe yo-yoer back in the day... and had my stash not gone up in the fire last year, I'd probably be trying that tonight. FWIW, Zoe (my 9 year old) pointed this video out to me a few days ago. **BRENT**

It's a Tennessee tag. It's Rhea County (Pronounced "Ray"). I can almost guarantee you that's real. This is a couple steps up the redneck chain from where I live... maybe 45 miles away. **BRENT** Edit: Saw someone else say it's probably shopped, and I think he's right. It doesn't seem to be insta/hipstagrammed like the rest of it. I'll keep an eye out for red Rhea trucks and get back with you if I run across it..

My machine couldn't run the video of that. **BRENT**

I was about to go to sleep at 1:30am when I found out about Record Store Day. I looked at stuff for an hour, then set the alarm for way too early. Got there an hour before, 6th in line, and came out with a couple really big CDs. They will work on a laser disc player, right? **BRENT**

Is there an iPad app for that? Figure that can all be fit in on the retina display, no? **BRENT**

Can I borrow some gas money? Long drive. **BRENT**

The chat makes me want to drive to PA and hurt grawk. Any way to change it so the screen names are to the left of lines, instead of above? We're only seeing about 40% of the info on the screen at a time compared to a few hours ago. Thanks. Also, was everything reset to a few hours ago? When I clicked on View New Content, it was stuff I'd already seen today, and reverted back to a state that was about the same as when I woke up this morning. **BRENT**

I appreciate that, Nate. I think I'll be OK with some things in the wrap for a little longer, though. **BRENT**

Heh. Nice. I have a line on an NAD for 60$ less... just waiting for that to come through. **BRENT**