"My innovation Award" written by Paul on estrip.org

Category: work

08/25/10 01:17 - 74.ºF - ID#52562

My innovation Award

I got the certificate and pin today. It is stamped proudly made in the USA.

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Location: Buffalo, NY
Last Modified: 08/25/10 01:17

Category: holidays

08/25/10 09:55 - 66.ºF - ID#52560

Rough St. Patrick's Day

This fraggle must have had a rough St. Patrick's day last March. I found her in a closet this morning and she still looks hung over.

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Location: Buffalo, NY
Last Modified: 08/25/10 09:55

Category: clothes

08/25/10 01:14 - 65.ºF - ID#52557

Hey straight guys, thanks for the show

Seriously, straight dudes. I can't believe sagging pants are all the rage again. It seems like the gayest thing in the world but I see guys I would otherwise think are not gay doing it.

I am not complaining, I just don't understand who the intended audience of your ass is. I assume you aren't thinking me, but at the same time your butt is hanging out right in front of my face. Do girls get turned on by this? To me it seems like the gay equivalent of a girl with her boobs flopping out of her blouse. But if you are a guy into girls, what do you think they are getting out of that. Do anyone women like this?

I imagine it has to be uncomfortable to wear, especially when the pants hang so low that you have trouble peddling your low rider bike because the crotch part of the pants is binding your knees together.

The other thing I don't get is how your ass is not sweaty. Maybe I am just a hairy italian guy but seriously, there you are riding your bike in pretty much nothing but boxers on a really hot day. Doesn't your butt get sweaty and that would be embarrassing. Maybe all the air prevents it, lol.

This picture comes from the wikipedia article

It makes the whole phenomena seems like a black thing stemming from prison culture where belts are forbidden.

I would argue like just about everyone other trend, it seems like white guys have joined the bandwagon full force, at least in buffalo yet I could not find nearly as many pics of it online. Maybe it really is a buffalo only white thing. I am going to try and get some to prove it.

Apparently, someone in NYC someone has started a campaign to stop people from "sagging" on the bus.

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Location: Buffalo, NY
Last Modified: 08/25/10 09:57

Category: work

08/24/10 11:48 - 65.ºF - ID#52556

Faster and harder

My second 12-14 hour work day in a row. Trying to get some stuff done quick but not as fast as my running time. Tonight I made it home in 2:47 seconds moving time. I ran so fast I almost felt like I was going to suffocate at the end.

For fun I added these two pics of twin cars. Randomly, they were both by the house at the same time.

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Location: Buffalo, NY
Last Modified: 08/24/10 11:48

Category: work

08/24/10 12:25 - 64.ºF - ID#52548

Running Home at Midnight

I hate it when I work real late and run home because I am afraid of muggings.

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Words: 19
Location: Buffalo, NY
Last Modified: 08/24/10 09:38

Category: buffalo

08/23/10 02:23 - 64.ºF - ID#52545

North St Construction

Its going to look so good when its done and had regular corners. (e:matthew) said the corners were rounded when main street was closed due to the dubway construction and Linwood became a major thoroughfare out if the city. I guess that is also why it is one way. I hope they switch that back too.

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Location: Buffalo, NY
Last Modified: 08/23/10 02:23

Category: location

08/22/10 10:50 - 68.ºF - ID#52539

Location services for your blog

Now you can upload kml files, which are files that track data on a map. Say the path of a walk, hike, run, drive, etc. A bunch of coordinates, etc.

Anyone can upload kml now using any of the normal estrip publishers but the estrip android app has a special tie in with google My Tracks app. You can get instructions here

You will need the 1.14+ version of the estrip app to do this.

Here I took a small run down linwood to test it and see how long it would take me. You can see I got lazy but the end and shortcutted.

Track the journal using My Tracks

Select Share with friends

Choose estrip from the options that come up

The kml file attaches to the blog you are about to publish

Permalink: Location_services_for_your_blog.html
Words: 150
Location: Buffalo, NY
Last Modified: 08/22/10 11:40

Category: shopping

08/22/10 04:31 - 72.ºF - ID#52521

The superflea on walden

We went to the superflee to get more 72" records. Last time they had a million but we only bought a few because we didn't have the grammophone yet.

When we came back they were all home and (e:matthew) asked what happend to them. Apparently they didn't sell so the salesguy glued them to the wall as decoration. Too bad we didn't come back before.

I also bought a screwdriver from this store where everything was painted red. The saleslady told me the Guy they bought all the stuff from was paranoid about people stealing his stuff so he painted it all red. Sometimes he went a little too far. Check out the knife with half the blade painted.

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It doesn't matter if it is fresh pressed organic flax seed oil if it expired in 2005. They tried to scratch off the expiration date, which is even more ridiculous.

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Location: Buffalo, NY
Last Modified: 08/22/10 07:02

Category: food

08/22/10 03:06 - 72.ºF - ID#52519

A Little Rat In The Tree At Brunch

Right next to (e:Terry)'s head. It was kind of baby and cute but still a rat. I didn't know they climbed in trees. I just hung out there quietly throughout the meal.

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Here you can see a blurry pic that (e:terry) got of it with his phone. Its right in that bush next to his head.

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Location: Buffalo, NY
Last Modified: 08/22/10 06:58

Category: life

08/22/10 01:25 - 69.ºF - ID#52504

Waiting isn't so bad

In watching the video heidi posted on (e:heidi,52496) - the author mentions that people hate to wait for things. In the one example, he was saying about how people even hate to wait the one minute for a computer to boot up.

I think that is changing as people start to multitask their wait times. How do you best do that? With a smart phone. (e:enknot) and I were talking about this the other day in the context of red lights. I used to hate waiting at red lights, since I got a smart phone back in 2003 I find myself not dreading it as much and sometimes actually hoping for a red light because I know I can fill the free time checking the weather, my mail, writing a blog, reading google news, seeing if any problems happend at work, text my brother to see if he is hungry, etc. Same with doctor's offices, a line at the store, etc. I know I probably should not mention texting and driving as it is illegal but, on the other hand, you are practically parked at red light.

Anyways, I just don't mind waiting as much anymore. I think the key to happy waiting is having a device that can distract you from the waiting itself. On the other hand it sometimes starts to feel like you have no downtime, but I was never very good at downtime anyways.

heidi writes at 10:44:15 08/22/10 - Comment #57991: I think my droid x makes me more dangerous. I'm obsessed with looking at it/checking it. I finally turned off the gmail notifications because it was just too much!!

tinypliny writes at 11:25:34 08/22/10 - Comment #57970: Good things come to people who wait?

Honestly, I have never felt waiting was a annoyance unless I am dreadfully late for something and the wait is causing even more delay. But then it's squarely my fault to begin with. Somehow it only ever happens in Greyhound terminals when I rush in last minute to get tickets to NYC or Rochester. I have tried to get past this by not taking Greyhound for the last 4 trips. I am then forced to buy tickets online (for Megabus or Amtrak) and then there is no waiting involved.

In most of the other places, I spend the wait time scrutinizing people's dresses, shoes, speech and mannerisms. Sometimes its fun to make people slightly uncomfortable by staring at them too long. :-)

metalpeter writes at 10:37:19 08/22/10 - Comment #57965: In The words of Tom Petty "Waiting is the Hardest part"

Sorry that Red Light is a bad example and it shows a certain type of perception that I'm not sure what it is. Sitting at a Red Light isn't waiting. People sometimes back up by mistake or don't break soon enough or turn into you. Or if it turns green will hit you. Sitting at a red light one should be ready and in the go position it isn't time to check anything other then directions.

Waiting in lines is tough. Ever been to an amusement park when it is busy. You think that you are doing ok then the line moves up and you hit the half hour sign, argh.........

What the video doesn't touch on is that instant gratifaction causes ADD. Yes for some they do have it on there own. But if you get everything right away, then when you have to wait you do something else, you will get used to doing one thing and then another and I do think it does cause ADD. Just like I think watching to much TV or fliping channels can.

Our Society is go go go, and that is good but there are some negatives to that as well.

I don't have a problem waiting. But what I do have trouble with is waiting for longer then things should take. Computer download up load. If it should take 5 minutes that is fine but at about 7 then it is taking to long. Fast food is a great example, I love Burger King, McDonalds and Wendy's but long line or moving slow it is no fun.......

That being said there is some waiting that can be fun (not that I do it). Camping out for tickets (tents and food and beer or what ever) or even ipad or what ever device. In there the fun is the how you wait. Or how about being in line for a concert or Henry Rollins and (he even said this) often the anticapation of how good something will be is better then the event its self.......... At Somepoint you just can't wait anymore and you get jumpy.......

good post though very good post