Visit Dubai!!1

Dubai is one of the places I would like to check out sometime. Sure it's in the middle east which isn't exactly the best area in the world right now. But just look at all the crazy stuff they have over there. They actually made islands in the shape of a palm tree. That's ridiculous. And how cool would it be to see the Burj Dubai (or whatever it's called now)? It would just be nice to get over there before the whole thing goes into the crapper. Which I think we all know will happen at some point.

Wait . . . What?

First off, not my picture (yeah, I'm too lazy to take one). But the thing in the picture is what I got going on. Yes, I am talking about the adorable dancing ladies figurine. Just kidding (but you could imagine how cool it would be to have that), I'm talking about the computer. Oh what is that you ask, what is that weird screen on that little computer? Well that my friends is what the cool kids call a "hackintosh". I know, that sounds so cool. Basically its a Dell mini10v that has the Mac OSX Snow Leopard operating system instead of Windows 7. Oh sure you could just keep Windows 7 on it and I'm sure your boyfriend would be impressed (mine was). But you would be stuck with the "starter" edition of Window 7. And that kind of sucks. You can't even change the background image. And everybody knows that if you want to be a hipster, you need Apple stuff. There is only one problem, Apple stuff is spendy. And they don't make a netbook (but what about the ipad?) I know what your thinking, don't you's guys already have a macbook? Yes, we do. But that's not the point. This thing only cost $335. Where the macbook is almost 4 times that. Zoinks. Yes . . . zoinks indeed. And there are times when even the macbook just seems too big to lug around. Anyway, it was a fairly easy installation since there are a bunch of guides and forums dedicated to just this. And yes, everything works as it should. Ok, I haven't tried everything. Like the VGA out to a monitor. But it serves its purpose, surfing the information superhighway. Although the trackpad is a little sketchy compared to the macbooks. That really is about the only complaint I have for it so far. And there are some fixes for that, so it's not too concerning. In closing, I hope the hipsters accept me now.

The obligatory Super Bowl post . . .

I'm not going to go through a down by down breakdown of the game because I'm sure everyone watched it. And if you didn't, is your tv broke? Actually, I just wanted a reason to post this picture. Talk about being in the right place at the right time with a camera. I don't know who took it but credit is due to them.

How's this make you feel?

What you're looking at here is 12 million years worth of galaxies, stars, and other space stuff (and good news, I didn't see the Death Star). And the picture is made up of a ton of smaller pictures from the Hubble, so you can zoom in pretty close. I can't even begin to wrap my head around this picture. Just think of the size of this. . . it's infinite. And they claim that it is still expanding. I'm not sure how "infinite" can be expanding, but it is apparently. The other crazy thing is that the light we're seeing is from 12 million years ago. Let that sink in a little. These things are so far away that it took 12 million years to get to us. Did you hear that? That was my mind being blown.

I wish it was Christmas today.

How can you not like this (I suppose if your Jewish?)?

Awwwww . . . .

Best Christmas Decoration Ever

This is brilliant. Apparently, the cops even had to tell the guy to take this down because they almost crashed as they drove by. You know you're doing something right when the cops have to tell you to stop.

Best Halloween Costume Ever

Yeah he may be scarred for life but it's probably worth it. I mean think how cool this kid will be in 16 years. Ok, he will probably be the emo kid but he shouldn't forget the good times .

The internet is awesome . . .

Just the other day I posted a video from Disney World that was filmed with a tilt-shift lens. Well through the magic of the internet, I found a site that will let you "tilt-shift" your own pictures. And it will let you upload up to a 6000 x 6000 resolution. So the D90's pictures are in play. And play I did. . .

EDIT: A long time reader of the blog brought up that something was missing from this post. The website for this. Here it is: http://tiltshiftmaker.com/ . Now you can tilt-shift your own pictures. Even the Timmy and Freddie gay porn ones.

Twins, Game 163!!1??

Here are a few pic's from the Twins' 163rd game. They really should figure out how to be in first place before the end of the season. Oh well, it makes for some good ball (that's what the cool kids call it).This is our view of the first pitch we saw (because we didn't exactly get to the game on time. It was a little tricky getting downtown and then finding a parking spot). And yeah, this is from the 10th row. Boosh.

The obligatory Joe Mauer pic. Did you know he's from Saint Paul?
I want to say that this was the game tying run by Cabrera but I'm not 100% sure. Hey, give me a break the game was last week (maybe I should have posted these pic's sooner then?)
Here is another pic of Cabrera. This time he is politely telling the ump that his momma wears combat boots (that may not have been his actually words).
Twins Win!!1
Some post-game celebration. If you want the complete game experience, play some New York, New York by Frank Sinatra and yell like you're being raped by Bigfoot (the mythical creature, not the monster truck (although that would probably hurt too)). And that would be like being there.
Mauer starting the victory lap around the Dome.
TC just cruising around trying to pick up some babes. And check out the tires on that thing. I wonder if they are specifically designed for driving on carpet. He'll have to switch those next year.