I need to start remembering that my phone has a decent camera in it

Seattle city, downtown, is a mess. I'd hate to see it if there was actually snow there!

Ok, so there's snow there, but it's like only a couple inches.

It wasn't bad, but there are still abandoned cars, and lots of pieces of people's chains on the freeways. The freeways are wet, but clear of ice.

A work friend needed a ride from Kirkland to Seattle to catch a train. He was waiting on a bus that never showed up. On the way, we saw the bus stuck, at an angle, in the oncoming lanes of the freeway.

glorious

there was no way in hell i was going to try to get to work until the traffic cleared. which it seems to have done.

last night, my 4wd failed me. i took it to the shop this morning, and they told me the proper fix is probably $570 for the part, not counting the labor to install it, but... i paid $104. they diagnosed it. the encoder motor which tells the transfer case which gear to be in failed 25% of the time in a given interval, so it quit working. they cleared the fail code, and it works now until it fails 25% of the time in the same interval. to clear the code, you pull the tail light fuse with the key off. yes. the tail light fuse. 2 and a half minutes later, if you plug the fuse back in, the 4wd codes will be cleared and you can try again.

now, i'm shifting between 2 and 4 as little as possible. once that trick stops working, it will probably be time to sell it anyway.

when i got home, the roads seemed to be clear enough to drive, but the bosses had sent an email saying "go home, unless you are already there, then stay there". so, like a good employee, i do what my bosses say. so, i'm at home.



no capital letters.
on purpose.
not sure why.
just didn't feel like using capital letters.






*hella edit:

found that part for $210, brand new.

This is such a silly place

Seattle paralyzed by chance of snow

"Schools throughout greater Seattle closed Wednesday at the mere threat of snow late in the day"

"School officials' caution dates back to a 1990 snowstorm that dumped several inches of unexpected snow, paralyzing the city and forcing 1,200 children to spend the night in their classrooms."




really?

Suzuki Gladius

This bike looks like a ducati monster and a z1000 had a retarded fish frog baby. It also looks like they took the sv650 engine and bastardized it by moving the oil cooler into the radiator. I hated the look of it.

Now, I hate it for real.

Somehow, the street triple got in some action there, because the seat is rocked too far forward, and the bars are back too much, and you end up sitting like you do on a scooter. It's not pleasant at all. It's not relaxed enough to be relaxed. It's not aggressive enough to be aggressive.

All in all, I hate it as much as I expected. It's really too bad.

Also, motorcycle shows: next time, I'm just waiting a couple months until the bikes show up in the dealerships.

I might have had some beer tonight. Maybe.

Out.

Shadows

they can be cast by light.

but that's not the topic at hand.

they can also be caused by the absence of light.

Hench Hench

I got a couple cans of this to try from a friend who is now working for them.

De-lish.

A flavor variation on the energy drink flavor, as most energy drinks are. Kinda sweet, but I usually drink the sugar free kinds. This wasn't the sugar free kind, and I still enjoyed it a lot. It's creamier than most, and could maybe be described as cream soda mixed with red bull.

Can't wait to try it as a mixer with jager or vodka.

http://henchhench.com/

new brewing equipment

gonna try it out next weekend :D

A couple upgrades

I got a camera, so I'm not using my video camera for stills anymore.
Nikon Coolpix S550

Then I got a new phone.
BlackBerry Curve 8130

Then I upgraded my headlights on my pickup.
speed forum post here

yup.

it's now cheaper

to drive my wife's car than it was to ride the bike last july.

FLOODS!

HOLY CRAP ROAD CLOSURES IN KING COUNTY!

HOLY CRAP ROAD CLOSURES IN SNOHOMISH COUNTY!


This isn't a boat ramp, it's a road. I promise.


it's RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAINING up in here!



welcome to the wetside jeff!

beeeeeeeeeer

It's delishoush.

I knew there had to be a damn memory leak.

It's not a leak by definition...


but it's a damn memory leak.

Me == Thomas.

marriedtothesea.com

long days

as the days grow shorter, my days get longer.

Interesting News

Sony removes content approval, PS2 now open platform

"Since there are no licensing fees, the only cost to the developer would be the PS2 dev kit. "


Anyone got an extra $10k just laying around I can...uhh...borrow?

Fun, Not Fun

Fun: working on the pickup. I wrapped up the exhaust project on the S10. Much quieter now! Yay!.

Not Fun: jumping a sport bike. I was riding on 405 on my way home tonight and had no time to dodge the piece of debris on the road. I felt 4 distinct impacts, front, rear, front, rear. As I picked pieces of the seat out of my butt, I thanked my lucky stars and my reflexes that me upright despite what should have been me sliding on the freeway.

I'm taking the pickup tomorrow. Both to enjoy the stability of 4 wheels, and to listen to my new exhaust.

how rednecks fix their exhaust

Ride to Snoqualmie Falls with Scott

I don't think I've ever gone that fast....

Anyway, here's some pics and video from today's ride with Scott.

Total blast!

for all the ladies

when men are in the garage, we are not building things, nor fixing things, nor breaking things.

we are solving all the world's problems.

best not to disturb....



lol

:D

worst product evar

pelleted hops.



also, wash your bottles.

make sure you have enough caps before bottling time.



long hours at work, being tired mentally, but not physically, and pelleted hops make for a bad evening.