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For the first time in about 8 years I played football (or soccer to most of you) with some collegues at work. It didn't go very well, after about 15 minutes I got a complete achilles tendon rupture in the right foot. I wasn't even playing very hard, just kicked the ball away from the goal. And I was sooo looking forward to play football again. Untill the operation on Wednesday I shall do as little as possible, just keep my foot high. It will take some 8 - 10 weeks with easy going and crutches to get well. The good thing is that it will be completly healed, but I'm afraid I will be bored long before that happens. Luckily I got a lot of unread books. And my sister w…

This plug in hybrid looks great. It should be out by 2010. They claim that on a 6 hour charge you should be able to go at least 40 miles. Hybrids now as the article mentions uses electric motors to supplement the car's gasoline engine Business & Technology | General Motors recharges on future of electric car | Seattle Times Newspaper

So I was really bored at work, and decided to look at some optical illusions, and found ways to see (or not see I suppose) where your blind spot is. Its fun! Just close one eye, focus on the dot or the cross, and move your head closer to the screen and eventually the dot (or the cross depending on what you originally focused on) will disappear! Oh and if you want it to work you have to look at the left object with your left eye closed or the right object with your right eye closed. This one below is cool because it shows how your brain is remarkably good at filling in missing information.

Laser-Accurate microphone proves once and for all that everything is better with lasers

I hope you had a great birthday yesterday Antonio and that your wife showered you with gifts, wine. and love! I knew your birthday was this weekend when I was traveling and had planned to maybe post early on Friday night our time to get the ball rolling, but in the course of taking a redeye, dealing with decrepit in-laws, and other distractions I somehow convinced myself yesterday that your birthday was today! Oh well, you know we all love you and it's the thought that counts as they say! ¡A su salud!

I almost missed this and that would have been a shame. Hope you are having a fantastic day Antonio! Feliz Cumpleaños!

Have a phenomenal day Dan!

so that i can meet him up tomorrow morning thanks.

Well, the wife came to me this morning and tells me she wants to start an online business. Needless to say I know next to nothing about getting started, whats' involved and most importantly how much money this is gonna cost me to put together for her. Wonder if anyone here has experience with such a thing and can give me any advice?

I thought this might be fun over here. Breakfast: Large Iced Coffee, and a Bagel from Au Bon Pain.

Emo to be made illegal in Russia? | News | NME.COM I know it goes against freedom of speech and all that, but I still can't stop laughing.

Just read the following interview of the founder of Dwolla - an online payment company that has a very simple fee structure. Twenty-five cents. Transaction for $50? $.25 fee. Transaction for $5000? $.25 fee. The catch? No credit cards. But read the article. Those of us who have sold or bought high ticket items have been through the PayPal fee shit, and these guys seem to want to beat that. I have zero affiliation with them, other than I just opened an account after reading the info. So take a look - it might be very useful. I saw it originally on BoingBoing. http://www.businessi...w-years-2011-11

I hope the two of you have a fantastic time!

Hostess is closing down..... http://xfinity.comcast.net/articles/finance/20121116/US.Hostess.End.of.the.Road/?cid=hero_media_bos It kind of makes me sad that I went through life and never actually tried a Ho-Ho. Need to find one just for nostalgia.

Hope you had a great birthday Steve! I hope birthday cake eating is part of carbo backloading, whatever that is. Cheers!

Dave over at the EEVBlog put up this informative post on the economics of selling niche electronics. As our headphone stuff is about as niche as it gets, I figure many of the points he talks about in this article are going to apply. Worth a read! http://www.eevblog.com/2014/05/28/the-economics-of-selling-your-hardware-project/

Happy Birthday Lil Bro. Drink whiskey now.

Have a fantastic day! I hope your wife gives you a Bondurant course. See you in a few days!

It looks like the internet infrastructure is starting to buckle under the strain of increased usage. YouTube is setting standard definition as the default resolution next month and Sony is slowing down PlayStation downloads in Europe. I'm not going to feel too smug about amassing a library of CDs and Blu-rays, just a little. What are you guys doing to adjust to staying at home? I plan on getting a lot more reading and writing done. Unfortunately, the gyms have been shut down so I'll have to stick to running, bicycling, etc. to get my exercise.

I?m considering running an alternative OS to Windows XP. I?m thinking one of the Linux variants. I have never used Linux so I am unsure how to proceed. So I have a few questions. I?d want a dual boot XP/Linux. Does anyone know of good tutorial web sites concerning this? Any opinions on the different versions of Linux? Does anyone know of music software for Linux (Open source) Burning/Ripping/Playing? Can I put both boot sections on one drive? I do have two drives so it?s not an issue. Any sites listing open source (Free) applications for Linux? Is Linux what I should be looking at? Thanks

So I had a cold early last week (or it might have been the week before, I forget by now) and I still ahve some clouded hearing in my left ear. Anything I can try to do to clear it up? Its starting to drive my batty.

Just killing me, cant drink, smoke and sleep, cos of coughing damn shit... Drinking tea with honey all day long and starting to feel like fucking bee:palm:

Interesting to note the level of detail in the US/non-US Reports David Carradine Dead, Star of "Kung Fu" and the "Kill Bill" Found Hanging in Bangkok Hotel Room - ABC News "other body parts" David Carradine found dead in wardrobe of Bangkok hotel - Telegraph Earlier reports were more specific, but I can understand discretion at such a time.