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It’s electric! Boogie Woogie Woogie…

Matty — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:42:09 +0000

The Tesla Motors Roadster has been shipped.

Never heard of it?
It’s a new electric car, but not like many you have heard of… here’s what’s awesome about it:

This car is gorgeous!
Yeah, very nice looking
0 - 60 in 3.9s
Very impressive for an electric
13,000 RPM redline
Also impressive
256mpg equivalent
“Equivalent” because, well… it umm, doesn’t use gas…
220 miles per charge
Decent range, not the best, but it will get most people where they are going.

Down-side?
Well, it costs $109,000 which is a bit out of my, and most people’s, price range.
Since it is fully electric, it means that it has a large amount of computer and software driven components which means that something could go wrong, but hopefully it won’t…

Check it all out at http://www.teslamotors.com/

Wreck/Car Fire on campus this morning

Matty — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:08:28 +0000

So I was walking up from Strom towards Hunter and saw a police car blocking the road and a fire truck up the road between Fluor and Hunter. So my curiosity got the best of me and I proceeded to go see what was up.

Here are the results…
(there are supposed to be images on this page… but they may or may not be working…)

Walking up the street…

http://twitpic.com/3e19

First view as I’m walking by… looks pretty bad…
http://twitpic.com/3e1c

And a better view of the Facilities Van that caught on fire…

http://twitpic.com/3e1j

From Clemson

Clemson University Police are investigating an accident involving several vehicles that occurred this morning on South Palmetto Boulevard, in front of Earle Hall.

As far as hearsay goes, some guy just walked into class and said that a Facilities van hit a car parked on the side of the road, igniting in flames… while that is a possibility, I am withholding judgement until Clemson realeases an official report…

By the way, the speed limit there is around 20 mph…

Book of my life…

Matty — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 05:01:34 +0000

With the turning of this page, and the ending of this chapter in my life, I see that while at the time those were the best days of my life, there are still better days to come. As I enter this new chapter, I know that what was is not the best I’ll ever be… but those experiences will stay with me forever, make me stronger, and allow me to do things better in the future. One does not simply learn from past mistakes, but they grow, they evolve… mentally, emotionally, and sometimes even physically, into a better person.

My life is changing before my eyes, partially voluntarily, partially not. While I can’t say were this journey will take me, it doesn’t matter the destination, and at this moment I can tell that it will be just that, a journey. It will have it’s ups, it’s downs, and maybe even a few detours, but I’m looking forward to it, to the people that will travel with me, and to the one that will be with me until the journey comes to an end.

Chapter 22…

Stuffs

Matty — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 17:53:15 +0000

I’m going to try, again, to keep up with this a bit better…

Twitter is awesome.Sign up and follow me! It is a great way to keep in touch.

Facebook Bumper sticker APP is broken, again….

From posts I meant to make a while back….

Powered By TheirToys
(this is supposed to say my worth in bed is $1,193, but seems to not be working but they have messed something up)And some insights from Bungie.net:

компютриWelcome to Bungie Studios : Upon extended consideration, we have decided that we do, in fact, approve of Pants.

Welcome to Bungie Studios : Satisfying your Mom since 1991.

Welcome to Bungie Studios : He's Watching you.

Welcome to Bungie Studios : Lumpy pudding is against the rules.

Welcome to Bungie Studios : Now With More Cowbell!

Cool Little App and a funny story

Matty — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 19:12:02 +0000

Cool Little App

So I was told by a group member about this little app called PStart.
PStart is a simple tray tool to start user defined applications. Designed to run portable applications (like portable Firefox & Thunderbird), you can start anything runnable from USB key devices or removable disks.

I have installed it along with several portable apps on my flash drive and so far it is awesome and excellent!
So go check it out! http://www.pegtop.de/start/

Funny Story

Background
Clemson Dining Services is currently participating in “Green Week”, the initiative to help the earth/environment by doing something “Green”, by removing the trays in the dining halls.

Story
I went to lunch today at about 11:30 and as per habit, I ALWAYS get a fork and knife when I go to Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner regardless of if I think I will need it or not. So, I leave for class at 2:15 and on my way to class, I stick my hand in my pocket and what do I find? My silverware from Harcombe that I stuck in my pocket! Why? Because I couldn’t hold my plates, drink and silverware in 2 hands, so I stuck it in my pocket. Oh… good times!

Rant
I guess that this is to help save on water expense and what not, but in reality it is just a pain for the consumers. I know that the thousands of trays that they wash each day is kind of a waste of water, but the question is, does that offset the environment cost of producing silverware? Or what about the students who aren’t going to Harcombe because it is a pain with no trays and go eat fast food or at a restaurant instead?

Everyone have an excellent week and good luck with exams!