Signs

I have to admit that I find the above picture stupendously hilarious. If I was 16 again, and had nothing better to do than play Golden Eye on Nintendo 64, I'd be cutting stencils to make "Hammer Time" logos that I could go spray on any "STOP" sign I could find--any sign for that matter. "SCHOOL CROSSING, HAMMER TIME."

This sign reminds me of an idea that I have had for years--put your favorite band, radio station, movie, subject, university, song name, or even your own name on a "ROCKS" sign so it reads like the picture below.
Mt. Hood and basalt rocks in the background--the sign is definitely overkill--but you get the idea.

Cycle Drift

Fans of cycling, drifting, and absurdity will enjoy this.

Jay-Z and Phish

Hybrid Reminder

Next time you drive your "green" hybrid, remember where the nickel for your battery came from

Doug Benson on Last Comic Standing

Unfortunately, the NBC producers of Last Comic Standing have their heads so far up their asses that they wouldn't recognize talent if they shit in their own faces. Speaking of faces, prostitutes have faces. Did you know that 90% of prostitutes can fit the heads of baseball bats in their...........This post edited by Blogger.

Fuelonomics Part II

I made a post back in March breaking down fuel costs for a fuel-efficient and a non-fuel-efficient car. The breakdown helped to steer me away from purchasing a car that was more fuel-efficient than my current car. (My new decision for purchasing a newer car will be for maintenance reasons.)

Earlier today I came across this interesting article that equates driving a Toyota Prius and using flourescent light bulbs. From the article,

We can estimate the annual greenhouse gas savings from a Prius vs a Toyota Matrix, FWD, automatic. The Prius gets an EPA-rated 55 mpg, vs 31 mpg for the Matrix. Assuming 12,000 miles annually, it will save 169 gallons of gasoline per year. Since each gallon produces 11.1 kg of CO2-equivalent GHG emissions, the Prius saves 1,875 kg of CO2-equivalent annually.

I would guess each bulb can save you about 85W (100W-15W), so 15 will save you 1275W. If the lights are on 2400 h/yr (6.6h/day), they will save 3,060 kWh. Using a national average of 1.35 pounds of CO2 per kWh, this will save 4131 lb or 1,875 kg of CO2. So it doesn't seem like an unreasonable statement that the two are comparable.

I am still not convinced that Hybrids are viable products. The production of a Hybrid vehicle requires the same, if not more, energy to produce and we all know (I hope we all know) that the production of any automobile is a very environmentally harmful process requiring already limited resources and energy.

I still contend that car pooling, mass transit, or riding a bicycle is better than purchasing a Hybrid, however for those of us who have to commute by automobile, a hybrid is one way to curb our dependence on foreign fuel and to curb our release of CO2 into the atmosphere.

Crock

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RIP Sony Pen Drive

Here are the remains of my Sony 512MB Pen Drive. It lasted me just over 2 years when it finally shit the bed on me last week.

The broken pieces are as of a result of the device being dropped, kicked, thrown, washed, stomped, eaten, and passed. The scotch tape you see is my attempt to make the device appear whole while trying to maintain Sony's sleek styling.

I remember back to last June and the moments prior to delivering the presentation of my thesis--dropping the Pen Drive and watching the plastic shell enclosure shatter below me on the tile floor. I remember my colleagues gasping and me beginning to sweat, cursing under my breath. Fortunately, the Pen Drive survived the crash and I was able to give my presentation putting my comrades in a deep deep coma.

I'm not sure how the Pen Drive died. I'd like to think it went piece-fully.