Tuesday, July 01, 2008
I hate starting my blogs like this but it REALLY has been a long time since I've blogged and I feel really awful about that. For my friends who I don't get to see as often as I'd like to check in on here and I feel that I've been doing you all a disservice.
So I apologize.
Anyway, I'm just going to update you all with some things that I've been pondering for the past few months.
1) doing searches for "pay bills" on craigslist's for sale section is an interesting thing. if you do that same seach in san diego, los angeles, and phoenix, it's sad how many results you find in phoenix.
2) i have a love/non-love relationship with panerai watches. i love their watches, the style, the shape, the uber-size cases however the way they were revived irks me a little bit. i guess it's because i'm not a huge fan of sylvester stallone. "what? what? what?" you say? yes, as odd as that is to say... sylvester stallone single-handedly revived the panerai brand. source: wikipedia - ... (panerai) remained relatively obscure until the actor Sylvester Stallone spotted and bought a Panerai Luminor in a jewellery store in Rome in 1995 to wear during shooting of the film Daylight.[2] Stallone ordered a small batch of such watches with his signature on the case back, called Slytech. He offered them as gifts to friends, including Arnold Schwarzenegger.
some day i'll have one. preferably the panerai fly back 1950 model.
3) i also have a love/hate relationship with scrabble. the scrabble gods tend to give me all the good letters in one game vs spreading out the good letters among several games. case in point, i
threw down AQUARIUM in one game and won by a LANDSLIDE...
Did I really need all those 221 points in one move? No. Scrabble gods, are you listening? probably not.
4) H1 Hummers are getting more affordable. In fact, I inquired about one on craigslist recently and it was offered at 25k. I e-mailed back and mentioned that I was concerned about the climate control system in this older H1 and that replacing/upgrading the system when it fails could cost 3k easily. He replied back saying the adjusted price was 23k. Although that's a fun price for an H1 and it would look great with a mobilehid.com sticker on it and some mobilehid lights on it, the cheetah patterned seats kinda kill the deal. :(
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5) i tried a new driver while golfing the other day and I couldn't believe how well I hit it. Now my favorite driver and my dog share the same name. SUMO!
6) i found a software programmer overseas to design my dream application that I have planned for mobile phone users across the country. :) Muahahahaa
7) what is up with the entitlement issues that children/teenagers/college students have these days?
8) i need to conjure up a way to cycle through a quarter million dollars a month on my plum card like this guy.
9) craigslist is a wonderful thing.
10) part of me wants to travel. like almost "matt harding"travel. to go adventure somewhere where nobody knows my name and all i have is some cash, a breitling emergency watch, and a smile.
11) i'm planning on getting lasik surgery soon. lasers and eyeballs are a funny combo, if you put them together you can either screw up or get it right, either way, you probably won't need your glasses anymore.
12) california real estate prices are looking good right now.
that's all for now, i'm pretty sleepy.
So I apologize.
Anyway, I'm just going to update you all with some things that I've been pondering for the past few months.
1) doing searches for "pay bills" on craigslist's for sale section is an interesting thing. if you do that same seach in san diego, los angeles, and phoenix, it's sad how many results you find in phoenix.
2) i have a love/non-love relationship with panerai watches. i love their watches, the style, the shape, the uber-size cases however the way they were revived irks me a little bit. i guess it's because i'm not a huge fan of sylvester stallone. "what? what? what?" you say? yes, as odd as that is to say... sylvester stallone single-handedly revived the panerai brand. source: wikipedia - ... (panerai) remained relatively obscure until the actor Sylvester Stallone spotted and bought a Panerai Luminor in a jewellery store in Rome in 1995 to wear during shooting of the film Daylight.[2] Stallone ordered a small batch of such watches with his signature on the case back, called Slytech. He offered them as gifts to friends, including Arnold Schwarzenegger.
some day i'll have one. preferably the panerai fly back 1950 model.
3) i also have a love/hate relationship with scrabble. the scrabble gods tend to give me all the good letters in one game vs spreading out the good letters among several games. case in point, i
threw down AQUARIUM in one game and won by a LANDSLIDE...
Did I really need all those 221 points in one move? No. Scrabble gods, are you listening? probably not.
4) H1 Hummers are getting more affordable. In fact, I inquired about one on craigslist recently and it was offered at 25k. I e-mailed back and mentioned that I was concerned about the climate control system in this older H1 and that replacing/upgrading the system when it fails could cost 3k easily. He replied back saying the adjusted price was 23k. Although that's a fun price for an H1 and it would look great with a mobilehid.com sticker on it and some mobilehid lights on it, the cheetah patterned seats kinda kill the deal. :(
5) i tried a new driver while golfing the other day and I couldn't believe how well I hit it. Now my favorite driver and my dog share the same name. SUMO!
6) i found a software programmer overseas to design my dream application that I have planned for mobile phone users across the country. :) Muahahahaa
7) what is up with the entitlement issues that children/teenagers/college students have these days?
8) i need to conjure up a way to cycle through a quarter million dollars a month on my plum card like this guy.
9) craigslist is a wonderful thing.
10) part of me wants to travel. like almost "matt harding"travel. to go adventure somewhere where nobody knows my name and all i have is some cash, a breitling emergency watch, and a smile.
11) i'm planning on getting lasik surgery soon. lasers and eyeballs are a funny combo, if you put them together you can either screw up or get it right, either way, you probably won't need your glasses anymore.
12) california real estate prices are looking good right now.
that's all for now, i'm pretty sleepy.
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links to this postTuesday, May 13, 2008
It's been a while since I've posted. Naturally, the busier I get, the less I'm able to blog.
5 things today...
1) I'm really liking XM Radio's BPM81 radio station lately. Lots of good music to play in the background while I'm working on the computer.
2) Farmers need light too.
3) If for some reason you own someone's name as a domain name. Don't tell them about it, it gets awkward in 4... 3... 2... that fast.
4) I washed my camera battery charger in my cargo pants and it's taken a month to find a replacement. This being the case, buying a new camera is almost justifiable since a decent one for product pics can be had for $100.
5) Somebody buy this before I do. It's on eBay and I swear, if it's not gone by the end of the week, I may buy it in a split second of weak self control. I don't even know how long I've had this urge to buy a bunny costume but there's just something about a random person in a bunny costume sitting around that makes me crack up. Therapists should buy these for their clients who takes life too seriously. Just suit them up in this outfit and have them walk around - how can you not smile!!?!?!?
5 things today...
1) I'm really liking XM Radio's BPM81 radio station lately. Lots of good music to play in the background while I'm working on the computer.
2) Farmers need light too.
3) If for some reason you own someone's name as a domain name. Don't tell them about it, it gets awkward in 4... 3... 2... that fast.
4) I washed my camera battery charger in my cargo pants and it's taken a month to find a replacement. This being the case, buying a new camera is almost justifiable since a decent one for product pics can be had for $100.
5) Somebody buy this before I do. It's on eBay and I swear, if it's not gone by the end of the week, I may buy it in a split second of weak self control. I don't even know how long I've had this urge to buy a bunny costume but there's just something about a random person in a bunny costume sitting around that makes me crack up. Therapists should buy these for their clients who takes life too seriously. Just suit them up in this outfit and have them walk around - how can you not smile!!?!?!?
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links to this postThursday, February 07, 2008
It's been a while since I've last posted so here goes a late attempt to keep you all up to date.
1) No new car planned for 2007/2008. I've done a lot of soul searching and as much as I like the idea of purchasing a new car, I don't think I will be buying a new one this year since my car runs relatively fine. Lexus makes a great car - with over 165,000 miles and it being 10 years old, I'm surprised it's still going. The idea of having a new car sounds great but really, the money could be put to better use since the economy is going to crap and real estate prices are falling faster than George Bush's popularity rating. So perhaps some real estate investments?
2) I'm officially addicted to Wii. Over the holidays my brother, aka "the doc", racked up over 30 hours of play time on the new Wii GodFather game. After coming back from vacation, I followed suit and racked over 35 hours as well.
3) Snowboarding is easy if you don't care where you're going. Keep that in mind and smile when you go out there because if you're like me, you'll be crashing into the bed of a parked truck and laughing your ass off as you hit the ground.
4) Clear bra and headlight overlay films are expensive. But - it can be a small price to pay when considering the price of repainting your car to get rid of the paint chips. To find some resources - check these pages: http://www.clearbrafilms.com and http://www.headlightoverlays.com.
5) My version of Mao Ze Dong's wikipedia entry is SO MUCH BETTER.
6) Roombas Rock. I was very impressed at how much stuff mine picked up on the first cleaning session in my house. Believe me, if you hate vacuuming as much as I do or as much as any bachelor does - get one. I sat on the sofa with my dog and watched it roam around the living room for an hour and although that sounds really boring, it isn't.
7) My search engine optimization skills surprise even myself. When you're a fly by the seat of your pants site designer and post a site to the web and a month later find that site ranking in the top 10 on google.com when doing a broad search, um, that's kinda shocking.
8) N3rd5 in Ph03n1x! I discovered a cool group of people in Phoenix, AZ this past week. They were all at a monthly gathering called "refresh phoenix". I encourage you to check it out if you live in Phoenix. Here's their site: http://www.refreshphoenix.com.
Here are some projects that I saw in the works at the gathering:
http://www.durtbagz.com/
http://refocusphoenix.com/
http://ryanishungry.com/
http://squaremileweb.com/
http://readphoenix.com/
9) I went to a Russell Peters show just recently. Sat right in front and he kindly used me in part of his routine. "Hi!, I'm Criff!"
10) Stealing other people's sites to defraud people is bad. If you've ever thought about stealing someone else's eCommerce site to post as your own and "sell" things without any intent of fulfilling orders, don't. God kills a kitten every time a site is spoofed to rip people off.
1) No new car planned for 2007/2008. I've done a lot of soul searching and as much as I like the idea of purchasing a new car, I don't think I will be buying a new one this year since my car runs relatively fine. Lexus makes a great car - with over 165,000 miles and it being 10 years old, I'm surprised it's still going. The idea of having a new car sounds great but really, the money could be put to better use since the economy is going to crap and real estate prices are falling faster than George Bush's popularity rating. So perhaps some real estate investments?
2) I'm officially addicted to Wii. Over the holidays my brother, aka "the doc", racked up over 30 hours of play time on the new Wii GodFather game. After coming back from vacation, I followed suit and racked over 35 hours as well.
3) Snowboarding is easy if you don't care where you're going. Keep that in mind and smile when you go out there because if you're like me, you'll be crashing into the bed of a parked truck and laughing your ass off as you hit the ground.
4) Clear bra and headlight overlay films are expensive. But - it can be a small price to pay when considering the price of repainting your car to get rid of the paint chips. To find some resources - check these pages: http://www.clearbrafilms.com and http://www.headlightoverlays.com.
5) My version of Mao Ze Dong's wikipedia entry is SO MUCH BETTER.
Mao Ze Dong was a Chinese military and political leader who led the Communist Party of China from 1949 to 1976. Regarded as one of the most important figures in modern world history, few knew the private side of him as "Mickey Mao".
It's been said that he would host lavish parties at his house and that the names of his socio-political programs such as the "Great Leap Forward" were coined after many drunken nights of leap frog with close friends in Beijing. His other program named the "Cultural Revolution" was aptly named after his spin the bottle games with international guests and foreign diplomats.
Thirty years later the truth can be told about Mao's secret life as Mickey Mao and his memory as a "PAM" (Party Animal Mao) now lives on through this shirt.
6) Roombas Rock. I was very impressed at how much stuff mine picked up on the first cleaning session in my house. Believe me, if you hate vacuuming as much as I do or as much as any bachelor does - get one. I sat on the sofa with my dog and watched it roam around the living room for an hour and although that sounds really boring, it isn't.
7) My search engine optimization skills surprise even myself. When you're a fly by the seat of your pants site designer and post a site to the web and a month later find that site ranking in the top 10 on google.com when doing a broad search, um, that's kinda shocking.
8) N3rd5 in Ph03n1x! I discovered a cool group of people in Phoenix, AZ this past week. They were all at a monthly gathering called "refresh phoenix". I encourage you to check it out if you live in Phoenix. Here's their site: http://www.refreshphoenix.com.
Here are some projects that I saw in the works at the gathering:
http://www.durtbagz.com/
http://refocusphoenix.com/
http://ryanishungry.com/
http://squaremileweb.com/
http://readphoenix.com/
9) I went to a Russell Peters show just recently. Sat right in front and he kindly used me in part of his routine. "Hi!, I'm Criff!"
10) Stealing other people's sites to defraud people is bad. If you've ever thought about stealing someone else's eCommerce site to post as your own and "sell" things without any intent of fulfilling orders, don't. God kills a kitten every time a site is spoofed to rip people off.
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i thought i would post a comment. :) miss ya cousin! congrats on the top-10 google! i don't know what that means, but it sounds great! :)
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Thursday, October 25, 2007
So it's been a while since I've posted and it's for good reason I suppose- I've been crazy busy!
1) I've been busy shipping lights and wires and such to many parts of the world. Brunei, Lithuania, Australia, Iceland, Norway, New Zealand.
2) I've had shirts printed out and sponsored an event or two...
3) I took the family to a day at the spa at the Royal Palms resort. Fun stuff.
4) Been doing some stress testing on some stuff...
5) And yeah- just been busy launching sites here and there. My top site just had a peak of 2,400 hits in a day. :) woo!
1) I've been busy shipping lights and wires and such to many parts of the world. Brunei, Lithuania, Australia, Iceland, Norway, New Zealand.
2) I've had shirts printed out and sponsored an event or two...
3) I took the family to a day at the spa at the Royal Palms resort. Fun stuff.
4) Been doing some stress testing on some stuff...
5) And yeah- just been busy launching sites here and there. My top site just had a peak of 2,400 hits in a day. :) woo!
