First fisheye pics

Fisheye, a set on Flickr. Had some fun playing around with my new lens.

Before there was Sheldon Cooper...

There was David Byrne. The difference being, of course, is that while the actor playing Sheldon Cooper - Jim Parsons - may have some street cred because of the character he plays; David Byrne played basically himself observing a 'typical' Texas town on the eve of its sesquicentennial in his movie True Stories.

I need a better post

The last one sucked.

26 Years

So today I will watch Magnum P.I.. Specifically, Season 7, Espisode 6: Death and Taxes.
My brother was nice enough to tape it for me years ago.

Deoxit is the bomb

I think this may be my current favorite product ever in the history of the universe.  I came across it while researching how to fix pots on old stereo receiver.

The audio setup

So I've been trying to look at ways to get my iMac a little louder.  I am using this machine as my primary entertainment device (amongst other things as they are sweet machines.) Full disclosure, I am a former skeptic who joined the black turtleneck mafia.

Paying down the debt

Saw an interesting tweet today about paying down the deficit by getting rid of Alaska.  We purchased Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million USD back in the 19th century.  Surely it's appreciated.

Of course if we focused on the gas and oil in Alaska (approximately 35 billion barrels of oil and 137 trillion cubic feet of natural gas according to this) then the value jumps somewhat.

Right now, a barrel of oil sells for @$84.  With 35 billion barrels, we would be looking at around $2.9 trillion in value.

Natural gas is a little more complicated as we have to convert the cubic feet to BTU's.  One cubic foot equals 1,020 BTU and the current price is $3.77/BTU.  So we wind up with $526 quadrillion in value.

Surprised that something out there actually dwarfs the real US deficit of around $86 trillion.  This includes the unfunded liabilities for Social Security and Medicare - not the cooked books the government typically provides.