December 2005 Entries
-->Image removed because the Narwal image police came after me.
The New York Times had a really interesting article about the narwhal whale last week. For those too lazy to read the whole thing, there are these whales with long straight tusks that nobody had a clue what they were used for. And the new discovery part is that it is a type of sensory organ that can do neat stuff like sense the salinity of the ocean to determine whether it might be prone to freezing on them.
Props to Elf for including a narwhal, with a speaking part no less....
It has long been noted that Canada has a disproportionate number of successful musicians and comedians. If you haven’t heard, loads of your favorite entertainers are from there and the country only has 32 million people (less than Myanmar!).
If you don’t believe me, check out CanadianCelebs.com.
I had a moment while listening to the new Broken Social Scene (Canadian super-indie-group) album where I pondered, wow, it must be a nice feeling to be a Canadian musician. “Free to work on whatever material I want, take chances and know that no matter how risky the artistic endeavor I’ll still have health care....
Birthday burger
Originally uploaded by ewphoto.
I mentioned these burgers once before here (http://www.coreyh.com/blog/archive/2004/06/03/436.aspx), but they are worth mentioning again.
Fairway Cafe on the upper west side, the restaurant above the Fairway supermarket. I don't really need to talk about them because, well, just look at that picture.
Oh yeah, my birthday was yesterday (Dec 26) and I am now 30 years old.
Kashi Heart to Heart = Cheerios for adults.
I purchased my Tivo in 1999. The 30 hr Sony model has served me well — reliably, if not excitingly. It doesn’t play streams off the internet, I can’t even get it do to a photo slide show, but when you go away for a two week business trip, you want it to capture every Mythbusters and What Not to Wear, no matter what. And that’s what this box did.
Spinning constantly for 6+ years, the hard drive finally gave out. Which left me with choices
Buy a shiny new Windows Media Center PC
Buy a new series 2 Tivo
Get a “DVR”...
SNL had a fantastic "digital short" this weekend.
Here is the full video clip http://www.youtube.com/watch.php?v=zLElfJ9YCh0
Gothamist thinks it is “the funniest thing SNL has put up in about five years”
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My old faithful Intellimouse Explorer’s scroll wheel became clogged on what must be the combined microscopic remnants of a thousand lunches eaten at my desk. When I noticed an actual scrolling callus developing I decided to throw on the coat and walk the long block up to CompUSA for a replacement.
I knew I wanted a wired mouse since I already have enough battery anxiety in my life — battery anxiety being the constant nervousness brought on by countless battery powered life necessities. And even though it was being targeted at gamers, I opted for the laser mouse 6000, because...
Circa 1993, my family was using (Autoroute?) a DOS based driving directions program. I believe this is what ended up evolving in to MS Streets & Trips. Anyway, it was pretty good. It was geared towards a user that is trying plan a trip with features to match. You could specify that you wanted to stay off certain types of roads, you could mark certain points you wanted to stop along the way, specify how fast you drive. It would give you choices like a) fastest route b) shortest route c) scenic route.
I wanted to point fellow ski house mates to the best way to get to...
My latest optimization project has been the electric bill. I bought some of the new breed fluorescent lights for the kitchen, they have a nice soft light and don’t seem to flicker as much as the standard office kind. They put out the same light as a 65 watt incandescent (regular) bulb, but only use like 12 watts each. As much as it annoys me to do, I’ve been putting the computer to stand-by at night. Consumption went from 421 KWH last month to 399, but my bill went up by $20.
A bill from CON EDISON has arrived. Billing Details Payee Information Current balance: $119.28 Minimum...
I’ve been using BlogJet pretty much since I started this blog, I actually don’t know how I would do it without it. (BlogJet is an offline blogging composition tool)
It has been a pleasure watching it get better and better and the latest version has some really nice stuff included.
Author's announcement blog post:
I’m excited to announce the new release – BlogJet 1.6 “Lime”! (Lime is a codename ).
NEW FEATURES [edited by Corey]
Free Flickr integration plugin (included, no installation required).
Auto Replace.
Title and rel attributes for links.
Ping default URLs.
Zoom icon for generated thumbnails.
Download here: http://www.blogjet.com/download/ Buy...
NYRR Holiday 4-MileList by Name: Corey Henderson
Distance: 4.0 Miles, 6.4 KilometersDate/Time: Dec. 3, 2005, 9:30 amLocation: Central Park, NYCWeather: 32 deg., 57% humidity, cloudy
ResultsSex/Age: M29Bib #: 4541City/State: NEW YORK NYOverall Place: 686Gender Place: 546Net Time: 30:10Pace/Mile: 7:32
Total Finishers: Men – 2201 Women – 2366 Total – 4567
I missed my sub-30 minute goal and I am pretty motivated to do better at these distance events. Genetically speaking I feel like I should be able to do well at distances under 10k, and I need to figure out a training scheme that will get me there.
I am a big fan of these NYRR races,...