Category Archives: Ramblings

* I wrote this offline before I left Jordan. I have just gotten around to posting it today * Offline Post I am writing this post now but I will not get to post it until I get back to … Continue reading →

So I am back in the middle east this week on a semi-surprise trip, it is the middle of the week so I thought I would update on how things were going. Getting here was an adventure. We took 3 … Continue reading →

Over the last week or two I have heard the same cliche used over and over again. It is starting to get to me. So I figured I would tell the Interwebs about it and then I would feel better. … Continue reading →

Last Friday night we had a really cool event with our sub scouts. We setup 2 rain gutters 10 feet long and the boys brought boats they had made from the blanks that the scout master had given them. Two … Continue reading →

This is a really cool video about the McGurk effect and how it works. It freaked me out how easily my mind could be tricked into hearing something that wasn’t there.

I am loving my new GoPro camera… I ordered it on Thursday of last week and it arrived on Friday. Saturday we wanted to test it out so I stuck it to the top of Jamie’s Jeep with one of … Continue reading →

As VMworld 2011 draws to a close I thought I should write some about it before it starts to fade away and I get too busy to remember to do it. Currently I am drafting this on my iPhone because … Continue reading →

Sudan has been in the news recently with the birth of a new nation in Southern Sudan. What has largely escaped the news is the face that thousands of refugees have fled the north and are migrating towards the new … Continue reading →

These guys are putting out a burning car and when it explodes they keep right on working like nothing happened.  If this video does not make you appreciate that job that firefighters do something is wrong with you. It is … Continue reading →

Well, I turned 31 yesterday. So far I am happy to report I have not yet fallen apart, but it could happen at any time apparently. Everyone seems to act as if you fall apart as soon as you get … Continue reading →