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I just got back from New York City. I spent almost 4 days hanging out with my Dad and seeing some of the sites.

-New York Public Library
-Times Square
-NBC Rainbow Room
-Radio City Music Hall
-Trump Tower
-Central Park
-The Gates @ Central Park
-The Met
-Wall Street
-New York Stock Exchange
-Staten Island Ferry
-Times Square @ Night
-The Apple Store in Soho
-Statue of Liberty
-Ellis Island
-World Trade Center
-Flushing Meadows Corona Park

This was my first trip to New York, so I really just wanted see as much of the sites as possible as figure out the mass transit system. I had a blast. I can't wait to go back and spend more time there.

Posted by at 2:48 PM | Permalink

If you've been reading my blog or my del.icio.us links, you know I'm really excited about the world superbike championship. The first race airs in the US on Mar 1st.

Here's some of the pre-race headlines.

-Bostrom: Good to be back
-Ben Bostrom Photo Gallery
-Honda Previews Qatar World Superbike Opener
-Round one approaches for revitalized SBK
-Qatar: Aussie riders preview Superbike
-Soup Previews The 2005 World Superbike Championship
-Qatar Qualifying Results
-Chili's team-mate provides stiff competition.

more links

Posted by at 7:44 PM | Permalink

"This motorcycle is simply too g----amn fast to ride at speed in any kind of normal road traffic unless you're ready to go straight down the centerline with your nuts on fire and a silent scream in your throat."

- Hunter S. Thompson
("Song of the Sausage Creature," a short narrative taken from an article he wrote for Cycle World magazine in the mid-'90s about the Ducati 900sp motorcycle)

Posted by at 12:04 PM | Permalink

-Install Tivo Desktop 1.9.1 for OS X
-Install lame to /usr/local/bin/lame
-Stop and Re-start tivo Desktop in System Preferences

Posted by at 9:04 AM | Permalink

-Write lines of usable code while having a phone conversation with the customer
-Attend a meeting without any clue of the content and give a brilliant presentation
-Stop what you're doing to do any number of people's job
-Accept criticism for stepping up and doing someone else’s job
-Play well with others
-Respond to every email in every account the moment you receive them
-Know what management is talking about when they say, 'did you see that e-mail?'
-Work only many projects simultaneously
-Solve complex problems while overhearing 4 distinct conversations in cubical land

Posted by at 11:33 AM | Permalink

Why do I aways forget that no good deed goes unpunished? I'm in a terrible mood today.

"...to be at an all-time high, perfect time to say goodbye When I come back like Jordan, wearin the 4-5 It ain't to play games witchu It's to aim at you, probably maim you If I owe you I'm blowin you to smithereeens."

-Encore?

Posted by at 11:29 AM | Permalink

I'm taking a short vaction. I'm headed to New York on Thursday, Feb 24th. I'll return the following Sunday. It should be a nice break from work. I've never been there, so I'm looking forward to seeing the city and hanging out with my dad.

Posted by at 4:21 PM | Permalink

Set your Tivo's, it's just 2 more weeks until the start of the World Superbike Championship airs on speed TV.

The first race from Qatar airs March 1st.

Posted by at 4:27 PM | Permalink

On my iPod Playlist this morning:

-Bright Eyes
-Interpol
-the Hives
-the Shins
-Idlewild
-Flaming Lips
-Modest Mouse
-Death Cabe For Cutie
-David Bowie: Life on Mars (Life Aquatic Soundtrack)

Posted by at 8:52 AM | Permalink