UFC 194 Aldo vs McGregor Reaction

UFC 194 Aldo vs McGregor Reaction

Our reaction to Jose Aldo being knocked out by Conor McGregor. In attendance: me, Jon, Steph, Krystle, Bethany, Ben and Andrew.  Fun night wish the fight lasted a little longer though.

Valentine's Day Dinner At Home

Every year on Valentines Day, I take my girlfriend to a nice restaurant.  This usually requires searching for a nice place we haven't been to, and booking at least 5 days in advance.  After braving the weather and crowds, it always ends up being a nice romantic evening out.  This year, we decided to have valentines day dinner at home.  I am not a good cook, far from it,  but I was willing to cook an entire 4 course meal, but thankfully my girlfriend offered to cook two dishes while I do another two.  This was our valentine's dinner at home:

Around the Net: Serial Podcast

Unless you’ve been living under a rock these past few months, you must have heard about Serial.

Our trip to California in 5 pictures

When I cook I want to know the progress

Why aren't smart lids more of a thing?

Random Rants: The Bradbury

The Bradbury Building

If you visited L.A. you've probably walked right passed it.  Nestled between a Subway restaurant and Sprint Mobile store is one of the most interesting buildings in America. It's the place where OJ bought the murder weapon, and  the place where androids come to die, its called the Bradbury Building.

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Jack The Ripper Solved! Why isn't this a bigger story? The most famous serial killer mystery of the last 100 years, that has inspired, movies, books, games, t-shirts, and more has been solved.

• DNA evidence on a shawl found at Ripper murder scene nails killer
• By testing descendants of victim and suspect, identifications were made
• Jack the Ripper has been identified as Polish-born Aaron Kosminski
• Kosminski was a suspect when the Ripper murders took place in 1888
• Hairdresser Kosminski lived in Whitechapel and was later put in an asylum

Is the evidence conclusive enough or is this just to sell a book? Read the whole story here.

also...

Dressing a dog up as a giant spider is awesome:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoB8t0B4jx4

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News from comic con

Fan Boys and Girls go crazy today over the leaked images from a teaser of the new Superman vs Batman flick. In Hall H of San Diego Comic Con Warner Brothers revealed a short clip showing Ben Affleck in Batman armor straight from the pages of Frank Miller's The DarkKnight Returns

The Papercraft Jeep Build

I pulled this box out of my basement and discovered it was a long lost unfinished project of mine.
Back in 2008 I started building this paper model of a jeep from my favorite video game "Warhawk".  It was my first paper-craft project, and I had it at 70% complete, when I was interrupted when I moved apartments. It was packed away for the move and I guess never unpacked. Now 6 years later, I've decided to try to complete the project.

Here's where I left off in 6 years ago .....

Camera Noob

Recently got a hand-me down camera. It's a 10 mega pixels Sony Alpha 230.  Although smart phones and instagram take great photos these days, trying your hand at a SLR (Single Lens Reflex - I just learned that) camera is a whole other world.

I googled some basics such as Aperture, Shutter, ISO, and got some tips from HT and off I went.

The Rocketeer Build

July 15 2014

In 1991 Disney Released The Rocketeer. The movie was a failure at the box office despite some notable stars such as Jennifer Connelly and James Bond himself Timothy Dalton.

 

What I loved about the movie was the pre digital age special effects and character design.
The Rocketeer himself wore a 1930's aviation jacket and a late Art Deco styled helmet.

The Daft Punk Build

I'm documenting my build of DAFT PUNK helmets for comic con, all done in about 5 weeks. It's a Pepakura build and its my first time.