Crackers Don't Matter: In Exile v.2.0

Klipsch 5.0 Setup

2009-09-02T17:57:00.002-05:00

All thats left now is a subwoofer. (And a bigger tv, and a tv stand and etc. etc.)

Camera

2009-07-31T20:40:00.002-05:00

I got a new camera, its a Nikon D40x. Here's an example of a photo I took, keep in mind this is on the jpg basic setting (it was RAW + jpg), and then I photoshopped it at 50% the aspect ratio and 60 quality.

Top Gear Series 13 Episode 1!!!!!

2009-06-21T16:10:00.001-05:00

http://www.mininova.org/tor/2705428

Demitri Martin

2009-05-31T19:58:00.001-05:00

Even though you can't see or hear anything, the guy was hilarious.

SPEAKERS!!!!

2009-05-20T19:19:00.002-05:00

Klipsch RF-25 Floorstanding Speakers

Klipsch RSX-4 Surround Speakers

Here are some Old Memories for you

2009-04-19T20:58:00.002-05:00

http://www.badgerbadgerbadger.com/

http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/badgerphone

http://www.weebls-stuff.com/toons/magical+trevor/

BATTLESTAR GALACTICA:DAYBREAK

2009-03-21T08:18:00.004-05:00

The end has finally come (with the exception of the 2 hour movie event "The Plan", but that, like Razor, is set in the past). INVISOTEXT ON

Its strange that a series finale is 50% predictable 50% unpredictable and yet 100% satisfying. The special effects of this episode were $150 million movie budget good, I think we now know why there hasn't been much in the way of "action sequences" in the past few episodes, because all that money went into this episode. Now even though the effects were great, they still don't hold a candle to quite possibly the greatest sequence in the history of the show and one of the greatest in television history. The Opera House sequence. The Opera House has been a main theme ever since Giaus Baltar and head/angel Six walked through it back on Kobol in the Season 1 finale, "Kobol's Last Gleaming". And here's where it gets incredible, we've already seen this sequence, we know that Roslin and Athena will be looking for Hera, and we know that Caprica Six is going to pick her up and her and Baltar are going to bring her into the Opera House where the Final Five are. And yet as its all intercut throughout the action, it all feels right. That scene carries the weight of 4 years of the show, and it gets it all right, it gets it the exact way that its supposed to be.

I also need to mention Bear McCreary, the shows composer. His musical themes played out perfectly over every single scene. When Roslin is dieing in the Raptor, we hear "Roslin and Adama" which is a touching theme that really makes realize that Roslin is in fact dead. For the Opera House sequence we hear "The shape of things to come", which has been the theme for the opera house since Season 1. There are many many more, and every single one is nailed out of the park for the moment and emotion that is needed for that scene.

Its rare that a series finale leaves you so satisfied, most of the time you're left wondering, "what if", like they haven't explored all the ideas that they could have. But with Daybreak, it is exactly as the end should have been, Ron Moore (he was the guy reading the National Geographic at the end) has been able to relate and entire series to our current events, and in doing so has drawn a couple of pretty astonishing parallels. KITT + ASIMO = Cylon? Only time will tell.

And so ends Galactica, SO SAY WE ALL!

Watchmen

2009-03-07T12:13:00.002-06:00

Here's the good, bad and the ugly of Watchmen.

The Good:
- The soundtrack
- The special Effects
- Jackie Earle Haley as Rorschach
- The opening credits
- Archie was just plain cool
- Malin Ackermin's naked ass
- Jeffery Dean Morgan as The Comedian

The Bad:
- Malin Ackermin's acting performance
- The "old person" makeup

The Ugly:
- BIG BLUE DONG

NIN Concert Videos

2009-02-18T19:18:00.002-06:00

With the recent announcement that NIN is going on hiatus, it got me surfing around there website, and apparently there is a ton of concert videos from when they were here in Minneapolis. The "Lights in the Sky" tour should be shown to all other bands, that way they will know what the gold standard is for putting on a show!

Grand Cayman

2009-02-01T09:48:00.001-06:00

Superbowl!

2009-01-31T23:19:00.002-06:00

Well its time again for my annual Superbowl pick. Last year I was wrong, but never fear I've decided to go with the coin toss method this year. So here's my thoughts, in a low scoring game my money is on the Steelers, in a high scoring game my money is on the Cardinals. So who do I think is going to win......... THE STEELERS 14-24.

Its Cold Out

2009-01-15T22:52:00.002-06:00

2008 Year in Review

2008-12-27T09:41:00.002-06:00

The year 2008 began sometime back in January, I believe it was on the 1st at 12:00 am, but I could be wrong. My year at least has pretty much been dominated by my purchase of a townhouse in Blaine, and so far my only complaint is the damned neighbors daughter who parks her fucking car in front of my house when she should be parking it on there fucking driveway. Other than that not too much excitement (at least compared to that) has happened. Things of note: another fantastic trip to Duluth / North shore, I went to Camdenton, MO a bunch of times, Bryan and Jen tied the knot and finally the "Friday Flannel" made its swan song. Overall a good year, here's hoping next year will bring more fun and excitement.

My Name Is Bruce Part Deux

2008-12-06T10:30:00.003-06:00

It was awesome!

This picture showed up the best, I was kind of far away and it was dark in there.

House

2008-11-17T21:51:00.001-06:00

I bought a house, I'm really busy right now, I'll give updates on things as I get time to do so.

MPG

2008-10-29T18:25:00.000-05:00

38 miles per gallon

Created by The Car Connection

TV News

2008-10-21T18:16:00.002-05:00

Dexter has been picked up for Seasons 4 and 5!

And The IT Crowd returns in November!

Mark Your Calendars!

2008-10-16T23:24:00.001-05:00

BSG's final 10 episodes start airing January 16th! In another bit of good news, its rumored that the actual series finale episode could run 2-3 hours long!

SFW pr0n

2008-10-08T21:30:00.000-05:00

Here's one of the gems we saw while in Duluth....hilarious.

http://creativity-online.com/work/view?seed=349ffa2b

Duluth 2008

2008-10-06T19:37:00.002-05:00

The Duluth Trip happened. Here are some photos.

Gooseberry Falls

Gooseberry Falls

Lutsen

Lutsen

Cascade River

Fall TV

2008-09-30T20:01:00.004-05:00

For those of you living under a rock.

The Office, Heroes, Family Guy and Dexter have all hit the airwaves with new episodes.

The office: back in the full swing of things with a "weight loss" episode which was capped by Jim proposing to Pam AND Stanley losing 7 lbs!

Heroes: now still a good show and all, I just sometimes wonder about the leaps of faith us viewers are told to make. Ex. Future Peter could solve ALL of this seasons problems so far by simply traveling back in time and shotting Nathan better.

Dexter: Wow, once again this show never ceases to amaze me. If you haven't seen it, just watch it already!

My Name Is Bruce

2008-09-17T22:01:00.002-05:00

For years I've felt like I've just been drifting through life.....that is until now. My Name Is Bruce, the next movie to come out by the one and only Bruce Campbell is coming to Minneapolis to screen the movie, tentatively 12/5. I foresee only 1 issue with going to this, once I do, I have no purpose to live.....well maybe to one day meet my other hero, Mike Rowe.

Tyler Durden

2008-09-15T21:06:00.001-05:00

Dan sent this to me, apparently I'm a teenage girl who posts on livejournal.

http://scrubschick.livejournal.com/130240.html

The Tale of The Blackberry Pearl

2008-09-03T20:23:00.002-05:00

Um......the USB pins broke so it won't charge anymore, T-mobile won't replace it for free, so they'd want $350 for a new one. So say hello to my new phone, a Motorola V188!

Twins vs Seattle

2008-08-18T21:21:00.002-05:00

Camdenton Round 3

2008-08-12T18:29:00.003-05:00

There was a heat index of 110 on Monday and Tuesday.

The Dark Knight Review

2008-07-25T00:39:00.001-05:00

WHEN IS BATMAN 3 COMING OUT, BECAUSE IT SHOULD BE TOMORROW, BEST MOVIE OF THE YEAR!!!!!

Elk River = Apparent Large Mullet Population

2008-07-22T18:24:00.000-05:00

Shark Week 2008 Info

2008-07-01T21:05:00.000-05:00

The 21st edition of the summer programming week will kick off Sunday, July 27, running through Aug. 2.

Kicking off the week will be a two-hour Mythbusters shark special Sunday at 8 p.m., climaxing with the construction of a 16 foot robo-shark.

Monday, July 28 will feature Surviving Sharks at 9 p.m., hosted by Survivorman’s Les Stroud, and Day of the Shark at 10 p.m., a special chronicling real shark attacks.

Tuesday will kick off with the Dirty Jobs shark special and How Not to Become Shark Bait, which will give advice to help avoid becoming dinner when swimming in the ocean.

Thursday will bring Mysteries of the Shark Coast, profiling Australia’s northeastern coastline, home to more sharks than anywhere in the world, but where sharks are also disappearing at a rapid rate.

Throughout the week, Discovery will run public-service announcements for the Ocean Conservancy, educating viewers about threats facing sharks.

Top Gear Series 11 Episode 2

2008-06-30T19:18:00.001-05:00

700mb rip.

Top Gear Series 11 Episode 1

2008-06-23T20:49:00.000-05:00

700mb rip.

Top Gear Series 11!

2008-06-16T18:39:00.001-05:00

Go here for the Top Gear Advert Meeting.

Also, the first episode.

"Top Gear Sunday 22 June
8:00pm - 9:00pm
BBC2
The very latest Top Gear news and views from the usual team. Jeremy, Richard and James apply their minds to the question of what the British police should drive. At the moment Bobbies are forced to drive around in diesel hatchbacks, gingerly shuffling the steering wheel and letting criminals get away rather than risk scuffing their wheel trims. So, armed with no more than 1000 pounds each, the Top Gear boys set out to buy a bargain priced police cruiser that can take part in a dramatic chase without fear of costing the tax payer a packet if it gets broken. Meanwhile, James introduces a new member of the Top Gear team and steps aside so they can immediately make their mark on the show with a remarkable feat of daring. And as if that wasn't enough, Jeremy tears up the Top Gear track in the new Ferrari 430 Scuderia, the car that aims to put some passion back into the Italian supercar maker's increasingly nerdy and computerised stable. Plus, there's a break from the norm as the Reasonably Priced Car welcomes a pair of stars in the contrasting shapes of the Friday Night Project's Alan Carr and Justin Lee Collins. All this, and some sound advice about how to deal with rising petrol prices. Top Gear is longer, stronger, faster, better and probably a bit more on fire than ever before. "

No Window

2008-06-10T21:52:00.002-05:00

1. Find Camera
2. Take pictures of what your "window view" would theoretically look like
3. Assemble pictures with Autostitch
4. Print on Plotter
5. Hang on wall

Here's what to do if you have an office without a window.

More Top Gear News

2008-06-03T22:21:00.001-05:00

From Producer Andy Wilman:

"Another quiet week at Top Gear. We’ve just finished shooting our Cheap Alfa Romeos Challenge, Top Gear vs The Germans is also in the can, our new character has just shot his or her films, and in the edit suite I’m very happy with our We Can Make Better Police Cars piece.

Richard’s just shot a birthday tribute to Touring Cars, and Jeremy’s fiddling with his CLK Black film, cos he’s not happy with the structure. There was a scary moment when he said he’d found some music that would improve it, but fortunately this time it wasn’t a 16 minute keyboard solo from the 1970s, and it actually has improved it, not that any of us in the edit will ever tell him.

Elsewhere Lord Stig has come out of suspended animation and whacked in his first lap time of the new run. It’s for the F430 Scuderia and bugger me, glue down any ornaments on top of your telly."

And the big race they're doing this year is in Japan. From what I've heard its James and Richard in a Bullet train against Jeremy in a Nissan GT-R.

Top Gear Series 11 update

2008-05-27T22:25:00.002-05:00

According to "The Applause Store" Top Gear returns June 22nd!

Camdenton, MO Round 2

2008-05-16T11:28:00.002-05:00

Here's Josiah, the red soul patched man with glasses.

We're pumping the 200 gallon tank on the back of the truck into the 2000 gallon purge tank.

My view from the flight on my Chicago to MSP leg.

Yes, thats seat 32D.

Top Gear Series 11

2008-05-06T21:18:00.000-05:00

Premiere's June 15th!!!!

100k

2008-04-30T17:42:00.004-05:00

The 100,000 picture was blurry, but the 99,999 is nice and clear, and apparently I'm doing almost 70 when I took it.

18!!!!!! Part Deux

2008-04-21T18:55:00.002-05:00

Check this out.....I'm going to hell.

18!!!!!

2008-04-14T21:17:00.002-05:00

Click here

Final Stage Resistor

2008-04-14T21:07:00.002-05:00

So for the past few months my fan blower in my car has been "panting" like a dog, so I did some research and apparently this is a common problem on e46 2001-2002 cars. I could either take it to the stealership and pay $400 or $90 and fix it myself. So a few DIY guides and 2 hours later.

Here's my car without the glovebox. The location of the resistor is directly behind the fan controls next to the firewall.

The top one is the new one, and the bottom the old.

The black thing in the middle with all the wires is the resistor installed. My hands hurt.

The Office and BSG!

2008-04-09T18:19:00.003-05:00

For those of you that live under a rock BSG has made its triumphant return to tv after not showing a new episode for over a year. And let me just say HOLY FUCK!

Spoilers in invisotext

The scene with Tigh and Adama in the CIC in the opening sequence.....wow, I hope we get more of these. And as far as "the eye" goes, maybe I'm reading too much into this but it was the right eye of Anders, it was the right eye Tigh shot Adama with.....so what does this all mean for Tigh since he doesn't have a right eye? Just an interesting thought.

Anyways, along with Galactica being back on the air we get new episodes of The Office tomorrow. Its a good day to be in tvland!

News and Other Ramblings

2008-04-01T18:14:00.003-05:00

Apparently my domain forgot to auto renew itself, so thats why you couldn't reach this site for a few days. Not to worry, I have reestablished its auto renew status.

Also, some of our favorite shows are returning soon, such as The Office and 30 rock on April 30th, and Dirty Jobs and The Deadliest Catch on April 14th and 15th.

Bad news, all signs are pointing towards the Screen Actors Guild going on strike this summer, so probably ANOTHER stoppage of tv shows.

And finding out this happened is how I started my day today.

And finally some great news. A good friend of mine Justin Reineking is going to be a father of a baby girl later this year, so congrats to him!

Union City, IN

2008-03-28T15:09:00.003-05:00

For those of you that don't know, I just returned from Union City, Indiana......my back hurts.

Yes, that says "Tom Raper RV's"

Here's the old beast of a rental car I got with my field equipment, you can see the bailer, the bailer rope, my aluminum clipboard, some coolers, etc. etc.

I'd say this is THE best picture ever!!!!!

I know what you're thinking you sick bastard.

Finally, Minneapolis from 10,000 feet.

The Ides of March

2008-03-16T16:22:00.002-05:00

Here are the Bride and Groom (with Dan in foreground taking a picture)

The Wedding cake (which made its way onto Bryan's face)

Dan and Bryan waiting to dance with Jen during the "Dollar Dance"

Some Amish people we saw on the drive back.

Congrats Bryan and Jen!

The Morkrid-Delaney Wedding

2008-03-14T23:04:00.003-05:00

Tonight is the last night that our good friend Bryan Morkrid exists. Starting tomorrow he will now be known as Bryan "whipped" Morkrid. I'll try to take some pictures with my phone and post the happy couple online. In the mean time join me in wishing them the best in there future together!

Camdenton, MO

2008-03-04T20:33:00.003-06:00

So our task in Camdenton was to take samples from a bunch of water wells. The process for this is to take out a certain volume of water and then test it for pH, temp, and conductance. Then after doing this 3 times we collect 3 samples to test for VOC's.

Here is our 1000 gallon purge tank, that we put all the water we pumped out over the week into.

Here is one of our pumps we used.

This is Josiah the red-bearded man with glasses.

A look at the back of the truck, equipped with a 200 gallon tank.

Trips are fun, NOT

2008-02-29T18:05:00.002-06:00

I just got back from Camdenton, Missouri for work. I'll tell you all about my fun trip and post some pictures later, for now though I'm unpacking.

The Office!

2008-02-13T22:57:00.003-06:00

Returns to our screens with the first of 6 new episodes on April 10th!

Hey look a press release!

Writers Strike Update, When Do We Get New Episodes

2008-02-11T19:12:00.001-06:00

Go here.

Random Factoids

2008-01-29T22:18:00.000-06:00

So after reading what Nate had written about the past websites it got me thinking about things that have happened in the past few years. So here's a list of some interesting things that have happened.

It has been:
1546 days since I started to Blog (4 years, 2 months, 24 days)

5, the number of blogs I've had. The first one on blogspot, 2nd one on some random free site, 3rd one that I hosted on byethost, 4th one was in exile version 1, and the 5th one on blogspot.

446 days of being in exile since byethost lost all my data.

353 days since I've been in exile of being in exile after blogspot forced me to change my account.

2003 - 40 posts (started blog on November 5th)

2004 - 185 posts

2005* - 37 known posts (moved to 2nd site, which is gone forever)

2006* - 24 known posts (moved to bythost servers, which got deleted as well)

2007 - 125 posts (began exile)

* I'm guessing that 2005 and 2006 had similar numbers as 2004, as those were my college years and therefore had ample free time.

RIP

2008-01-27T15:46:00.001-06:00

I've got horrible news, today, Friday January 25th in the year 2008 at approximately 11:03 cst, we lost a dear dear friend. It was at this time that I discovered a hole in the elbow of....the Friday Flannel. The Friday Flannel died the same way it lived, cordoroyish. I'm not sure what that means but I'm a bit emotional here so just bear with me. The Friday Flannel began its life in the year 1998 probably made in some sweat factory by a 7 year old for 9 cents, it was then sold to the Eddie Bauer clothing company where it was purchased by me. Within weeks of purchase it immediately found its home on Friday's, thus signaling the end of the week. It is my humble opinion that the Friday Flannel has indeed grown beyond its simple confines of being a flannel that is worn on Friday's, but has become a legend in its own right. For with the exception of summertime, it has indeed been worn every single Friday for the past 10 years. To give a rough estimate thats 400 wearings, 400 of the best damn Friday's in the history of time! The Friday Flannel is deceased by all the other clothes I've outgrown and / or destroyed in some fashion. And it is survived by nothing of any significance.......today truly is a sad sad day. Please join me in mourning for the loss of a dear friend. And may the Friday Flannel rest in Peace.

Friday Flannel
1998-2008

Cloverfield

2008-01-21T17:36:00.000-06:00

So whats all this hub ub about in this "Cloverfield" movie. Well let me give you a rundown of what this movie is all about.

Premise of movie: A giant monster is attacking New York

Premise of Premise of movie: Smaller monsters that fall off the big monsters back are attacking New York

Premise of Premise of Premise of movie: We're fucked!

Cloverfield is a movie unlike any movie thats been done before, there is nothing traditional about this. At no point do you get the standard military "what is it?", "how do we destroy it?", etc. It all starts out at a commercial for Abercrombie and Fitch, where beautiful people party with beautiful people, but before you know it the statue of liberty is headless, the empire state building is now a pile of rubble and the monster has just fucked you in the ass. If I were to describe this movie in one phrase I'd say "this movie is like a pussy that eats YOU out".

Some words of wisdom, at the very end pay attention to the right side of the screen, it'll blow your mind, and stay there until the end of the credits.

WTF?

2008-01-14T17:27:00.000-06:00

Dexter Coming To CBS?

2008-01-08T00:26:00.000-06:00

Read all about it here.

A Quantitave Analysis of Ones Ability to Wrap Christmas Presents

2007-12-20T19:45:00.000-06:00

The image above is showing a direct correlation to what level of skills it requires to properly wrap a present. If you'll notice the "magic number" is 6. Anything less than this number and you fail! Anything more than this and, well, I don't want to talk to you, you pompous present wrapping demi-god / asshole. So for example, I myself might only be a 1 in wrapping, but I am a 5 in taping, so therefore I reach the magical number of 6 and can properly wrap a gift. So how good are you?

RIP "The 4400"

2007-12-19T21:50:00.000-06:00

The 4400 has been cancelled. May she rest in peace.

Employment

2007-12-18T22:26:00.001-06:00

For all that don't know, I have been employed now for 1 week, so my unemployment didn't last too long. In other news, tv is going to suck after the new year. Lets see, we're going to get new episodes of Lost at the end of January....thats pretty much it until April when we see the return of Battlestar Galactica. But even still neither of these shows has all there episodes completed, so unless this WGA strike gets resolved we're going to be in a huge hurt.

Deadliest Catch Season 4

2007-12-11T20:33:00.001-06:00

I found an interesting blog over on the discovery channels website, check it out for all the latest on whats happening in the next season of the Deadliest Catch. By the way, it'll premiere sometime in April of 2008.

Unemployment

2007-12-09T22:47:00.000-06:00

Its official, I am unemployed. My time with Dakota County has come to an end. I'm thinking of going on welfare, I mean how hard can it be?

March Madness? BCS Madness!

2007-12-03T16:54:00.000-06:00

Ah yes, another year and another BCS controversy. Lets break this down, we have 11-1 Ohio State vs 11-2 LSU for the National Championship, this will probably be a good game, but I still have to ask. Why LSU and why Ohio State? Last I checked USC was 10-2, and won there game on Saturday just like LSU did, so why no love for USC? Georgia also 10-2, but they didn't win there conference so I can understand them not being considered. Now this might come as a surprise but what about the only undefeated team in the country, Hawaii (12-0). I know what you're thinking, Hawaii is part of the WAC conference where they basically play high school football teams every week so no wonder they won all there games. Now I completely agree with you.....in 2006, but what Boise State did last year in the Fiesta Bowl proved that even the non-BCS teams can hang with the big dogs. So why no love for Hawaii? I'm not saying that a playoff system would be better, I'm not saying that the current system isn't flawed, but there must be a happy medium that can be found. Either that or we need to have 2 BCS teams go undefeated every year and have them play for the title. Either way it was an exciting college football season with lots of upsets (Michigan vs Appalachian State, USC vs Standford, etc.) and I for one am looking forward to the college football bowl season.

Hair Cuts by Asians

2007-11-28T07:39:00.001-06:00

Why is it that every time I go in to get a haircut an Asian women always does it. Now I have no issue with this what-so-ever in the cutting department. Its in the English department I have a problem. You know how they try and make conversation, well I can't understand half of what shes saying which results in a lot of "yea", "yep", etc. For example she was asking me if I'd done my Christmas shopping yet, to which I responded "no", and then she talked for about 5 minutes on I have no idea what and then gave me an inquisitive look, to which I responded, "yep, I know what you mean".......what I should have said was "you're English sucks, why don't you just stick with cutting the hair, and I'll just sit here quietly."

Top Gear Series 10 Episode 7

2007-11-26T07:35:00.000-06:00

700 mb release.

Happy Thanksgiving!

2007-11-22T10:37:00.001-06:00

Writers Strike, How Many Episodes Left

2007-11-18T23:40:00.000-06:00

Here's a list as of last week.

Back to You -- On hiatus.
Big Bang Theory -- On hiatus.
Big Shots -- Nine episodes completed out of 13.
Bionic Woman -- 9 of 13 episodes completed filming.
Bones -- 12 of 22 episodes in the can. Episode 9 will air Nov. 27.
Boston Legal -- 15 episodes completed out of 22.
Brothers and Sisters -- Six episodes left including this week.
Cane -- Entire 13 episode season filmed and expected to air.
Carpoolers -- Entire 13 episode season completed filming.
Cashmere Mafia -- Premiere moved to 2008.
Cavemen -- 12 of 13 season episode season completed filming.
Chuck -- Six completed episodes left.
The Colbert Report -- On hiatus, airing repeats.
Cold Case -- 10 of 24 episodes completed filming.
Criminal Minds -- Six more episodes completed, then ... 12 out of 22 eps filmed.
C.S.I. -- Ten out of 24 episodes filmed.
C.S.I.: Miami -- 13 out of 24 episodes filmed.
C.S.I.: New York -- 14 out of 24 episodes filmed.
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart -- On hiatus, running repeats.
Desperate Housewives -- 9th episode will air December 2, then on hiatus holding back the last show filmed.
Dirt -- Season expected to be truncated.
Dirty Sexy Money -- Six episodes left before zilch, 12 of the 13 episodes completed filming.
Ellen DeGeneres -- New shows after a one-day hiatus.
Everybody Hates Chris -- Full 22 episode season completed and ready to air.
Family Guy -- Production shut down.
Ghost Whisperer -- 9 episodes out of 22 filmed.
Gossip Girl -- Six episodes to go before shutdown, 13 of 22 episodes completed.
Grey's Anatomy -- 11 of 22 episodes completed, production shut down.
Heroes -- Scripts written through the 11th episode which might serve as season finale December 3.
House -- Five or six completed episodes in can before none.
How I Met Your Mother -- On hiatus.
Jericho -- Seven episode season ready to air.
Jimmy Kimmel Live -- On hiatus, airing repeats.
Journeyman -- Entire 13 episode season filmed.
K-Ville -- 10 of 13 episodes completed, production shut down.
Late Show with David Letterman -- On hiatus, repeats expected throughout strike.
Law and Order: Special Victims Unit -- 14 of 22 episodes completed, production shut down.
Lost -- 8 of 16 episodes completed, still scheduled for a February premiere.
Medium -- Nine of 22 episodes completed filming.
Men in Trees -- 19 episodes filmed, some held back from last season.
My Name is Earl -- Season completed filming
NCIS -- Ten out of 24 episodes filmed.
The New Adventures of Old Christine -- Production shut down.
Nip/Tuck -- 14 episodes filmed, filming on next 8 postponed.
Numb3rs -- 12 out of 24 episodes filmed -- Nov. 23 marks episode 9.
The Office -- On hiatus after cast didn't show up to work. Two or three completed episodes left to air.
Prison Break -- On hiatus until January 14.
Private Practice -- Eleven episodes filmed, production shut down.
Rescue Me -- Production had been scheduled in 2008 for a 22 episode season, status in limbo.
Rules of Engagement -- On hiatus.
Samantha Who? -- Twelve episodes filmed out of 22-ep season.
Saturday Night Live -- On hiatus.
Scrubs -- 11 episodes shot, 12th worked non-WGA, brouhaha as NBC wants that to be finale and creator Bill Lawrence doesn't want to end early.
Shark -- 11 of 22 episodes completed filming.
The Simpsons -- Sitting pretty with 17 completed episodes to go.
Smallville -- 15 of 22 episodes completed.
South Park -- Not WGA, production continues.
Supernatural -- 11 episodes completed filming, five more scripts ready.
'Til Death -- On hiatus.
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno -- On hiatus, repeats expected throughout strike.
Two and A Half Men -- On hiatus as of November 26, production shut down.
Ugly Betty -- 13 out of 24 episodes filmed.

The Writers Strike Sucks

2007-11-11T14:32:00.000-06:00

So lets see here, most tv shows have completely shut down production due to writer/producers not willing to go back and finish the semi completed episodes. So what does this mean.......we have new shows through November sweeps, then most shows go into reruns in December and January so no change there, but come February sweeps guess what, no new tv, its going to be either reruns or reality tv. So what can we do about this, nothing, we are fucked. Unless talks between the WGA and the Producers starts up again we are screwed. About the only thing we can do is play video games, watch old tv shows, watch tv shows that have come out on dvd or and I hesitate to say this, pick up a book.

On the plus side the best comedy in the past 5 years, Superbad comes out on December 4th.

Rochester

2007-11-07T18:38:00.000-06:00

I had an interview with the DNR today down in Rochester, I'm pretty sure I didn't get the job, but on the plus side I listened to some Pink Floyd on the way home so how bad could it possibly have been.

Top Gear Series 10 Episode 4

2007-11-04T16:24:00.000-06:00

700 mb release.

Also, BSG Razor has appeared online, I haven't downloaded it so I have no idea if it truly is legit. But here it is anyways.

Top Gear Season 10 Episode 3

2007-10-30T22:22:00.001-05:00

Just in case you missed it. 700mb version.

The Simpsons Music

2007-10-24T22:20:00.000-05:00

Found this while trying to find "Baby on Board" song. Turns out the site is pretty awesome.

88888

2007-10-22T18:18:00.000-05:00

The 888888 picture didn't turn out, but this was pretty close.

New York, New York

2007-10-16T19:12:00.000-05:00

Plaque you see when you first walk into the Empire State Building.

View looking east from Empire State building. You can see the Chrysler Building and the Met Life building.

Statue of Liberty from the ferry to Liberty Island.

Lady Liberty with Manhattan in the background.

(Full Res) Closeup of the statue standing at its base.

Panorama of New York with Empire State Building towering over all buildings. Behind boat is where the WTC towers would have stood.

Top Gear News Uncut

2007-10-11T16:51:00.000-05:00

Four parts, number four probably the funniest.

Guess what I did today?

2007-10-10T18:38:00.000-05:00

Top Gear Series 10 Episode 1

2007-10-07T21:53:00.000-05:00

700mb version

Overall TV Ratings Down

2007-10-03T23:21:00.000-05:00

According to Yahoo News Hollywood execs are already worried about about the fall tv season as the numbers for new shows is not what it was last year, and the year before, etc.

Well here's an open letter to Hollywood execs. DON'T CANCEL A SHOW SO FUCKING QUICKLY! Thats why ratings are down, because YOU pull the plug on shows too quickly without giving them a chance to find there footing or there niche. Look at this from a viewers point of view, would you want to invest 13 hours of your life into a mystery and then never have it solved. Well thats what YOU do on a consistent basis every season. Maybe its not a mystery all the time, but any show needs time to get in a rhythm and so do us viewers. But if you're just going to cancel a show on us, then why do I want to tune in when its on the air. On top of all of that, why don't you just.....wait a second, this open letter isn't getting the best ratings, I'll just cancel it.

Staff Meeting Fun

2007-10-02T16:59:00.000-05:00

We had a staff meeting today, so I did what every person does at meetings, zoned out.

Top Gear Series 10 Trailer

2007-10-01T00:04:00.000-05:00

http://files.phyrefile.com/file/2007/09/30/TG10.flv

More Premiere's

2007-09-30T18:54:00.000-05:00

Dexter's second season starts tonight and the BBC version of Robin Hood starts its second season October 6th.

Top Gear

2007-09-25T17:57:00.000-05:00

All the rumors have been confirmed, Top Gear will return October 7th and will be 10 episodes long. Even better here's whats going on in the first episode.

"Top Gear revs back into action for a new series. In the opening episode, Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May revisit their attempt to build amphibious cars and face up to one of their biggest – and choppiest – challenges to date.

The Audi R8 attacks the Top Gear track and Dame Helen Mirren is the Star In A Reasonably Priced Car."

Duluth 07

2007-09-18T18:30:00.000-05:00

A fox we saw at Gooseberry Falls.

Gooseberry Falls, middle falls.

Split Rock Lighthouse.

Lutsen panoramic.

Fall colors at Lutsen.

Dan on Alpine Slide.

Kenny on Alpine Slide.

Lutsen Resort.

Cascade Falls, or at least one of them.

Duluth Panoramic

Canal Park Bridge.

Top Gear

2007-09-16T16:51:00.000-05:00

Rumor has it that Top Gear will return to the airwaves on October 7th and will be 10 episodes long!!!

Wanna Watch The Series Premiere of Bionic Woman?

2007-09-13T23:20:00.000-05:00

Its Free. And in excellent quality. And totally legal.

Click image for link.

Richard Hammond In Another CRASH!!!!!!

2007-09-11T07:35:00.000-05:00

Wow, talk about a non story.

My favorite part is "The host was not injured and continued the race once his vehicle - a BMW 330 DTi Sport - was repaired."

I mean honestly, the 4 of them are in a race, they'll all (except the Stig) get in an accident at some point during it. Talk about trying to capitalize on Hammond's name and crashes. For shame BBC, for shame.

Fall TV Premiere Dates

2007-09-10T21:00:00.000-05:00

With the fall tv season just around the corner I thought I'd tell you when you're favorite tv show premieres.

Family Guy (Fox) Sept. 23
Simpsons (Fox) Sept. 23
Heroes (NBC) Sept. 24
Bionic Woman (NBC) Sept. 26
My Name Is Earl (NBC) Sept. 27
Office (NBC) Sept. 27
Smallville (CW) Sept. 27
Stargate Atlantis (SciFi) Sept. 28
Dexter (Showtime) Sept. 30
American Dad (Fox) Sept. 30
30 Rock (NBC) Oct. 4

And for those reality tv fans.

Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader? (Fox) Sept. 6
Deal Or No Deal (NBC) Sept. 17
Survivor (CBS) Sept. 20

Richard Hammond in a Veyron?!?

2007-09-09T21:37:00.000-05:00

Wearing this helmet

School

2007-09-05T20:29:00.001-05:00

Ah yes, another year of school has started and you can just tell that all the new freshman girls are......wait a second.....I'm not in school......hmm, I'm not sure what to say......well, um, "Thats my momma" -Peter Griffin.

The It Crowd Series 2 Episode 2

2007-08-31T23:52:00.000-05:00

Torrent.

Does Having a Vagina Make You A Douchebag?

2007-08-29T18:19:00.000-05:00

So I was at the local Sams Club to buy 2 things, Cereal and Diced Fruit. 2 things, thats it, and I originally went there for just the cereal but I thought peaches and pears looked good. There were 3 registers open so I went to the one with only 2 people in line. The first was a man with about 20 things things and he was about half checked out. The second was a women whom I shall her-to-for refer to as "fuckface". Fuckface had a cart full of random shit, I'm guessing about 50 items, which if you've been to sams club you know thats a lot of shit considering the "bulk" theme of the store. So a considerate person....a male....would see that I have 2 items and let me go first. But not fuckface, thats just not her thing. So she starts to get her stuff rung up and with about 3 items left she notices that one of her cans of soup has a dent in it, so she says "I'm going to run back and get a different one", which if you translate that really says, "I'm going to hold up the line even more by running to the back of the store". At this point I'm getting pretty pissed off, even the guy behind me who has about 10 items is looking pissed off. So when fuckface eventually returns with her precious soup she goes to pay. And she looks at the credit card machine like its this strange object, so after taking about 10 seconds to figure out what the hell it is the cashier tells her what to do "slide your card here". So fuckface pulls out a visa card and slides it the wrong way, then she sits and waits for it to do nothing, the cashier finally pipes in that they don't accept visa, only discover and mastercard. Then fuckface decides, well I'll just write a check. Dear God!!! Eventually fuckface hands over the check and is on her merry way...or so I thought. I get my 2 items rung up and am gone in under 45 seconds after she has taken 10 minutes. I'm on my way out of the store when I get to the guy at the exit who checks all the items and she has just finished, so he looks at my receipt and I'm walking out the door, when looky here, fuckface has stopped in the middle of the door to tie her shoe or some shit like that, I was tempted to kick her in the ass. So I'll leave you with this, FUCK YOU FUCKFACE!

On a lighter note Jessica Biel is quite good looking.

The Andy Dick Show

2007-08-28T21:16:00.001-05:00

Not sure if I was the only one that watched this show but here is a massive video collection of what seems to be every skit they did on the show. Enjoy.

The IT Crowd Season 2 Episode 1

2007-08-26T21:33:00.000-05:00

Dan already posted, but for those who wish to download a high quality version.

Get it here.

Top Gear Series 10 Spoiler?

2007-08-23T23:28:00.000-05:00

It appears they will be competing in a 24 hour endurance race. Check out car #78.

Its Been A While, Just Thought We Could Use The Reminder

2007-08-19T01:04:00.000-05:00

Stuck? No.

2007-08-13T18:31:00.000-05:00

So I just got done returning a data logging probe to a well when on my way back I thought, I'll take a slight detour here and go see how high the Vermilion River is. I went to a place that I have been to many times over the past few weeks, of course never after a rain event. And this is what happened.

You can't see it well from the pictures but the trench at its deepest is about 8" deep, which is up to the hubcaps on the truck.

You'll notice grass in the trench, that was placed there by me once I was stuck. The reason I went the way I did was because thats where the path was, had I known it was soft and muddy, I would have gone 5 feet to the west of where I was, the ground there was rock solid.

Top Gear Series 10 in October!?!?

2007-08-12T21:16:00.000-05:00

According to the applause store they will be back in October.

Look What I Saw On The Road Today

2007-08-06T19:27:00.001-05:00

Four Wheelers

2007-08-05T22:57:00.000-05:00

Thats where Trevor got stuck in muck and it took the other 4 wheelers winch to get him out.

This is a location somewhere going down the river.

And this is 2.6 miles from Lake Koronis.

The Big Ticket Goes To Boston

2007-07-31T17:14:00.000-05:00

Today is a sad day for Minnesota sports, 4 years ago the Timberwolves were in the western conference finals, the Vikings were favorites to win the Superbowl, the Twins were a strong small ball team with a ton of potential, and the Wild were just coming into there own as a sleeper team coming from the Western Conference. But today looking at that, the Vikings...if they win 6 games this year I'll be amazed, the Twins are in a rough patch with no hope to keep perennial gold glover Torii Hunter after this season, the Wild are the exception, they still are that sleeper team that has a chance. But now that Kevin Garnett, one of the most genuinely nice people in sports has been traded away, I give the wolves a 22-60 season next year.

On the other side, I do wish Kevin Garnett the best with the Celtics and they are now my instant favorites for winning the Eastern Conference, he stuck out the past 3 years here that have been just dreadful, so good luck KG, win one for Minnesota.

Lake Pano in Glorious 1.3 Megapixel

2007-07-29T22:23:00.000-05:00