There was a 200lbs bear in Rio Rancho this morning. The bear was initially spotted right near my house then was chased into a tree a few blocks from my house. There was quite the circus around the neighborhood with all the police, fire and ever single news van in the state.
KRQE has a report and video from this morning. I don’t know what happened to the bear but I’m sure Game and Fish knocked it out and took it away.
Update: The link to KRQE seems to be doing something weird. You can watch the original breaking news on YouTube. KRQE has a follow-up about the incident with a video on YouTube. They don’t know where the bear came from but it will be going to the Zuni mountains.
In an effort to get familiar with iMovie, pending the iLife ‘09 release at the end of January, I started looking at some of the video I have taken with my Cannon G9. The camera takes really good video, I just wish it would zoom and focus while recording.
As part of this experiment I have uploaded my first video to YouTube. The video is of the Chili and Taco race at the Albuquerque Isotopes game on 5 May 2008. There’s quite a few of these races posted on YouTube but I think I’m the only one in widescreen. There is a high quality version available but it’s not quite as good as what I get in iMovie.
The threshold for developing iPhone applications is low. Although the play concept of AppleCatch is good, the graphics look like they were made in Microsoft Paint.
AppleCatch was previously a paid application and is now free.
16GB iPhones released today. Took Apple long enough. If the retail Apple Stores have them, I will be buying one today.
Update 10:15 am: I was at the Chandler fashion mall Apple Store at 10am. They had them but had not processed them yet. They said come back in a 1.5 – 2 hours.
Update 02/06/08 6:19 am: I got the phone yesterday and have been playing with it all day. I was especially impressed with the box. The whole process of setting up an account and transferring the phone number from T-mobile was a terrific experience (I assume T-mobile will automatically cancel my account?) Yes, i know this is old news. I’m late to the iPhone game after all.
I have 3.61 GB left, therefore I was right in thinking I needed to wait. I’ve also watched some video podcasts which I didn’t think I would do much of. Maybe I should have waited for the 32GB iPhone?
An Albuquerque Tribune article discusses how the Scorpions didn’t make enough money during their first season in Rio Rancho to cover costs. They didn’t make enough money when they were in Albuquerque, either.
I can certainly see why they would thing the grass will be greener here in Rio Rancho, really what did they have to loose? I’m still concerned, how long will they continue to loose money? What if Rio Rancho’s growth doesn’t happen as fast as it needs to? Real fans are already driving to Rio Rancho to watch the games, what else will be done to attract new fans?
I’m still surprised to hear people complain about the drive to the Arena. Unser Road did suck, but it’s mostly better now. Any major city with major league sports have much worse traffic problems than Rio Rancho. I don’t think people know how good they have it.
The ice floor is taking shape and soon the chiller will be connected to the building. For hockey fans this is one of the truest signs that the hockey drought is almost over. Season ticket holders can even see the seating bowl and picture their view of the Scorpions beating the competition. Come this October, anyone attending a Scorpions game will have a great view of the ice surface no matter where they sit. No more posts or pillars obstructing the view.
A article on the status os the Santa Anna Star Center
This weeks Photo Friday is “Action“. It should have been a easy thing to get out and get some action shots, but it was a rough week. Therefore I present another picture from the Isotopes game I went to, the racing chills (and taco). I think the green won.
After seeing a Myth 1 update on MacUpdate that allows it to be run in MacOS X natively I decided to check it out. What I ended up doing was downloading the Myth II update instead, installing it and playing it. Its been many years since I last played myth and now that I have better hardware the game is just as enjoyable as it ever was. I was surprised and happy to see that it supported the max resolution on my TiBook (1280 x 854). I never got around to defeating Myth 1 and may decide to take that on as a project.
At least according to their web site. Even though its propaganda for the US Army, its a very cool game. I’ve played in on the PC and glad to see there will be a Mac version.
The threshold for developing iPhone applications is low. Although the play concept of 
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