SwimFinsSF

Focus on the REAL problem

And they’re worried about US adopting?

Arrests In Child Cancer Scam

Maybe people fighting gay marriage and adoption should focus on the existing parents that are doing crap like THIS… Jeesh…

iChat AV / iSight

Matt just pointed me at this article:

101 Uses for Apple iChat

You knew it had to happen but I always find it interesting what kinds of clever ways people find to use Apple technology. Granted not all are on the up and up but still – clever folks out there… Everything from iChat dating, to iChat Pen Pals, to using a DV cam to re-broadcast Pay-per-view TV (which – by the way is stealing just like swaping MP3s – if you don’t want people to put in draconian security in their products to stop this kind of stuff then don’t use the technology in ways that will force them to do it).

The article also points to a number of clearing house sites that provides references to a bunch of clearing house sites that give people a way of finding others with iSight Cameras. Kind of reminds me of the old CU-See Me days of years ago – only with video that works. In case you don’t want to go searching here are the links:

iChatFinder
MyiSight.com
iSighting
iChattin.com
Seeser.org

There are some cool ways people are using this stuff and some not so cool ways but regardless its all pretty interesting..

Marriage

Just found this and it made me chuckle so I had to point it out:

Save My Marriage

So can someone please explain to me exactly how my marriage in california within my particular denomination diminishes in ANY WAY the sanctity of the vows that someone I’ve never met may have made to their particular spouse in some other state that I’ve never been to at a time i wasn’t even aware of?

Seems to me if their marriage is that week there is something going on there for sure – but not sure it has anything to do with me..

I refuse to marry until the penguins can! 😉

Search Terms

Since I’ve switched to the new domain I’ve been watching search terms and referrers to see if the folks that found the old location have found the new ones.. I’ve also been watching what google search terms are leading folks here… Funny part is there seems to be one thing that is getting folks from google here:

#reqs: search term
—–: ———–
8: dore alley 2003 pictures
7: dore alley 2003
2: dore alley pictures
1: dore alley street fair 2003 pictures

Hmmm… Guess there are a lot of folks out there that want to see what happened at Dore…

too funny…

Anyway… Supposed I should stop talkin bout such things..

(BUT if you’re here for the pix they’re in the bar to the left or you can click here! LOL)

My new Wheels

I’m SUPER excited… Did the deed today. Got new wheels. Come Monday this is what I’ll be drivin:

I’ve really been likin the Audis and once I drove ’em I was definitely sold.. VERY well put together snappy little cars. Drives like a German car without the price tag of some of the other ones.. I decided on the wagon just because I got SO used to the cargo space in my 4-Runner and the Audi wagons don’t feel like soccer mom cars like some of the others.. (Ok – maybe a LITTLE like Soccer Mom cars – but I’m a big fan of the soccer mom so thats OK)… The other thing I wrestled with was whether to get an automatic or a stick and actually went with the ‘tiptronic’ automatic which seemed like a cool compromise. It lets you shift up and down if you want to but you don’t HAVE to and the fact is most of the time I’m commuting to and from work and i’d rather not deal. But I may miss the stick (no clever comments thank you)

And until then this is what they’ve got me drivin in the mean time:

The TT is a cute fun car but a little TOO cute for me in general – but a fun car to have for the weekend! 🙂

Still not a fan of the whole car buying / haggling / trade in experience… But i’m SUPER Psyched at the new car… Drives like a dream… Tricked out with the features I wanted and none of the ones I didn’t… Woo Hoo… 😉

Car Shopping

Uggg… I need a new car in a BIG way.. My old car has been a real trooper but its starting to show its age and i’m tired of worrying about it… Time to put it out to pasture.. But the process of car shopping stresses me out… I know what I want – an Audi A4… But gathering all of the right information and playing the dickering game irritates me… Why do I have to haggle for a car?

Anyway.. Off to the Dealer! 🙂