So we had Thanksgiving and putting up Christmas lights. Here are some pictures from the month.
By the way, GO TROJANS! That was an awesome 28-7 beating of the Bruins!
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So it’s the big week. USC vs. UCLA rivalry week!
UCLA Sucks!
What better way to celebrate what we are thankful for than to watch the USC Trojans beat the UCLA Bruins?
Proud USC Fan.
We’ll be celebrating Thanksgiving at my in-laws, and then on Saturday we are going to cook our own turkey at the house. Not much else going on. We did get baseboard put in living room, dining room, and hallway a couple weeks ago, things are really coming together with the house. We will be having 2 Christmas parties at our house in December, one for my dad’s side of the family and one for my mom’s side of the family (which will include Kelly’s family at both/either of them). It’s going to be a very busy December! Work will be busy the first two weeks as well since I have to train new hires on high-speed online, but it shouldn’t be too difficult. That’s about it from here so let’s see what I have to share this week.
Cool Food
Cheeseburger in a Can!
Have you ever been out camping in the wilderness and wished, “Boy I wish I could have a cheeseburger right now!”. Well the wait is over, with the cheeseburger in a can!
Cool Stuff
When I was a kid I loved reading the various Choose Your Own Adventure books, I found this site that someone has analyzed all the books and has a bunch of data about them, with cool graphics and color. It’s a pretty neat read if you loved those books as a kid. Some more cool stuff, but in a much different way are these Civil War pictures (warning some of them are not for the faint at heart), I’d never seen this collection so it was an interesting look into battlefield.
Buying Stuff
If you are looking for the best cheap stuff to get for Christmas, check out this site called Cheapism that has reviews on cheap things.
Funny Stuff
Another weekly cool links and another great site to see pictures of people and go, what the fuck?? This weeks pick is Why the Fuck Do You Have a Kid? You will be saying the same thing when you see this collection of pictures. I’m sure a number of UCLA alumni are pictured on that site.
TV Stuff
Anyone that is both a sports fan and a fan of The Office will love this take on The Office done by the Kansas City Chiefs.
Videos
Everyone loves a douchebag.
Watch out for the Shiny Suds in your shower! (Loofah! Loofah! Loofah!)
The best song of 2009 Show Me Your Genitals (NOT SAFE FOR WORK and people without a sense of humor)
Don’t miss his other great hits also on Youtube! And you can purchase his songs on iTunes!
Bohemian Rhapsody, The Muppets Style!
So the big news this weekend is the Orange International Street Fair! I may be going there tonight with one of my brother in laws and a friend and then we will also be going Sunday afternoon like we have traditionally the last 4 years! Really looking forward to the food and beer and fun of just having a good time. Besides that not much happening, I accidentally left the freezer open 3 inches yesterday when I left for work, so I had to throw out all the food in the freezer! It has been extremely hot at our house, usually 90+ degrees inside till nearly 9PM, we are still trying to figure out ways to cool our place down with just fans, it’s frustrating because it’s cooler outside but we can’t get the cooler air inside even with three fans throughout the house. So that’s it for this week, now on to an abbreviated labor day weekend edition of Weekly Cool Links…!
First off with the start of the NCAA College Football Season I have to kick off my links with this awesome video.
USC opens their quest for the Division 1 championship on Saturday at 12:30 PM (pacific). Talking about college football anyone that loves college football should really check out my friend Brian’s website, In the Bleachers, the #1 College Football blog and podcast in the world!
Food
Tactical Bacon, there for you when you need it!
I already know how to cook a whole chicken, but I’ve never cooked a whole one in a slow cooker, it’s a great way to get it done with minimal effort. I’d also suggest checking out the main $5 dinner site, she does a great job sharing the wealth on the ways she’s able to make good cheap family diners. Bacon is the coolest thing on the internet since sliced bread, and now you can make sure you are able to enjoy the salty smokey goodness of bacon during the next natural disaster with Tactical Bacon! (thanks to my friend Dippy for the link). And while you are eating your bacon, why don’t you learn how to cook up a bunch of hard boiled eggs in the oven… Wait are those oven cooked eggs?!
Interesting
According to Carnegie Mellon‘s Death Risk Rankings, the chances of a age 30-39, white, male, from California dying in the next year is 1,537 out of 1,000,000 (wait I fit that description!). In addition here at the top 5 and the number out of 1,000,000.
Cause of Death – MicroMort
Total – 1,537
Accidents – 408
Circulatory system diseases – 187
Suicide – 173
Cancers – 143
Infectious and parasitic diseases – 141
Homicide – 101
Geeky Stuff
Time Travel!
I love this travel time-line that someone put together based on popular TV shows and movies (I’ve included to the left for those too lazy to visit the site.) If you’ve ever wanted to check if your favorite user name is available at 130 websites all at one time, then namechk is the site to go. Warning it could be used for both good and evil! Good in the fact that you can find 130 websites to register your user name at, bad for the fact that you can find 130 websites to register someone elses user name at so they can’t!
Funny Stuff
Kelly and I are thinking about having a child… Actually no we aren’t but what better way to bullshit your way out of work and responsibilities than the Office Kid, complete with pictures and drawings! If having a fake kid isn’t your idea of funny then check out the People of Walmart a place to see pictures of those interesting individuals that shop the crappiest store on earth.
Tech Stuff
Just an FYI for those that keep sending me MMS messages to my iPhone, Sept. 25th is the big day that I will actually be able to see them from my phone! About damn time AT&T!
And lastly I leave with you a couple more videos.
Pretty cool Old Spice commercial (I really enjoy their advertising and commercials)
College Humors modern take on West Side Story with Web Site Story! I highly recommend checking it out! You got to go to their site I can’t embed it.
So I failed! I’ve failed to get my weekly cool links out at least every other Friday! Flog me if you want, but I have a good excuse. I was very busy last week with work and in turn wasn’t able to prepare my links for release by Friday, so here I am releasing them on Monday instead. Last week I was was in training Tuesday through Friday with a contractor from Hill’s and Associates doing the Time Warner Cable Business Class certification courses. Even though I pretty much knew everything about our business class product, it’s still good to get a refresher every so often. Plus now I know even more about our services and probably about 150 more acronyms about networking and the telecom industry… In addition I spoke to the trainer during one of the breaks about some career advise, because I’m looking for some more technical training and discovered some certifications from (ISC)² that I’m researching and possibly will be taking the exam for (the SSCP first) and then studying for more. In addition to that he taught us everything you learn in MBA school and officially gave us all MBAs…
MBA in 2 Minutes
1. Revenue – Costs = Profits
2. Businesses without customers are not in business
3. You must do everything you can to attract and retain customers
Besides work not much happened the last couple weeks, we had a couple various family gatherings, a relaxing 1 week vacation, and saw a couple movies. Funny People (3 Stars) and 500 Days of Summer (3.5 Stars) you can check out my movie reviews here (more reviews to come as I catch up!). Lastly I’m getting into golfing and bought some new irons last week, that should be arriving at my house today and I’m looking forward to playing 1-2 times a month if possible.
On to the Weekly Cool Links!!!!
Music
I have a bunch of music links this week, most of them about finding new music, something I struggle with because of my specific eclectic preference. I’m always interested in finding more music I might like, iTunes DOES NOT CUT IT with their recommendations, even Genius is just sort of ok, but Lifehacker put together an article on articles and ways to help, with their Top 10 Tricks for Making Your Playlists Rock. There is Project Playlist which can help you find music, generate playlists and create ringtones for you. Lastly if you are looking into turning an old computer into a “media server” you might want to check out Amahi, doesn’t require much power or high priced tech to get running, and can stream to just about anything, in addition is has lots of features that compare to those of Windows Home Server! And lastly, I thought I would share an artist I discovered yesterday, this girl can do wonders with just a ukulele and has a very pretty voice. She is also playing in Long Beach in a week or so.
Movies
Not much on the movies front this week, but how could we all have missed the production of Lesbian Vampire Killers! Most of the reviews say it’s pretty bad, but come on with a name like that it has to be at least entertaining.
Sports
I found this gallery archive of Iconic Dodgers Photos from Sports Illustrated. My favorites include the picture of Sandy Koufax’s no hitter, if you look closely on the chalkboard someone wrote and then erased that he went 0 for 4 in the game. Also love the picture of two of the best pitchers ever in baseball, Don Drysdale and Sandy Koufax. Glad that they included one of my favorite Dodger of all time, Orel Hershiser.
TV
If you happen to know anyone that is looking for a job, perhaps Veridian Dynamics might be just the place. Well regardless if it is, I highly recommend that you check out the two episodes of Better off Ted that will be on this week (Tuesday 08/11/09 at 9:00 P.M.). Or maybe you are like me and you just accidentally want to somehow download all the TV shows you are interested in so you can watch them later on your own time and without advertising… Well ShowRSS might be able to help you out…
Tech
If you don’t know by now, both myself and Kelly have iPhones, and one way I keep up with the release of free applications I might want to check out is by visiting FreeAppAlert, actually I have them on my Twitter, but I check out their website via their feed there. Talking about the iPhone I’m really stoked to see that the FCC is interested in getting to the bottom of the application approval process at Apple after their denial of the Google Voice app. I was really looking forward to getting to use my Google Voice number, hopefully these questions that the FCC has made will get Apple and AT&T to stop with the antics.
Neat Stuff (probably tech oriented)
Did you know that my relative and US President John Quincy Adams is tweeting?!!? It’s all being done by the Massachusetts Historical Society, as this article explains. J.Q.A. kept a 1 line a day journal 200 years ago while he traveled to Russia to be the first US Ambassador to Russia. According to my calculations he’s currently just off the coast of Canada make his trek to Russia.
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On to present day, I really thought this graph by the New York Times showing how people spend their day was interesting. I love the data that have put together and the ability to filter through it and see some specific groups. For those of my friends that enjoy beer, and especially Miller Lite, they are soon to release some new draft technology to be used in the home. This one should probably be in the tech section, or maybe I should just make an iPhone section, but someone has come out with software that allows one to track what is in their pantry and allow it to link with their iPhone to help create shopping lists and keep your pantry items up to date. With the integrating of the pantry list on your computer you can have an automated shopping list that updates to your iPhone pantry list!
Local
That’s right I have a local section, but not much to report. OC Register posted a list on Certified Farmers Markets throughout Orange County, although it doesn’t include the one in Stanton on Mondays (unsure if it’s a certified but I could have swore it was), also check the comment section for most lists. Lastly, Gustavo Arellano at O.C. Weekly wrote about an article he read in a Jewish satire magazine, in which porn star Joanna Angel praises the sausages from Mattern Sausage in Orange for, “Its curved shape was good for hitting my G-spot and, because it was a smooth surface, it was also great in my ass.” If that’s not a praise for their sausage then I don’t know what is! What Gus didn’t mention is that there is actually an article and pictures of Jenna von Oy from Blossom fame!!!
Videos
Ladies, is this what it has come to? What extracurricular activity does the Shake Weight resemble?
Are all the people in Santa Cruz like this, or is their something wrong with the water?
Don’t forget the Aspray next time you have issues with your body odor.
And lastly I had to include this awesome time-lapse video of Disneyland construction, it’s amazing how quickly they were able to do stuff back then, compared to the time it takes today.
Have a great week!
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Kelly three years ago you took my hand in marriage. We’ve had ups and downs through the last three years but there is no one I would have rather declared my love to than you. I love you my sweetie.
-Daniel
I know I promised these awhile ago, well here they are finally!
So I’ve been away for two weeks… I’d ask if you missed me, but no one reads this anyway (just kidding). We had a party at our house for the 4th of July and had a ton of fun. I hope everyone that attended had a good time. It was cool seeing so many people and showing them our house. Can’t wait for the next one! Well except for all the work getting ready for it. We got a dog on Monday! His name was Buster, but since we already had a Buster the Cat, his name is now officially Rowlf, as in Rowlf the Dog from The Muppets Show! He’s really sweet, and already fully trained, and quickly becoming a part of our family, as long as he doesn’t eat one of the cats! Nothing else happened that last two weeks, at least nothing I can think of…. Oh wait Michael Jackson Died… Of course I actually felt worse about Billy Mays dying, especially after enjoying watching the show Pitchmen, very sad to see him go, he seemed like a stand up guy. And now on to the links, because there are lots…
Sports
The USC Football 2009 Media Guide is OUT! And you can go and print out your own copy for freeeeeeeee! I expect everyone that I know personally to carry their copy with them at all times and to show me it when I ask for it.
Music
I don’t know how current these album covers are from Russia, but wow those are quality with a capital T. Is that Pete Townshend?
Movies
For those of you closely following my blog you may remember me mentioning RunPee about a month ago. Well RunPee has created the #1 reason why anyone should get an iPhone, the RunPee application! Now you can quickly check when is the best time to pee while out at the movies!
TV
Tonight (July 10th) one of my favorite TV Shows returns, with the final 10 episodes of Eureka on the newly renamed SyFy (SciFi Channel). If you haven’t checked it out, you really need to, the show is quirky and fun. Or if that is too mellow for you, how about purchasing some of the newest porn from Hustler (link is safe for work)? TV shows remade into Porn movies! Such as This Ain’t Star Trek XXX and Not Three’s Company XXX. I’ve purchased a box set of all volumes… Ok I haven’t really, but it’s still funny.
Fun
The internet was made for fun, but before the internet there were other fun things (many of which still exist) such as Dungeons and Dragons, Satan’s game! Oh wait, no it’s not Satan’s game, it’s just a freaking board game with imagination, but anyway, did you know that playing Dungeon’s and Dragons actually is a great tool for learning things about business? I have to agree, just as I agree with those articles that say playing Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games get people ready for real world scenarios. And let’s continue with the theme of lists of 10 with a top 10 list of things NOT to buy with your credit card. Credit card companies don’t just deal with numbers, they also write up psychological profiles based upon the purchased you make, and these items bring up the red flags (don’t worry I boought my boxed set via Paypal!). I see you a top 10 list and raise you to the 15 Creepiest Vintage Ads of All Time (I’ve included my favorite to the right).
Tech
This is usually my favorite section, since I’m a big tech geek. The biggest tech news of the week has to be Google’s official announcement that they are working on a Google Chrome Operating System, it’s about time they actually just came out an admitted to it, after a couple years of speculation. For those of you tech support people, the guys at Support Details might help your job be a little easier, with their website attempts to auto detects settings on a customer’s computer. Some of you might have noticed that I have a Twitter account (and you can follow me and the posts here there!) well I present to you the Twitter 10 Commandements. Yeah I know I do 1 or 2 of those (such as Auto-Tweet). Oh and last but not least Google Voice now lets users change their phone number that they originally got randomly from Grand Central, you even get to try and make a customer #, I was able to get us a phone number close to our home number. We are going to start using the Google Voice number when we give out our number to people.
And lastly I present some of the best videos I’ve found on the Internet the past 2 weeks.
Very neat video by a Japanese band that must a been a bitch to produce and direct.
Can you flush a whole roll of toilet paper down a airplane toilet?
What watch he does to get the top button of his shirt snapped, that’s awesome!
Which to you prefer, the A Hole or the B Hole?
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