A few weblinks, an update, and some fun videos, enjoy!
A really cool shower, it has a waterfall and rain setting! I really liked the shower from V for Vendetta, the one that pours straight down, and I think this would be close to it, but still very modern and functional.
Unclutterer has a short article posted about using your stairs as storage space. Pretty cool, but I don’t know if it would be really practical to change your current stairs, it may not be worth all the effort that would be required.
There will be Russian Satellite Navigation receives on sale this year. Russia has launched satellites to provided positioning signal, competing with the US’ GPS signals and Europe’s forthcoming Galileo system. It will be interesting to see how it works, and how it compares to the other two systems.
I thought this was pretty ingenious: shoes with hidden compartments to hold you valuables. So when you go for a walk or even to the beach, your stuff is safe and secure, without weighing down your pockets.
A new way to capture video, Screencast-O-Matic has popped up. I think it could be useful, and looks fairly easy to use, and would hopefully use less ram than other programs out there, we’ll have to keep an eye on it.
I finished the wedding invitations today, and one of the songs in the ceremony is Canon in D, I happened upon this video of a guitar remix of it
And one of my favorite commercials right now, the Traveler’s Insurance ‘lucky rabbit’s foot’
This year is the 30th anniversary of Star Wars. The history channel ran a really good program looking at the historical, political, spiritual and religious influences on the saga, it was a great program, and if it replays, I’d highly suggest watching it.
Star Wars is also the name of a segment that 100.7 runs every night, where two songs go head to head in a battle, and last week during the last night R.E.M. was in the competition, they played my vote on the air! It was the first time I was on the radio, so it was very exciting for me. I happened to be in URU, exploring Minkata and I tried calling in (usually it is busy and I can’t get through), but sure enough, I cast my vote for R.E.M. and a few minutes later, I heard it over the airwaves! So of course, I go into Neighbor chat and tell everyone because I was so excited! It was also a bit strange to be exploring Minkata (a desert) while in an air conditioned house…just felt odd.
The other day I was going to sit in our desk chair downstairs, and sometimes when you wheel it to you, it will bounce off your heel or shoe. Well, this time it decided that it was going to destroy my heel and took out a big chunk of skin and it’s still heeling (healing/heeling…get it, it’s a pun!), so that is kind of crappy, but funny when I look back at it.
A Harry Potter area is going to be opening at Islands of Adventure at Universal Orlando, as well as a Simpson’s Area. More reasons for me to go, besides the fact that I’ve never been there.
And speaking of theme parks, I thought I mentioned it here, but I looked back and didn’t see it: China is opening a Bruce Lee theme park in 2009, complete with Bruce Lee robots that walk around and interact with the patrons and do stunts, all controlled from a giant, central statue of Bruce Lee. Sounds a bit creepy to me. I also wonder how the workers will get into the giant Bruce Lee statue…
Currently it’s the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Festival. And we know what that means…monsoon season!
Saturday at the mall, MTV and Journeys put on this huge barbecue, with about 2000 people showed up for the concert, free food and celebrities (some skaters on a new show), so needless to say, it was crazy at the mall. But I did get to see the Mall Security Officers yell at a bunch of kids for skateboarding through traffic.
Ok, I think that’s it, I head up to camp on Wednesday. I’ll be writing over the summer, but really don’t know how often I’ll be able to post. If push comes to shove, I’ll end up backdating the entries when I can, but I’ll do my best to keep this updated. Have a great one, and send me mail, I’ll write back!
