David Merrill: Siftables, the toy blocks that think

Pattie Maes & Pranav Mistry: Unveiling the "Sixth Sense," game-changing wearable tech

Pranav Mistry's personal website:
http://www.pranavmistry.com/

Framping aka Family Room Camping

Camping in the family room has been around for a long time I am sure. We do this all the time and have recently gave it a new name, "framping"- get it...family room camping! This is how we do it.

We get the double mattress from our bunk bed set upstairs and bring to the family room. Yes, the mattress, as well as the pillows, sheets, blankets...etc The kids love it! We watch movies, wrestle, pillow fight and eat popcorn. We all try to make it through the night, but the little ones sometimes don't.

There you have it, "framping"!

Schott Family 2009, you heard it hear first.

Chris Paul Throws it Through Jason Terry's Legs

The title says it all:

Garmin Forerunner 305/205 Quick Release Kit

I recently purchased this Garmin Forerunner 305/205 Quick Release Kit:


I works really well. I got it for Triathlons. I used it in my last event. The wrist strap fells much better than the rubber one that comes with it. It is easy to remove and transition with to and from the bike mount. This only thing I can say negative is that when I was in a large group of people at the start of my run, someones elbow hit my watch and it when flying. I was able to recover it, but after it got kicked a few times.

2008 Mistletoe Run

My first half.

13.1 Miles
2:11:21
10:01/mile
Temp 34

As always I used my Garmin Forerunner 205:

Why the bailout plan is bad

"If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issuance of their currency, first by inflation and then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around them will deprive the people of all their property until their children will wake up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered."
-- Thomas Jefferson

"I sincerely believe that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies, and that the principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding, is but swindling futurity on a large scale."
-- Thomas Jefferson

The real credit crisis...

"I am a most unhappy man. I have unwittingly ruined my country. A great industrial nation is controlled by its system of credit. Our system of credit is concentrated. The growth of the nation, therefore, and all our activities are in the hands of a few men. We have come to be one of the worst ruled, one of the most completely controlled and dominated Governments in the civilized world no longer a Government by free opinion, no longer a Government by conviction and the vote of the majority, but a Government by the opinion and duress of a small group of dominant men." -Woodrow Wilson, after signing the Federal Reserve into existence

Ardmore 5k 2008

23:38
7:38/mile

As always I used my Garmin Forerunner 205:

The Stock Market is broken...

I believe we have reached a point in which hedge fund and institutional investors completely dictate Wall Street.

I don't have any research to prove this yet, but I have common sense, and it is telling me that things aren't adding up. Couple that with the government thinking it needs to keep free enterprise from failing and you have a complete disaster. The market can never correct itself if our government can step in a will and save companies they choose.

I didn't live through the depression but I now understand why folks who did, do the things they do.

One might say get all your cash and hold it. However, you will still lose money due to inflation, so it is really a lose lose situation.

Sprite Dunk Contest: T-Dub!!!!

http://accbasketballrecruiting.wordpress.com/2008/09/30/sprite-dunk-contest-video/#comment-537

Gov. Palin and Katie Couric SNL skit, classic!!!!

Katie Couric interview with Sarah Palin -McCain and his relationship with Fannie May and Freedie Mac

Watch CBS Videos Online

Bailout is financial equivalent of the Patriot Act

No way to paraphrase this, something is wrong with the bailout plan. The article below points out some of the issues we are not being told.

http://www.infowars.com/?p=4804

Angels Race NC 2008 - Sprint Triathlon

Mens Results:
127 of 247

As always I used my Garmin Forerunner 205:


http://www.angelsrace.com



Bike finish, I was done...


Close to the finish...


Gave the boys 5 when I came by...


The Nikon D80 is crazy clear.

ProFlex 854, one of the first full suspension bikes made

I got this from a neighbor a year or two ago who had it in an outside building. He nor I knew anything about it at the time. It was in great condition, just needed tires as they had dry rotted. It still had the originals, barely used. I also had to replace the MCU springs(yellow bushing, which were a bitch to find). They crumbled into nothing when I sat on it. Its a kickass bike and very light.

Link to magazine articles about it:
http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1448

Specs:
http://www.bikepedia.com/quickbike/BikeSpecs.aspx?Year=1994&Brand=ProFlex&Model=854&Type=bike

Incredible Play At The Plate

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Can kids teach themseleves? Sugata MItra thinks so...

"Any teacher that can be replaced by a computer, deserves to be."
- David Thornburg

I'm rolling again, 03 Land Rover Discovery SE7

TED - Brian Cox talks about his work on the Large Hadron Collider at CERN

Visit the actual TED page and see all the comments.