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Sun, 05 Aug 2007 03:31:09 GMT

Barrel-rider.com is back up and running. That's where I'll be.

Hallo.

Wed, 13 Jun 2007 21:17:24 GMT

Yeah, I live.

I leave Austria for England on Saturday.

Firewall issues

Tue, 20 Feb 2007 10:51:46 GMT

As a result of an overly restrictive firewall, I am currently unable to update my website.

Working on it.

New Website...

Wed, 17 Jan 2007 20:50:39 GMT

http://www.barrel-rider.com/

Home, and new camera

Fri, 22 Dec 2006 23:33:16 GMT

I'm home now, but I'm leaving for a funeral in Nebraska tomorrow morning.

Family, taken from a new camera. No flash used except on the second one:

	Stephen
	Caleb (and a book on dragonology)
	Jonathan, Dad, and the suburban
	Estefania wrapping a Christmas present
	Miguel (disgusted to be in a picture)
	Finally, a cat

Picture stories

Tue, 05 Dec 2006 19:44:32 GMT

There, Mother. Pictures of Brooke at the end.

Wish-list

Wed, 29 Nov 2006 21:46:47 GMT

Christmas wish-list:
Fujifilm Finepix F30
Extra battery.
110V-220V battery charger (i.e, European and American)
Money for Rome. :)

Birthday wish-list:
Money for Rome.
Medieval II: Total War :)

Sony Reader

Wed, 29 Nov 2006 17:28:31 GMT

It's here. The electronic book.

:-)

Headlines

Mon, 27 Nov 2006 16:57:42 GMT

"Gaza ceasefire holds but fighting goes on" (The Australian)

"Whales boast the brain cells that 'make us human'" (New Scientist; the news? "Humpback whales have a type of brain cell seen only in humans, the great apes, and other cetaceans such as dolphins, US researchers report.")

UCLA student tased

Fri, 17 Nov 2006 17:45:12 GMT

Video of the incident

I say people should stop fussing. He acted like an idiot and they were very patient with him. He just refused to cooperate. He was stubborn and wanted to leave on his own terms. The video is about seven minutes long from beginning to end.

Student: Don't touch me!
Don't touch me, okay?
Don't touch me!
Don't touch me.
Officers: Get up. Get up.
....
....
...
Stand up.
Stand up or you'll get tased.
Stand up.
Stand up.
Student: <screaming>
Officers: Stand up. Stand up.
Stand up. Stand up.
Get up.
Get up or you'll get tased..
Stand up. Get up.
Get up.
Stand up. Stand up.
Student: Here's your Patriot Act. Here's your fucking abuse of power.
Officer: Stand up. Stop fighting us.
Student: I'm not fighting you.
I said I would leave!
I said I would leave!
Various Guys: Yeah, I want, I want your badge numbers.
Yeah.
Can we get your badge number?
I need your badge number.
Student: I got tased for no reason. I was leaving this god-forsaken place. You stopped me. You're abusing your power. Here's your...here's your justice at work on the university scene.
Officers:
Stand up.
Stand up.
Stand up.
Student: Fuck off.
Girl: You just shut up....
Officers: Stand up.
Stand up.
Stand up or you'll get tased again.
Stand up.
Get up.
Get up.
Stand up.
Girl: Don't do that!
Officers:
Stand up.
Get up or you'll get tased again.
Girl: Don't do that, it's so wrong!
Officers:
Get up!
Stand up!
Get up!
Get up!
Stand up!
<something>
We had to do it again!
Student: <scream>
Officers: Get up!
I told you to stand up!
Stand up!
Stand up!
Some student: This is an abuse of your powers.
Student: I'll leave!
I'll leave!
Officers: Stand up!
Student: I said I would leave!
Officers:
Stand up! Stand up!
Stand up!
Stand up!
Stand up, you'll get tased again!
Stand up!
Someone (the Student?): I won't go.
Officers:
Stand up!
Stand up!
<Pause>
Some guy: Officers, we want your information.
Officers:
Stand up!
Same guy: No....
Officers: Stand up!
Get up!
Get up!
Same guy: This is about abuse of your authority.
Officers: Stand up!
Stand up!
Get up!
Stand up!
Stand up!
Get up!
Stand up!
Student: No!
Officers: Stand up!
Get up!
Stand up!
Stand up!
......
Stand up!
Stand up!
Stand up!
....
Stand up!
...
Stand up!
Stand up!
Stand up!
Stand up!
....
Stand up!
Stand up!
Some student: Stop it! Stop it!
Officers: Stand up!
Stand up!
You'll get tased!
You're gonna get tased again!
Some student: Stop!
Officers:
Stand up!
Stand up!
Student: <scream>
<Lots of commotion>
Someone: "This is a breach of your authority!"

........
........
........
........
.......
Officers:
Stand up!
Stand up!
Stand up!
Stand up!
Student: <scream>
<scream>

Officers:
Stand up!
Stand up!
Stand up!
Stand up!
Stand up!
Stand up!
Student:
Don't touch me.
Don't touch me.
<lots of yelling>
<After he is handcuffed, the officers finally pick him up and carry him, still hanging limp, out of the building>

John Kerry

Fri, 10 Nov 2006 19:04:03 GMT

Pictures

Sat, 28 Oct 2006 15:11:57 GMT

These pictures are for Jonathan! These were taken when I was caught and thrown into jail during Charity Week. I had a lot of studying to do, so I was pretty disgusted with the whole affair.

I was studying in Borders the other day. I was studying Greek.

Pictures from the Halloween dance:

More pictures to come soon!

Hehe

Thu, 21 Sep 2006 17:45:34 GMT

See? It's normal.

Yes, Mother; right away, Mother!

Sun, 17 Sep 2006 22:40:04 GMT

Breaking news

Sun, 17 Sep 2006 03:12:58 GMT

NY Times: Pope Benedict XVI Insults Muslims
NY Times: Vatican says Pope Benedict Regrets Offending Muslims
Arab News: Pope, Byzantine Emperor, ‘Educated Persian’ and Islam
Foxnews: Christian Leader Joins Muslims in Denouncing Pope's Remarks

In case you don't want to read all of those, here's the summary:

Pope says, "This guy in the 14th century said that Muhammed's introduction of jihad was 'evil and inhuman.'"
Muslims bomb some churches and threaten to send suicide bombers to the Vatican.
Pope says, "That's not what I meant."
Muslims are still angry.

Get real, folks!

Sat, 09 Sep 2006 18:05:17 GMT

Just procrastinating...

Tue, 05 Sep 2006 17:17:35 GMT

Cheap excuse for an update

Sun, 03 Sep 2006 05:50:19 GMT

Classes started Wednesday. I like all my professors.

Ultimate Frisbee was fun tonight.

Left to right: Gregory, Anthony (head barely visible), Thomas, me, Theresa Kouba, Daniel?, Someone (barely visible), Stephanie, Andy

Don't know who they are, but they sure are booking it!

Siobhan Gallagher.

From left to right: ?, Brooke, Andrew?, Sylvia, Matt, Siobhan

Thomas (from England, btw) and I

The blur is from my throwing the frisbee. Me, Thomas, Jimmy Barnes(?), Bill Farris

Greg (I think), me, Bill

Bill, me, Mary Sexton, Mary Tetzlaff, Thomas, William, Theresa

I'm going to a Greek Orthodox church tomorrow morning.

Summer in the City

Fri, 28 Jul 2006 01:57:54 GMT

I use this blog to send news homeward, but I am homeward, so I needn't use it now. :-}

Tigerdirect has a great deal on a 1 GB flash drive right now. It's $10 after two mail-in rebates. Technically, you're buying an internet security suite bundled with a flash drive and the rebates are for the software, but either way it works out the same.

Talent runs in the family

Fri, 23 Jun 2006 15:36:02 GMT

Mule had a little James;
Its nose was flat as that.
And everywhere that Mule went,
The James was sure to scat.
--Jonathan Dean

Photoshop help?

Tue, 20 Jun 2006 02:41:06 GMT

I need to know various techniques for making a hollow globe shape like in this worth1000 entry. I can really only think of one way, and it is fairly time-consuming. Does anybody reading this happen to know an easy way?

Computer, anyone?

Thu, 15 Jun 2006 22:49:52 GMT

Processor: 3.6 Ghz Dual Core Pentium D
Memory: 2 GB DDR2 667 Mhz
Hard Drive: 160 GB (80x2, Raid 0)
Video Card: Radeon X700 256 MB
Sound Card: Creative Labs Sound Blaster 5.1
Disc Drive: DVD+RW/CD-RW
OS: Windows XP Home
Price: $950 or less

To get anything that good from Dell or Gateway you'd be paying at least $1300/$1400. Make the video card a Geforce 7600 GT 256 MB for just $70 more. In fact, customize it however you like. For just a little bit more, you can get a faster processor, up to around 4 Ghz, faster than any other chip currently available in any computer bought from any retailer like Dell or Gateway.

Any takers?

Edit: Hmph. :)

Or,
Processor: 2.6 Ghz Dual Core Pentium D
Memory: 1 GB DDR2 667 Mhz
Hard Drive: 80 GB SATA
Video Card: Radeon X700 256 MB
Sound Card: Surround Sound (in motherboard)
Disc Drive: DVD+RW/CD-RW
OS: Windows XP Home
Price: $650
Retail value at Dell: $879

Or,
Processor: 4.1 Ghz Dual Core Pentium D
Quiet Liquid Cooling built-in
Memory: 4 GB DDR2 800 Mhz
Hard Drive: 320 GB SATA
Video Card: Two GeForce 7950 GX2 1 GB in SLI mode
Sound Card: Sound Blast X-Fi Xtreme Music
Disc Drives: DVD+-RW/CD-RW x 2
OS: Windows XP Pro
Price: $2800
Dell's price for an inferior system: $4300

:-D :-D

Correspondence

Sat, 03 Jun 2006 06:33:12 GMT

Agh. I have about fifteen letters and/or notes to write to people, at least one or two of which I should have written years ago.

In other news, I just finished my second week of work at Pella Corp, and life is generally quite good. After all, I just finished all three Back to the Future movies. :-)

Women

Wed, 24 May 2006 03:56:36 GMT

Haha, this is great.

One last push.

Thu, 11 May 2006 16:48:43 GMT

Almost there...