Made myself a new and improved header for the site today… hope you don’t find it lame. BTW, legos are the bomb.

I have been watching Beauty and the Geek this season and have become a fan… however, this past week I discovered from a trustworthy source, that one of the “geeks” is not a real geek. Apparently, this “geek” was a varsity soccer player AND dated a cheerleader. I don’t know how you guys define “geek” but that sure doesn’t sound like one to me….

I have always had this suspicion that the show “geekifies” the geeks in order to make their transformation more dramatic. This can also be referred to as the “She’s All That” effect. My theory is that the show has a lot of incentive to do this in order to make the show more entertaining and improve the possiblity of a geek & beauty romance which apparently also happens in the first season. Coincidence? I think not.

Anyway, I still am going to watch the show, but it is not as cool as I thought it was.

I bought a new computer today. I won’t waste your time by telling you all the details, but I feel like it is a significant change in my life. It is a little sad to say goodbye to my old computer which I personally hand crafted as a senior in high school, but I already have some special plans for the old hardware…. I’ll keep you posted with the details once I figure them out.

Anyway, here is a cool picture of my coworkers and I on our Segway tour of SF. I had a pretty dope Segway with carbon fiber accents. The tour wasn’t all that interesting, but cruising around and getting pointed at by asian tourists made it worthwhile.

Here are more pictures from our QuickBooks “Ship Trip”. Although it didn’t involve any boats, we rocked out at the Warfield in SF.

Rocking out at the Warfield

The Gentlemen

My hot date

For those that have had the pleasure of riding in my car the past few days, you may have realized that I did not listen to music. No radio, no cds, no mp3 player.. nothing. The reason is because my car stereo decided to take a vacation and not inform me as to why. Thanks to Eddy and his old school Micronta 1000 Ohms/Volt Multitester, I was able to drag my stereo out of its hibernation. Woo hoo! I can now listen to La Romantica! [insert dance of joy here]

BTW, in case you were curious, the problem was a bad connector which was depriving my stereo of power.

In today’s world, people are designing and making robots to manufacture plastic toys, to play chess, and to be robot pets. It takes pure Japanese ingenuity to create a robot that stores up to 6 beers and 2 glasses, keeps them cold, opens the beer, AND (here is the kicker) pours a perfect beer EVERY TIME.

You can own one yourself because Asahi is giving away 5,000 of them. All you have to do is kill your best friend to get it. Actually, it doesn’t require any crazy Naruto-esque activities, but you do have to collect 36 special seals on Asahi beers.

For any of you Mac fans out there or anyone up for a pretty cool challenge, there is currently a contest to see who can get Windows XP on the new Intel Mac. The guy that started the contest is putting in $100 of his own money to whoever can give him the instructions on how to do it. It looks like other people are also willing to pay because the last I checked, the pot was up to $2773!!! With that kind of money, you could essentially buy your own Macbook and my Honda Civic.

For all of those interested, check out the rules here. BTW, if you win, my ’98 civic will be ready for sale January 2007. Mark your calendars.

Last Thanksgiving, while waiting in line for the ride Soarin’ Over California at Californa Disney, my mom asked the common question “What do you want for Christmas.” I usually dismiss the question by responding with “I don’t want anything for Christmas” but this time I requested a Sonicare toothbrush. I got my wish and I must say, if my teeth had feelings, they have never been happier.

The Sonicare gently cleans your teeth, almost like a massage. It also makes brushing easier because it reduces the need to move the brush head back and forth. As a result, the hard to get areas (your back teeth, and the back of your teeth) are easier to clean. Also, there is a built in timer that signals to the brusher every 30 seconds. This actually forces me to consistently brush for 2.5 minutes every time.

Bottom line, the Sonicare is worth it’s weight in gold.

On a seperate note, I have updated the gallery with some new pictures from my past Taiwan trip. Here is an ultra fobby “teaser.”