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Arrest in Berkeley hit-run bike crash

// April 29th, 2012 // 1 Comment » // Cycling

Really hate to read about fellow cyclists run-ins with motorists, but it is nice when there is justice for those of us on two wheels.

Arrest in Berkeley hit-run bike crash

Van Halen Greensboro, NC 4/21/2012 Set List

// April 22nd, 2012 // No Comments » // Music, Van Halen

Really enjoyed the show last night with the Van Halen trio and Roth at the helm, even though Roth had some issues here and there. Expect a full review soon.

In the meantime, here’s the set list from last night.

Unchained
Runnin’ With the Devil
She’s the Woman
Romeo Delight
Tattoo
Everybody Wants Some
Somebody Get Me a Doctor
China Town
Hear About It Later
Pretty Woman
Drum Solo
You Really Got Me
The Trouble With Never
Dance the Night Away
I’ll Wait
Hot for Teacher
Women in Love
Outta Love Again
Beautiful Girls
Ice Cream Man
Panama
Ed Solo
Ain’t Talkin ‘Bout Love
Jump

Heading to Greensboro to See Van Halen

// April 21st, 2012 // 3 Comments » // Music, Van Halen

Bout to get on the road to see Van Halen with David Lee Roth at the helm. This’ll be a first. I’ve seen Roth during the Sans Halen tour with Hagar, but this will be the first time seeing him with the Van Halen family. I dig the new album, A Different Kind of Truth, and hope they feature a bunch of those tracks mixed in with the classic tracks from the late 70′s to early 80′s.

Come to think of it, it’d even be cool if “Me Wise Magic” or “Can’t Get That Stuff No More” were thrown in there. Doubt it, but how cool would it be to hear those rare gems live?

I’m super-psyched. Hope it rocks. Expect a review of the concert soon.

Space Shuttle Program Comes Full Circle For Space Fan

// April 18th, 2012 // No Comments » // Planes, Trains & Automobiles, Space Stuff & NASA

The now retired space shuttle orbiters are heading to their exhibits. Yesterday, Washington DC received its orbiter — the Discovery. CNN did a nice piece with viewers adding media to the story.

Amanda also said one of our friends living up in D.C. got an aerial view of the oribter hitching its ride to our nation’s capital on top of the NASA modified 747. I’ll post that to Keefer Madness once I get to see it.

Open Story: Shuttle Discovery’s final flight

Rock Band Blitz Announced for PSN/XBLA, Can Access Existing Rock Band DLC

// April 13th, 2012 // No Comments » // Gaming, Music

I’m pretty psyched about this. While they had a small set of fans, Frequency and Amplitude never really tok off on the Playstation 2, but were the first attempts at rhythm music games. The two titles paved the way for the Guitar Hero and Rock Band franchises, albeit using the traditional controller, instead of a plastic guitar or drumkit.

I’m pretty excited to see Rock Band Blitz going back to those roots — with a few new twists and improvements.

Now if I had a working (non red-ringed) Xbox 360 to download this to. Saving ever so slowly…

Rock Band Blitz Announced for PSN/XBLA, Can Access Existing Rock Band DLC

Space Shuttle Endeavour’s Cockpit Comes Alive One More Time

// April 12th, 2012 // No Comments » // Space Stuff & NASA

Ah, the space shuttle Endeavour — which will always hold a special place in my heart after seeing it up close and personally last year.

I love the set of vibrant pictures of the Endeavour’s cockpit, lit up for the last time before it hitches a ride to the West coast and becomes an exhibit.

They’re so amazing, and it’s very overwhelming to see all the displays, controls, switches, etc. Such a complex machine. I love the pictures on the middeck too with all the signatures of everyone involved in the shuttle program.

It’s still sad, almost a year later, seeing the fleet decommissioned without a successor coming anytime soon.

Endeavour’s cockpit comes alive one more time

Cyclists At Center Of Bitter Debate Over Bike Lanes

// April 11th, 2012 // No Comments » // Cycling

Interesting article about cyclists, bike lanes and breaking the law on your bike.

Cyclists At Center Of Bitter Debate Over Bike Lanes

Las Vegas Almost Had a Full Size Starship Enterprise

// April 10th, 2012 // No Comments » // Film, Strange & Bizarre, Tech

This would have been massive and crazy cool, but I’m not sure it’d be the universal attraction Vegas would profit from. Sure, Vegas ended up with the Star Trek Experience, but this would have been unprcedented — and out of place. It would have been great for Trekkies though.

But man, construction costs were $150,000,000 (in 1992 dollars).

Now It Can Be Told: The “Star Trek” Attraction that Almost Came to Life in 1992

Cycling Explained

// April 4th, 2012 // No Comments » // Cycling, Funny Stuff, Video

In a series of daily post, it looks like I’m sharing nothing videos. Sorry, but these are all relevant to me and my life and interests. They’re also quick and easy to post.

This one is all about cycling and cyclists. Funny, but almost entirely true.

Hoverboard Test Footage from Back to the Future II

// April 3rd, 2012 // No Comments » // Film, Video

A co-worker who is as big of a Back to the Future fan as I am, sent this video to me yesterday — test footage of the hoverboard filming and effect. So cool, and well done. We were saying it was so well done, it’d be hard to improve on the effect in present day.

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