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Vancouver 2010 Olympics

Toby Getsch — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 17:05:08 +0000

With the official start of the winter games happening today, I’m having a good time this morning checking out various sites related to the Vancouver 2010 Olympics. It’s particularly fun being close, now that I am back living in Seattle, WA, just a couple/few hours south of Vancouver, BC. I may try to go up to Vancouver to spend some time in the area during the games.

"Home" with the WA plates...

Seriously, how often does the chance come along when the Olympics are this close?!

Here are a couple sites, a couple mobile sites and a couple iPhone apps.

http://www.vancouver2010.com

(mobile) http://www.vancouver2010.com/mobile

(iPhone App) 2010Guide – Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games: The Official Mobile Spectator Guide

http://www.nbcolympics.com

(mobile) http://m.nbcolympics.com

(iPhone App) NBC Olympics on AT&T

It’s also looking like the weather in Vancouver, BC and the weather in Whistler/Blackcomb, BC might be a bit on the warm side for ‘winter’ games. I hear they are trucking in snow. Regardless, it will be festive… that’s pretty certain!

UPDATE: Here is the official Facebook page for the 2010 Olympics.

Filed under: CasualFriday, Geek, Interesting, Sports, TechProfound, Weather

reward based on performance

Toby Getsch — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:00:15 +0000

Sounds pretty straight forward to me. Let’s shit-can all the sucky teachers.

I’m going back to watching physics lectures.

Posted in Autodidactism, CasualFriday, Geek, Humor, Ideas, JustDoIt, Leadership, Listening, MegaDrivel, Motivate, Perspective, TechProfound, Vids

“CAUTION: For use with information technology equipment.”

Toby Getsch — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:14:47 +0000

“CAUTION: For use with information technology equipment.” That’s what it says on the bottom of my iPhone USB power adapter. While I think it’s pretty random, it’s probably equally as random that I read that small print on the bottom of that little thing.

I guess I’m not the only one to notice. Ha!

In case you were wondering, this is funny.

Toby Getsch — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 20:24:03 +0000

Ok, so it’s a geek thing. It’s still funny.

Twitter Suffers Minor Period Of Uptime Overnight

For the non-geeks, what makes it funny is that it would normally be news if there was downtime, not uptime. Since Twitter has been down so much recently, this particular headline is funny.

Ok, again, back to regularly scheduled, TGIF!

do not DESPAIR. COMumicate clearly.

Toby Getsch — Sat, 31 May 2008 14:58:42 +0000

hehehe

seriously, check out despair.com

[HT: Doc Searls]

Bloody Brilliant!

Toby Getsch — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:07:30 +0000

Britain’s Got Talent – Michael Jackson

It shows it’s 10 plus minutes long but it really ends after about 3:30. The one I’m posting here is by far the best quality one that I could find… Na, na, na, na, na, na!

UPDATE: The “higher quality” one had some hiccups… I reverted back to the “regular” one that has about 2.5 Million views. Pretty sure that should work fine…

Also, posted in CasualFriday, because it’s my virtual Friday… Stay tuned for regularly scheduled programming, starting on May 6th, 2008!

TV might just be interesting enough to watch again.

Toby Getsch — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 04:30:12 +0000

I just saw commercials for 3 ok shows on NBC tonight. And, one is on right now that’s not so bad. Is “must see tv” back?

Heck, I have no idea. I haven’t had much interest in TV lately. Time. Responsibilities. Travel. Whatever… I think TV has just sucked for a few years now. Movies haven’t been that great either. I’ve gone to a few movies lately, but that’s just because it’s something to do. Movies haven’t been bad, like TV’s been bad. But, I just haven’t cared much.

I’d rather go for a walk and take some pictures, or go for a drive in the mountains. The mountains are nice around here.

Hey, we can call this a Casual Friday post. It’s Friday already… somewhere.

Hmmm… Maybe it’s because other things are more interesting, or funny. (Cheers, Disco!)

Happy 25th Birthday to the Compact Disc

Toby Getsch — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 22:00:46 +0000

Among other interesting timeline facts, here’s one interesting tidbit.

“Philips’ plan for a CD with a 11.5cm diameter had to be changed when Sony insisted that a disc must hold all of Beethoven’s 9th Symphony.

The longest recording of the symphony in record label Polygram’s archive was 74 minutes and so the CD size was increased to 12cm diameter to accommodate the extra data.”

Also filed under Casual Friday. Haven’t used that category in a while.

Where is my mind?!?!

Toby Getsch — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 22:30:18 +0000

http://www.weather.com/weather/hourbyhour/USWA0395

WCCO.com: Welcome To March Snowstorm

Toby Getsch — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 16:56:54 +0000

Check out these fun snow storm pictures! (I say fun, because I grew up in MN and can relate to and enjoy these.) BTW, these pictures show a “real” snow and a “real” reason to close work and school. Even with this much, many of my friends and family were still wondering if school or work might be closed for the day. They are.

Uh oh… now I guess I better show up at any of my jobs here in the Seattle area. I’m on record now showing that I should be able to know how to deal with this stuff. Bummer.

link via ~~Ted Sands~~ Adam Sands in MN (UPDATE: Adam, Ted, Ted, Adam – - They’re twins and I subscribe to both of their blogs. My bad!

posted in CausalFriday

100 fun domain names that are still available

Toby Getsch — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 07:24:06 +0000

Yo diggity!

icanpickabetterdomainnamesthanyoucan.com/net/org
idonotunderstanddomainnames.com/net/org
itotallyunderstanddomainnames.com/net/org
ithinksomeonwillregisterthisdomainnamefirst.com/net/org
idoubtanyonewillgohere.com/net/org
ihaveastreetsigninmybathroomthatsaysnodumpingofanykind.com/net/org
ihaveastreetsigninmyofficethatsaysspeedlimit9.com/net/org
ihopesomeonemakesalotofmoneyoffthis.com/net/org
ithinkiamreallycreativeandthisisjustonewaytoshowit.com/net/org
ihadabusyweekandiamreallygladitisfriday.com/net/org
ittakesareallysmartpersontofigureoutthispuzzle.com/net/org
itypedeverycharacter.com/net/org
icanbecreative.com/net/org
icanhelpyouthinkitthrough.com/net/org
icannotbelieveiamdoingthis.com/net/org
icannotbelieveididthis.com/net/org
ireallycanbelievebothofthosbutwantedtohaveagoodreasonforthisone.com/net/org
iwonderhowmanypeoplewillappreciatethis.com/net/org
ithinkalot.com/net/org
ilikecoffeeinthemorning.com/net/org
ilikecoffeeduringtheday.com/net/org
ilikecoffeeatnight.com/net/org
ibelieveallmindscanbeverycreative.com/net/org
ithoughtthereforeiwas.com/net/org
itakedomainnamesveryseriously.com/net/org
ireallydonottakedomainnamesveryseriously.com/net/org
ioncehadagocartwiththenumber28.com/net/org
ificoulddothisalloveragainiwould.com/net/org
iamnotmyresume.com/net/org
ireallydidthinkofeveryoneoftheseallbymyself.com/net/org
ireallydidnotintendtomakethislistsolong.com/net/org
iamgoingtodisneyworld.com/net/org
ithinkalldomainnamesthatstartwithiareprettylame.com/net/org
100fundomainnamesthatarestillavailable.com/net/org

multiple odds; what’s in a name or a name

Toby Getsch — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 00:57:31 +0000

I wonder what the odds are that in a 48 hour period I would have emails from two different people named Ron, two different people named Heather and two different people named Kerri/Kerry. To complicate that, I talked with 4 of the 6 on the phone, as they called me and said, “Hi, this is ___.” And, to complicate that even more, 5 of the 6 were related to my job hunt.

I think I kept them all straight, but I just looked through my email and verified this. It strikes me as a unique experience. Hey, it’s Friday, and I’m ready for the weekend! This was a busy week.