Author: jason

  • Well, crap.

    Boilermaker 15K sold out – Utica, NY – The Observer-Dispatch, Utica, New York. I was pondering using the 2013 Boilermaker to motivate me to get back on the running bandwagon.  With an early sell out last year, I even started thinking about signing up. That isn’t gonna happen, the 15k field of 14,000 slots sold…

  • Rochester’s Adventure in Optimism

    RochesterSubway.com : Rochester’s Adventure in Optimism. I’ve read about the Rochester Subway’s rise and fall before, but this article had more depth and loads of good pictures.  Interesting stuff.

  • The tablet that turns itself lumpy

    BBC News – CES 2013: The tablet that turns itself lumpy. By lumpy, they mean buttons that grow out of the normally flat touch screen.  Interesting stuff.

  • Mike Rowe: Learning from Dirty Jobs

    An oldie, but a goodie.

  • Lego Funny The Way It Is

    Man, that’s a lot of work there…

  • How I spent my weekend…

    Saturday, 3 hours removing about 500 lbs of ice off the gutter and roof in front of the house.  Rocked it old school: framing hammer and masonry chisel.  After first I was just trapping away.  After half an hour with not much progress, I started just wailing away.  Good for removing the ice, because it…

  • Cool Amazon Feature

    Was doing some research on one of my SLR lens and thought amazon was a good a place as any to get some quick specs.  When I eventually found the product detail page, it had a little previously purchased reminder.  Good stuff!

  • Pen Porn

    Pilot Namiki Vanishing Point Fountain Pen – Broad Nib – Black Matte Body – JetPens.com. I’m not a big pen collector by any means, but this retractable fountain pen is pretty impressive.

  • Seen the new David Bowie video?

    Trippy.

  • iPotty?

    iPotty Aims To Entertain Toddlers During Toilet Training. As parent going through the potty training process, I can see this almost making sense.  But, I’m still not gonna let my kid go solo with an iPad just yet, even if it is nailed down.