Thursday, January 31, 2008

Johny 5 is alive

I love my little robo vacuum. He picks up absolutely every scrap of dirt. He does such a good job, it looks like my floors have just been mopped. I have him scheduled to clean every other day. No more vacuuming or sweeping for me. With 2150 sqft of ceramic tile, it was starting to get monotonous. The programming that went into him is very impressive. The algorithms that they use are phenomenal. He eventually hits every square foot of the room he's in.

Monday, January 21, 2008

When it rains it pours

It all started when I drove into work the 9th. A coworker asked if I wanted to go the gun club and shoot a machine gun for his birthday. Naturally, I couldn't resist so I got my firearm and we headed to the club. After shooting my Glock for 100 rounds, I moved to a full auto uzi It doesn't have allot of recoil at first but with rapid succession, the energy builds and the uzi kicks up. With the first clip, I blew chunks of the range ceiling off because my wheelchair started to roll backwards. After the first clip, I used a death grip on the forend of the gun to hold it down. It worked quite well and I had no problems controlling the gun. Immediately afterward, I noticed major pain in my right had between my thumb and forefinger. I thought it was just inflammation from my death grip but, turns out it's much worse. I have almost no use of my hand. If the recent xray doesn't show anything, they are going to setup an MRI to look at the ligaments and tendons. My next follow-up is Friday.

So, Approximately one week later, I was up very early around 7AM and decided I would move one of my computer power supplies. In doing so, I dropped it on my left big toe and broke it clean through. It's pretty nasty. The break starts at the bottom right of my toe nail and traverses diagonal to the top left of the first knuckle from the top. Moral of the story: Don't move anything heavy while naked or at least if your naked, wear steal toed boots.

Thursday, January 03, 2008

Misc. Pics for your viewing pleasure

All of these photos were taken with my 35mm Nikon FM3A using Kodak Professional 160VC film. No digital for me.