Toro rock climbing!!!

posted by Bob on Dec 22, 2008 10:02pm

i caught this pic at just the right time.

From the MCRmy

Hey Everybody -
Just saw this clip of Frank’s new shoe go up over at Macbeth Footwear and figured you would all want to see it. Make sure to send it around to all your friend’s and let them know.
www.macbethfootwear.com/frankiero

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A Christmas Carol

posted by Ray on Dec 08, 2008 10:26am

I’m loving Christmas this year. My first foray into lighting the outside of the house went really well, no injuries were reported so I guess it could be considered a success! Let’s see, we got a light-up snowman, some cool flashy candy canes, a mom and kid penguin and a bunch of other stuff out there, and we couldn’t be happier. I do of course have extension cords, power bricks, and all manner of stuff making the proper connections, so hopefully I won’t be going up in smoke.

Watched “A Christmas Carol” last night. I hadn’t seen it in years, and was just blown away at how moving this movie can still be after watching it so many times. You will be teary-eyed pretty much for the entire movie. Alastair Sim gives an amazing portrayal of a man who realizes he’s on the wrong path in life, and decides to make a change for the better. Sim is the shit in this film. This movie is an example of perfect casting. From Cratchit to Scrooge’s maid to Tiny Tim, you can’t picture a single role in this movie played by someone else.

What was really interesting is that “A Christmas Carol” was made in 1951, but it feels like a movie from the ’30s. That sounds weird, but when you compare it to Citizen Kane or It’s A Wonderful Life, which were both released about 10 years before, this movie feels very old-school. Maybe that’s because Citizen Kane was so ahead of its time, but that’s another discussion. When you watch it, check out the lighting especially, it feels very storybook like or almost like a stage play. Very cool.

I’m definitely watching this movie again this Christmas, I highly suggest you do too…

Legacy

posted by Ray on Dec 03, 2008 5:19pm

So I’m talking to my brother Ed on AIM today. He flew in for Thanksgiving from Florida and we got to spend some time together, eat delicious steaks, and jam with my other brother Tito and Ed’s friend Carmine. Lemme tell you that after a case of Bud, I play drums like Keith Moon and Tito can shred “Dirty Deeds” on vocals better than Bon Scott. Carmine also wrote an insane riff, only problem was we all were too drunk to play it well…

Anyways I’m chatting about his flight, and how my Dad got him sick, and than he says this…”so I’m making a homebrew 120gb drive for my xbox today.” I question him further on it, and he sends me here. After a quick scan of this document, I realize this shit ain’t easy. This, after he told me a few days ago that he made cymbals for his rock band 1 drum kit with HIS BARE HANDS. I couldn’t do anything but smile. You see my brother Ed follows in the footsteps of my father, who is straight up into electronics. He loves them.

You know those weird circuit boards and iodine and wiring and capacitors and all manner of strange things that Radio Shack carries yet no one seems to buy? My dad LOVES that stuff. He used to take me and Ed to the computer shows, where they’d do presentations on the latest unveiling of the Atari 800, which was a computational beast at the time. This machine was hot shit. A fully integrated computer crammed into a case the size of a small typewriter. Take that Apple!!!

We’d go to flea markets, usually held in gravel filled parking lots, and buy computer games in a plastic baggy because they really didn’t sell games in stores at the time. It was a long drive down there, but we’d be rewarded with a McDonald’s Hot Cakes breakfast, and if you were really hungry, you’d get the Big Breakfast…We have broadband internet now, but my dad was overjoyed when he got home his 1200 baud modem, and trolled the usenet and Compuserve for people to chat with and trade programs. My dad once wrote a program on his trusty 800 for my mom. She loves to play Pick-3, so he wrote a program that would pick numbers for her at random. Oh, did I mention he soldered together a board that let the computer SPEAK these numbers? And you know how your fancy XBox 360 and PS3 controllers rumble when you get hit? Well my dad specced out a system where your controller would actually ELECTROCUTE you when you messed up in the game. Unfortunately, he never got to make a prototype.

So when my brother Ed told me about his foray into hacking that Xbox drive, I smiled, knowing full well my dad taught his sons well. That’s all for now, Im scoping out a new SSD drive that I’m dying to install in my laptop…

Star Trek Vs. Star Wars

posted by Ray on Dec 03, 2008 7:40am

I too am jealous of Gerards blogging skills, and his seemingly ubiquotous presence. Dr. Manhattan, anyone???
Anyways, there are a lot of these kind of videos floating around, but this one is the best. Within 10 seconds, your first WTF will happen, and they’ll just keep rolling from there. Enjoy…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4ijDlbvAxw

The Motherfuckin’ Thanksgiving Day Parade Just Got Rick Roll’d!

posted by Ray on Nov 27, 2008 8:00am

There is really nothing more to say than that…