tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83726611980461123382011-04-21T10:54:30.491-07:00Andrewnoreply@blogger.comBlogger61100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8372661198046112338.post-11426502381277354912009-04-02T17:58:00.001-07:002009-04-02T18:10:50.332-07:00Mine: <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-nKMIjN1cCk/SdVfYVy4BNI/AAAAAAAAAB0/GNXiy5HMXlA/s1600-h/Bike.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-nKMIjN1cCk/SdVfYVy4BNI/AAAAAAAAAB0/GNXiy5HMXlA/s400/Bike.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320263406580139218" /></a><br /><br />His (or Hers?): <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-nKMIjN1cCk/SdVfiB7G9TI/AAAAAAAAAB8/1RO070wcRdQ/s1600-h/Car.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-nKMIjN1cCk/SdVfiB7G9TI/AAAAAAAAAB8/1RO070wcRdQ/s400/Car.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320263573044655410" /></a><br /><br />That's a Lotus Esprit V8 if you're curious. Anyways, it was a weird moment for me for some reason. As I'm thinking about it now, I believe the reason is it crystalizes for me everything that's been wrong for the past eight years. The car is big, fast, fancy, expensive, and runs through gas like it's water. The bike is efficient, useful, not very flashy, and way more healthy for a person than driving a fast car. The bike is sorta like the economy we should have, one built on solid fundamentals (that bike ran full force into a van with me on it, and the only thing that broke was the front reflector) that actually make your life better in tangible and intangible ways. The car is nice, it'll get you looks and all that, but is it really all that good for you in the long run? Our whole country over the previous eight years was run by people who thought like the car, playing the politics game for easy scores while neglecting things that are actually good for us (like a sane defense policy that isn't based on irrational fears of gangs with funny-sounding names in far-away places). <br /><br />When I was little I always wanted to drive a fast car. I'm glad I grew out of that phase.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8372661198046112338-1142650238127735491?l=poserimage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Andrewnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8372661198046112338.post-3285597686158230202008-12-02T11:07:00.000-08:002008-12-02T11:11:31.582-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-nKMIjN1cCk/STWHnKLyF9I/AAAAAAAAABs/8NEdKfN_Pzk/s1600-h/mime-attachment.jpeg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-nKMIjN1cCk/STWHnKLyF9I/AAAAAAAAABs/8NEdKfN_Pzk/s400/mime-attachment.jpeg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275271645352826834" /></a><br /><br /><br />This image is satisfying on many levels. For instance:<br /><br />1.) Yup, that's an iMac.<br /><br />2.) Yup, I've written myself a nice 10-or-so-line AJAX generic control refresh page that'll work with any user control I fancy to write (as long as I do a few simple things in the implementation).<br /><br />3.) Yup, that's the normal iMac menu at the bottom of the screen...<br /><br />4.) That's not the office in the background, either.<br /><br />Isn't technology grand?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8372661198046112338-328559768615823020?l=poserimage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Andrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8372661198046112338.post-38224677717476433032008-11-25T15:07:00.000-08:002008-11-25T15:09:05.302-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-nKMIjN1cCk/SSyFNxzO9iI/AAAAAAAAABk/VJJjS9jW6Do/s1600-h/image001-2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-nKMIjN1cCk/SSyFNxzO9iI/AAAAAAAAABk/VJJjS9jW6Do/s400/image001-2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272735735497029154" /></a><br /><br />This guy eats trains. From my Sunday "commute" to church. Chickity check yourself before you wreck your self...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8372661198046112338-3822467771747643303?l=poserimage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Andrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8372661198046112338.post-34556793550071872422008-11-25T14:59:00.001-08:002008-11-25T15:02:35.422-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-nKMIjN1cCk/SSyDYxS6-uI/AAAAAAAAABc/wFvv9Cy02ro/s1600-h/image001-1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-nKMIjN1cCk/SSyDYxS6-uI/AAAAAAAAABc/wFvv9Cy02ro/s400/image001-1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272733725316807394" /></a><br /><br />Technology is fun, and tasty too (especially when it directly converts into Chanos). This is how I earn my bread and butter -- I stare at something akin to this picture for eight hours a day and type.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8372661198046112338-3455679355007187242?l=poserimage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Andrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8372661198046112338.post-25414755451596999092008-11-25T14:54:00.000-08:002008-11-25T14:59:10.134-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-nKMIjN1cCk/SSyCaGkL6XI/AAAAAAAAABU/38Lv3N_4uZ0/s1600-h/image001.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-nKMIjN1cCk/SSyCaGkL6XI/AAAAAAAAABU/38Lv3N_4uZ0/s400/image001.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272732648694606194" /></a><br /><br />Somewhere in California; we can do gray and gloomy like everyone else. From my Sunday morning "commute" to church.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8372661198046112338-2541475545159699909?l=poserimage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Andrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8372661198046112338.post-26531894746211057862008-01-10T17:32:00.000-08:002008-01-10T17:38:32.031-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_-nKMIjN1cCk/R4bH4nDLmpI/AAAAAAAAAA0/Z0ZSG0NaZkE/s1600-h/P1020455.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_-nKMIjN1cCk/R4bH4nDLmpI/AAAAAAAAAA0/Z0ZSG0NaZkE/s400/P1020455.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5154026598941039250" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_-nKMIjN1cCk/R4bHy3DLmoI/AAAAAAAAAAs/pXcxMgHfyn0/s1600-h/P1020454.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_-nKMIjN1cCk/R4bHy3DLmoI/AAAAAAAAAAs/pXcxMgHfyn0/s400/P1020454.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5154026500156791426" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_-nKMIjN1cCk/R4bHr3DLmnI/AAAAAAAAAAk/6qeOJ79O370/s1600-h/P1020452.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_-nKMIjN1cCk/R4bHr3DLmnI/AAAAAAAAAAk/6qeOJ79O370/s400/P1020452.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5154026379897707122" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_-nKMIjN1cCk/R4bHiXDLmmI/AAAAAAAAAAc/DGZUC12LNTI/s1600-h/P1020449.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_-nKMIjN1cCk/R4bHiXDLmmI/AAAAAAAAAAc/DGZUC12LNTI/s400/P1020449.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5154026216688949858" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_-nKMIjN1cCk/R4bHcHDLmlI/AAAAAAAAAAU/49UBRx6Zpmc/s1600-h/P1020447.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_-nKMIjN1cCk/R4bHcHDLmlI/AAAAAAAAAAU/49UBRx6Zpmc/s400/P1020447.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5154026109314767442" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_-nKMIjN1cCk/R4bHTHDLmkI/AAAAAAAAAAM/Vwf3AR3JEBo/s1600-h/P1020442.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_-nKMIjN1cCk/R4bHTHDLmkI/AAAAAAAAAAM/Vwf3AR3JEBo/s400/P1020442.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5154025954695944770" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8372661198046112338-2653189474621105786?l=poserimage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Andrewnoreply@blogger.com0