Wednesday, June 6th, 2007
HTC’s answer to the lame iPhone. I am not getting one because I still don’t like the idea of a software keyboard. But those of you who are really hot on the iPhone should consider this thing instead. HTC is a proven phone manufacturer and the fact that this thing runs Windows Mobile 6.0 means that you won’t be an “early adopter” (i.e. guinea pig) of Apple OS issues.
For me? I picked up the Wing this week. WM 6.0 seems to be a big improvement over 5.0 So far so good.
The Kaiser looks pretty cool…
Posted by Smithers at 11:25 pm in Electronical | Permalink | No Comments »
Wednesday, June 6th, 2007
I was at Best Buy a few minutes ago.
Some dude was loading up his new plasma screen teevee into the back of his SUV. As is typical with those things, there was not enough practical space in which to accept the teevee so the Best Buy sales guy helped him out by taking the teevee out of its box. See where this might be going?
The teevee was sitting on the ground behind the truck and they were making the final preparations to load it up when the wind caught it and knocked it over. It sounded like something shattered.
I tried to resist the urge to gaffaw out loud but by the look on the faces of those guys as I walked by I don’t think I was successful.
(sent via mobile wireless)
Posted by Smithers at 4:58 pm in Mobile Post | Permalink | No Comments »
Wednesday, June 6th, 2007
Last nights GOP debate:
Well, the question is, kind of, a non sequitur, if you will. What I mean by that — or a null set — that is that if you’re saying let’s turn back the clock and Saddam Hussein had opening up his country to IAEA inspectors and they’d come in and they’d found that there were no weapons of mass destruction, had Saddam Hussein therefore not violated United Nations resolutions, we wouldn’t be in the conflict we’re in.
But he didn’t do those things, and we knew what we knew at the point we made the decision to get in.
Actually Mr. Romney, Saddam did open up his country to IAEA inspectors and they found no weapons of mass destruction. Regardless of that fact, we made the decision to “get in”.
I fail to see how someone with such a poor grasp of reality, or worse a total liar, should be considered for the office of President of the United States.
I swear it’s like Dumb and Dumber. I wish Fred Thompson would join in the debate so we could watch him fall asleep at the podium.
Posted by Smithers at 2:52 pm in Politics | Permalink | No Comments »
Wednesday, June 6th, 2007
Last week Giuliani stated that Hillary Clinton wanted to return this country to the hard economic times of the 1990’s.
Tonight Giuliani stated that the Democrats were living in the Cold War era of the 1990’s.
I think Rudy misplaced a decade some where.
Posted by Smithers at 11:51 am in Politics | Permalink | No Comments »
Wednesday, June 6th, 2007
Doosh. It’s my new favorite word.
So let us see if you qualify for the specific category of bike doosh.
1) Do you race:
a – road
b – cross
c – mtb
d – track
2) Do you have an “A” bike and a “B” bike?
a – no, just one bike
b – yes
c – both “A” bike and “B” bikes are carbon
d – with Campy Record
3) Do you use a cycling computer?
a – no
b – yes
c – Power Tap
d – Power Tap on your track bike
4) Do you carry a mobile phone with you when you ride?
a – no
b – yes
c – Smartphone
d – iPhone
5) Do you:
a – match cycling socks to shoes
b – match shoes to jersey
c – match jersey to helmet
d – have multiple matching outfits, shoes and helmets
6) Is your handlebar tape:
a – black
b – white
c – some other color
d – installed fresh each month
7) Do you:
a – follow a training plan
b – keep a training log
c – an online training log
d – and pay someone to review it
VO2 Max Test
a – never had one
b – once
c – more than once
d – every year
9) Campy versus Shimano
a – who cares
b – Shimano
c – Campy
d – SRAM
10) Helmet and sunglasses
a – you buy whatever from the team sponsor
b – Lazer and Tifosi
c – Bell and Rudy Project
d – Giro and Oakley
11) Do you:
a – ride your bike to the race
b – carpool with pals
c – drive alone in your Audi A6 sedan with the bike in the trunk
d – refuse to let Smithers use your lug nut tool at Sogn Valley last year (score 5 bonus dick head points!)
12) Triathlon
a – no thanks
b – once, never again
c – sometimes
d – live for them
13) On the training ride you:
a – are in there for a while but eventually get dropped
b – are in the group the whole ride feeling good
c – sit in and wait for the end of the hard stuff and then go to the front and ride hard
d – skip it because it is not hard enough for you
14) On the training ride you talk about:
a – art, music, politics
b – girls/boys
c – the latest pro bike race on Vs.
d – last weeks training ride
15) The purpose of the training ride is to:
a – work on your weakness
b – develop fitness
c – put the hurt on everyone else
d – show off your new bike
16) The racing season is:
a – too long
b – too short
c – not enough of the races you like to do
d – full of stupid races that you think suck even though you have never promoted a race
17) Relationship
a – In one, it’s great
b – looking and hoping
c – just broke up, they didn’t understand your desire to train and race
d – no time, you have to train and race
18) When on a date you talk about:
a – your date
b – yourself
c – the latest pro bike race on Vs.
d – Campy versus Shimano
19) Your significant other comes to a race:
a – you drop out early to spend more time with them
b – try to make yourself look totally pro by being at the front
c – ignore them
d – castigate them for not handing up the correct bottle on the correct lap (score 5 more bonus dick head points!)
20) Following the race you:
a – leave the bike in the garage and spend time with the family
b – help make dinner and talk about the race
c – sort out all your bike crap until past midnight
d – go for a recovery ride
Bonus Question
21) Are you:
Smithers? If so subtract all points and score yourself an automatic total of zero. The ability to recognize bike dooshery eliminates any possibility of personal dooshness.
For every “a” score o points, for every “b” score 1 points, for every “c” score 5 points, for every “d’ score 10 points.
0 points: You are so totally not a bike doosh, you are the coolest MF that every walked the surface of the planet
1 – 20 points: You are not a bike doosh.
21 – 100 points: You mean well, there is hope, resist the temptation to join the dooshocracy
101 – 150 points: You are kind of a bike doosh, try harder el-doosh.
151 – 200 points: You are a total bike doosh, get a life bike doosh.
Posted by Smithers at 8:01 am in Cycling | Permalink | 1 Comment »
