So, there have been a few news articles lately about BPA in plastic bottles, canned food liners, & other consumer products. I understand that Canada is talking about laws to deny the sale or use of items with BPA, and in true Walmart fashion they're reacting to the press & banning children's products with BPA. This seems about as dumb as arguing about global warming... This will require more study. If you are one of those idiots that thinks the water tastes different because you change bottles... well, you don't have a clue. The levels of BPA that are being seeped are in the 100ug/kg/day levels.
I don't feel compelled to believe the Plastics industries studies, nor do I feel the need to accept only the scientist who've done nothing but research this single issue for 20 years. We will all die in the end.
Worrying about plastics when there are things like war mongers in office?!?!? I'll stick with worrying about whether some idiot in DC is going to start WWIII.
21 April 2008
Bisphenol A (BPA) fears
26 March 2008
Has anyone seen this thing? BMW F800GS
I made the mistake of stopping by the local BMW dealership yesterday to drool a little. I was talking to the guy about the R1200GSA HUM-V, as he put it. We moved on to the topic of LWD;weight, EX terrain, etc. Then this thing came up:
BMW F800GS
Sounds like a cool bike. odd that they moved to a upright twin. I guess it makes it easier to drop/pickup in the field? It looks more like a Dakar bike, and a lot lighter than the R1200GS. You can put a GF/Wife on it... Leslie? Maria? Annie?
18 March 2008
I am glad my phone doesn't have a charm hole
I am surprised there's not a salaryman passed out in front of a combini.
But hey, they did get the Dr. Evil "CARBOMB" drunk:
11 March 2008
Wow, 11 years ago we had a great idea...
This post reminded me about the our group @POSTnet.
In the spring of 1997, Winamp was released. It spread through the office like a virus. As a group of tech support reps, we had very little work that required real attention. That meant we had lots of time to talk, never mind our constant IRC usage, we had a great idea for a portable media player for this new music format: MP3s. I think had we been in an area with real VC and a business minded coworker, we could have been a dotcom bust or the ipod... oh well.
25 February 2008
Finally, a boardroom table for that midget corporation
And many other odd furniture ideas. Thanks, but no thanks. I like LEGOs. I like furniture. I don't want to mix the two.
10 January 2008
26 December 2007
Rockin' the magna-traction!
Makes transitions from pow to hard pack disappear... CRAZY!
I demo'd the Libtech TRS. Yeah, Dr. Evil knows what came next... Weeeeeeeee!
11 December 2007
31 July 2007
04 June 2007
24 February 2007
Week two, bits!
As I sit here at the fvcking toyota dealer... I'd really like to have something to do. like um, smoke! Well, not really. I've had little in the way of cravings. No cheating at all since I stopped. So, I am going to eat something totally redonkulous! I've been on a diet too... 18.5lbs since Dec!
jebus, can I make things harder on myself?
In other news, I had to get some EVDO cards for the CEO & EVP of my company. Both are mac users, so that means I have to support them. That also means I get an EVDO card! w00t! These things are smoking fast. 1148kbps,d/573kbps,u !!! Sprint. Merlin EX720. Native OSX driver support.
ok, enough geeky-ness for today.
21 July 2005
Jebus, it's HUGE!!!
So, I went to the flagship REI in Denver. The place is HUGE. 4 floors of gear. They have a full course for mountain bike testing, a huge 6 rope climbing wall, and huge multipurpose area (I assume that they change this area every season). Oddly enough, it was easier to drive to Denver than it was to drive to the Lakewood REI. Keep in mind, I am staying in Lakewood! Very odd.
Since I was downtown, I took the opportunity to drive past the Pepsi Center and show my "respect"!
Go Wings!