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Got my Scangauge II in!

May 28, 2008 - 10:30 PM

In an attempt to get up to 35mpg in this time of insane gas prices, I purchased a Scangauge II; it came in today. bowdown Ironically I filled up my tank today to start calibrating the Scangauage and I was already over 35mpg for this tank. rice Oh well in for 36mpg tear

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Set-up was extremely easy: plugged into ODB II plug under dash, find a place to put it and use the velcro tape to attach it.

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Still working through all the options and what not. I'll post updates as I use it for a longer period of time. tear

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I'm back from Japan!

March 20, 2008 - 10:43 PM

Finally got back from Japan. bowdown I ended up staying there way longer than I expected and wasn't able to update the site. The entire trip was a blast! We got to explore Tokyo and a bunch of the little themed towns in the city. I didn't do a lot of shopping or photographing, but it was a nice relaxing trip.

OK, just kidding. I've been back for quite a while now. I've just been too lazy to update the site. Some updates: I got a job (finally), I started to bowl again (more on that in a bit), and that's about it. I've been working since January and that's what I spend most of my time doing now, working for the man. cool The great news is that in my free time (when I have it) I have some money I can spend on my hobbies. bowdown

Decided recently to buy some new bowling shoes after my previous pair was stolen when my car was broken into a couple years ago. Then I decided to get a bowling ball.. and well, one led to two. ohnoes

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I finally broke 200! I bowled a personal best of 209 this year with two sets of turkeys in the game. smilesdd So far my highest series has been around 468 with an average of around 156 but I'm hoping to have a 500 series soon tear The king came in today (14#) and I've had the Cherry Vibe (12#) for about a month now. Still not sure how I'm going to drill the King, but we'll see. ohnoes

I've been pretty sick the past couple of weeks, still trying to get better now. The worst part is I feel so out of it that I can't go work out. Right now I have a stuffy nose and a sore throat, hopefully this goes away this weekend and I can get back on my routine next week. hs

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BRB Going to Japan

December 8, 2007 - 7:34 AM

I'll be back on Friday. wavey

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I guess you could call me a fanboy

October 21, 2007 - 4:08 AM


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Earlier this week woot had multi-colored Zunes for $99 (refurb) and since I missed out the first time around, I impulsively bought one.

I really liked the feature set of the newly announced Zune 2's but I'm 99% sure I wouldn't pay $250 for one and since the original Zunes are getting Zune 2 software, this was the cheapest buy-in I will probably come across. bowdown So completely unplanned, I now own a Xbox 360, Windows Mobile phone, and a Zune. I guess you could call me a fanboy. Or maybe I just like deals. rice

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Back from Canada!

October 6, 2007 - 10:31 PM


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I am back from Canada! Overall the trip was very fun. We walked around and ate a lot! I managed to take some pictures but not a ton. I kind of approach picture taking pretty methodically so since I spent a week there, I scouted for the first week or so then began taking pics the second, lol.

The trip was pretty cool though. It was a lot of fun exploring the city. We managed to do quite a bit while we were there. No polar bears, igloos, or moose, but still fun overall. We went to Niagara Falls, the museum, to the top of the second highest free standing tower in the world (it was first when we got there!). I went canoing, learned to swim, and ate sushi for the first time too. bowdown I basically did more in 2 weeks than I normally do in a month laugh so now I'm a little burnt out.

Anyway I am back now and it is back to business as usual. Time for some new tutorials! NOT laugh

I will post some pics soon, maybe to my flickr?

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BRB, Going to the Moon.. err, I mean Canada

September 12, 2007 - 6:13 AM


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I will be flying up to Canada today. This is going to be my first time on an airplane ohnoes To keep myself occupied during the eight hour flight, I'll be bringing my Nintendo DS and four new games: Brain Age 2, Harvest Moon DS, Worms: Open Warfare 2, and Drawn to Life. The four titles should occupy me for a good 2-3 hours if I'm lucky. laugh

Anyway, I'll be up in Canada for two weeks so you probably won't see me online until the 27th. If you need to contact me, you can e-mail me at my gmail and if I'm able to pick up wifi somewhere I'll get it. I'm definitely not going to be data roaming laugh so it will be hit or miss.

Anyway, have fun everyone. I'll try to bring back some sweet panos, but no promises. hs See you all in two weeks. wavey

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New Phone, New Old Service

September 10, 2007 - 5:13 AM

My contract with T-Mobile came to an end in October last year. For the nearly two years I was with T-Mobile, I didn't have a single issue which was great but my plan was somewhat unspectacular as well. It was basically just 500 minutes a month and nothing else. So I decided to look towards other phones and other plans... iPhone maybe? eek

No. hs I decided to give Sprint another try. (I had been with Sprint for three and a half years before switching to T-Mobile) And the adventure began... To save a little cash, I decided to try to get in on a SERO (Sprint Employee Referral Offer) Plan. Nearly everyone who is on SERO goes through an adventure getting their plan together and the service working and I wasn't expecting anything less.

After three weeks and over 14 hours on hold (seriously), my phone and plan seem to finally working correctly, knock on wood! tear I got a Sprint Mogul (aka PPC6800 aka HTC Titan) which has been been pretty sweet. As for SERO, when it's working it is great. I'm paying $30/mo (+7 for insurnace) for 500 minutes, nights at 7PM, unlimited text and unlimited data. Now I can finally browse the internets and go on AIM when I'm on the go. bowdown

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It's still no iPhone though. tear

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