Greg In The Desert

Check out this beautiful incomplete R2-D2 frame from the Maker Faire on julianbleecker’s photo stream on Flickr. No information from the photo on what this is about but there is a link to www.artoo-detoo.net in the background. There’s a part of me that wants to complete a project like this, but I have plenty of incomplete projects already.

Normally I wouldn’t write about the murder, death, kills in Albuquerque. The local media does a good enough job at that. I didn’t see the local media tell the horrific details that buggs did on a photo in his flickr stream.

Tiffany Toribio placed her hand over her 3-year-old son’s mouth as he slept on this playground bridge in the middle of the night.

She held him down until he stopped squirming.

Toribio then performed CPR on her son Tyrus who started breathing again. He was shaking, his eyes were rolled back. She then suffocated him again. She placed her hand over his face until he stopped breathing.

Only this time she didn’t revive little Ty.

She dug a hole with her hands in the sand underneath a swing set, put Ty in it and buried him.

You could upload your own photo via the built in photo application for free, but it wouldn’t purr and meow. MyCat is $.99 via the iTunes App Store.

MyCat displays a photo of your own cat. He purrs, he meows. You can take him with you wherever you go.

Upload or take a picture of your own cat.

Touch your cat to hear him meow.

Pet your cat to hear him purr.

The Netherlands has a very different kind of hydraulic cantilevered drawbridge that consist of a single giant arm that lifts the road way section way up into the air. it’s known as the Leeuwarden Flying Bridge or Slauerhoffbrug.

jalopnik has some additional images and so does google sightseeing.

Photo by admiraalsweblog on Flickr.

I debated wheather or not to make this my Photo Friday entry. I’ve since decided that it is “iconic” of Rio Rancho, the town I live in. First the view of the Sandia Mountains are very iconic of the Albuquerque metro area. Second the houses represent the urban sprawl of the area, that has since been put to a halt.

Heard about that peanut butter salmonella contamination by Peanut Corporation of America? If you haven’t then you can read more about it on the FDA’s website. Apparently a bunch of it is being recalled in a variety of products. Including Clif Bars.

How do I know this? Because I received a call from Costco (via 800-774-2678) notifying me that the Clif Bars I bought within the last year may be contaminated and I should destroy them.

I probably wouldn’t have never known that these bars could be contaminated if it wasn’t for this call yet I find it disturbing that they kept such records about me. I shouldn’t be surprised though.

Thankfully, I haven’t opened this box of Clif Bars yet. Now what about a refund?

Update 02/19/09: I returned my Clif Bars to Costco. They refunded my money and I didn’t even need to explain what they were.

Creative commons photo of Clif Bars by earlg on Flickr.

This is turning out to be a historic year. My hometown team, the Arizona Cardinals, are going to Superbowl 43. What makes it historic is that this is this is the first NFC championship for the team. Ever.

Had they won one year earlier, they could have played in the Superbowl in Arizona.

In 1988 they moved to Arizona and played in Sun Devil Stadium. I recall going to at least one of those games. They have played poorly for a long time, it’s good to see them finally win.

Creative commons photo of a actual Arizona Cardinal bird by jhaskell on flickr.

Believe it or not, Apple was once the king of its industry. Before the IBM and compatibles. At the time, the Apple II was their best selling product. Concern over competition caused Apple to create the Apple III.

The Apple III cost between US$4,340 to $7,800 and had an optional ProFile hard drive for another $3,495. It was a failure. LowEndMac looks at the Apple III and it’s various flaws including the case design which was solid aluminum. Also check out a more detailed article written in 2006.

Creative Commons photo from spaceageboy on Flickr.

The future is here. Sales tax increases started today and Virgin Galactic has signed a lease with Spaceport America in southern New Mexico.

Under the terms, Virgin Galactic will pay $1 million per year for the first five years for use of the terminal facilities, and, for the next 15 years, will pay a fee based on an amortization of the remaining total cost of its facilities.
In addition, it sets a tiered fee scale — with a minimum charge of $50,000 per month — that hinges upon the number of flights launched by the company each year. A third fee charges the company $30,000 each year to rent ground space for the facilities.

Creative Commons photo from generated