Have you ever wondered what it would be like to fly like a bird? Well here are some ingenious folks that strapped a video camera on some balloons filled with helium and let her go. Video is a little long but neat none the less.
The actual path of the balloons through Berlin, Germany.
Courtesy of The Balloon Project.
With the 2008 San Francisco Custom Rod & Motorcycle show behind us I wanted to give a wrap up post and present you with a slide show of all the pictures that were taken that day (see below). One thing I liked about this show was the variety. We had things like:
The skies were clear and in the 60's. We took our time walking around the venue that had 9 different building for viewing amazing cars, trucks, motorcycles, bicycles and people. Without further a due enjoy the show.
Click on a picture to view in a larger format.
With the 2008 San Francisco Custom Rod & Motorcycle show behind us I wanted to give a wrap up post and present you with a slide show of all the pictures that were taken that day (see below). One thing I liked about this show was the variety. We had things like:
The skies were clear and in the 60's. We took our time walking around the venue that had 9 different building for viewing amazing cars, trucks, motorcycles, bicycles and people. Without further a due enjoy the show.
Click on a picture to view in a larger format.
I will be heading out Friday afternoon with my dad and brother. Going to Sacramento to stay with my Uncle. Then on Saturday heading to the 2008 San Francisco Custom Rod and Motorcycle Show.
!!! HAVE YOU SEEN THIS CAR? !!! click here
January 6, 2008
Plum Krazy to Rock Sock Hop
The San Francisco Rod, Custom and Motorcycle Show will feature the Band "Plum Krazy" Saturday night during the Sock Hop in the Car Club Pavilion. Two car clubs, The Laf-A-Lots and Golden State Street Rods have teamed up to make the pavilion into a 60's drive-in and garage scene for the Sock Hop.
The Sock Hop is the first time the San Francisco event has featured the band "Plum Krazy" and hosted a 60's style, old - fashioned Sock Hop. Spectators are welcome to join in on the dancing fun and to come to the show dressed to dance the night away in their 1960's attire.
The band "Plum Krazy" has been playing together around the San Francisco Bay Area since 1998. Their music is the classics of Rock and Roll. The music will take you back to whenever you want to go or whatever memories these classics bring to mind.
Rick Perry, the promoter of the San Francisco event says" We are very excited to have the clubs put together the Sock Hop and hope the spectators really enjoy the classic Rock and Roll from 'Plum Krazy'".
The Sock Hop, Car Club display and "Plum Krazy" are part of the Budweiser Pavilions, which consists of the six lower buildings at the Cow Palace. The San Francisco Rod, Custom and Motorcycle Show uses all 9 buildings and over 300, 000 Sq., ft. of the facility to house over 500 entries for this years show.
The San Francisco Rod, Custom and Motorcycle Show opens Friday January
1th at 3pm and runs through Sunday January 13th, with the awards presentation at 5pm Sunday and the drive-out set for 7pm. For additional information regarding the show, directions ticket information and related activities, you can go to
www.sfcustomshow.com or call the show office at 209-744-8090. Here is the schedule for Saturday.
Saturday January 12, 2008 :: show hours: 9am-10pm
Hot Rod Pavilion - North Hall 9am-10pm
Motorcycle Pavilion - Presented by PPG, South Hall 9am-10pm
Antique Motorcycle Display 9am-10pm
“World’s” Biggest Motorcycle - PPG Motorcyle Pavilion 9am-10pm
See the ”Jammin’ at the Palace” Panel Jam - South Hall presented by PPG 9am-10pm
Jerry Sezar Hot Rods presents the Suede Rods and Customs - Budweiser Pavilions 9am-10pm
See Toyota’s Thunder Alley in the North Hall 9am-10pm
Tribute to Hollywood Vehicles and Props - Budweiser Pavilions, Lower Level 9am-10pm
Classic Trailer Show and Exhibit - Budweiser Pavilions, Lower Level 9am-10pm
Car Club Display and Sock Hop - Budweiser Pavilions, Lower Level 9am-10pm
Sock Hop with live music by “Plum Krazy” - Budweiser Pavilions, Lower Level 8pm-10pm
Hall of Champions - Main Lobby 9am-10pm
Trendsetter Interviews/Autograph Sessions - Darryl Starbird - Main Arena 11am-noon & 5pm-7pm
Trendsetter Trophy Presentation - Trendsetter Area Main Arena 5pm
Arlen and Cory Ness Autograph Session - Arlen Ness Booth - PPG Motorcycle Pavilion 3pm-6pm
See American Graffiti Stars and Tribute Car - Budweiser Pavilions, Lower Level 9am-10pm
See Johnny Benson’s Toyota Race Truck Toyota Thunder Area - North Hall 9am-10pm
Music by Vida Lee DJ - Suede Rod and Custom Area, Lower Buildings throughout the show
Make-A-Wish Charity Auction “Jammin’ the Palace” Panel Jam - PPG Motorcycle Pavilion 7pm
Biker Build Off Challenge Live on stage, Motorcycle Pavilion 9am-10pm
S.F. Hall of Fame Autograph Session presented by Brizio Street Rods, Main Arena Stage 3pm-4pm
Meet Custom Motorcycle Builders Ron and Hunter Simms - PPG Motorcycle Pavilion noon-6pm
Show Closes 10pm
I will be taking picture's and making a post later. I plan on posting updates to my twitter account. If you have not used twitter give it test drive click here.
Saw this one over at about:blank this is great. I think the artist was my nurse back in September 2007 while I was in the hospital. You can read the post I did while in the hospital from my blackberry called Cell Phone Interference with Pacemaker or Heart Attack-
I am telling you the artist had to be that one nurse:-)
Here's to all you blogger's! To the end.
How To Write More, Worry Less, And Create Great Content - If you ever have writers block, I know I do often, then take a look at this post. Here is just one of there ideas for writing.
Things not to do while writing
- Don’t spell check
- Don’t find proper words in dictionary or thesaurus
- Don’t readjust sentence structure
- Don’t look up facts on Wikipedia or search on Google amidst writing
- Don’t look back at what you have written so far
Predictions for Google's 2008 - 16 unofficial predictions for Google's operating system.
4. Gmail will add another batch of new features, one of the most important being task management, and will finally go out of beta. Gmail will launch a Google Labs-like site with experimental features that could be added by those who are curious to see the next features before they are officially launched.
7. Google Maps will be redesigned and could include more space for user-generated content. We'll start to see user's locations, important events from our area, recommendations from friends. Google Maps will become more personal.
How to Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions and Get Those DIY Projects Done! -
Avoid perfectionist thinking. I know a bunch of people unwilling to start a DIY project because they’re afraid they will make a mistake. So what if you make a mistake! MWT and I have made plenty over the years, and the fact is, we are generally the only ones that notice them...
A lot of people can use 10 Foolproof Tips for Better Sleep - Here are just a couple of what you will find in this post.
4. Don't look at the alarm clock at night. Looking at the clock promotes increased anxiety and obsession about time.
9. Associate your bed and bedroom with sleep and sex only. Don't watch TV, eat, or read in bed. Although these things help some people sleep, they can also give your brain the idea that bed isn't just for sleeping - and this can keep you awake.
Scobleizer writes an interesting post called What I’ve learned in 2007 in it I found item #3 worth mentioning. Sort of one of those don't judge a book by it's cover.
3. Pay attention to the “unimportant” people in your life. Last year this goofy guy walked into the CES BlogHaus. I introduced him to a few people and did an interview with him. He wasn’t famous. Didn’t have a blog. Hadn’t started a business or done anything that anyone would qualify as “important.” But between January and now he’s become a New York Times best selling author and he’s gotten me onto CNBC and the New York Times. All cause I paid attention to him back when he wasn’t “somebody.”
I think we could all use a lesson on How to Slow Down Now and smell the roses. Christopher Richards writes about how humans need rests, relaxation, and recreation.
Slow eating
How many of us have heard our mothers tell us not to gobble our food? Children eat like animals until they are civilized. We eat and run. The slow food movement started in Italy as a backlash against fast food, but that is another subject. Current wisdom has it that eating slowly can help you lose weight. Taking your time to chew your food releases the nutrients. It’s easy to overeat, but slowing down can help.Exercise slow
If you’ve ever tried to lift weights at the gym, you’ll know that doing it very slowly is far more demanding than doing it quickly...
Let's end this weeks Freaky Friday Link Love with some good clean humor.
May 2008 be your break out year.
Instead of talking about new years resolutions and what we are or are not going to do in 2008. I thought I would take a minute and wish something a very Happy Birthday.
January 1, 1983 is the official birthday of TCP/IP according to Google's TCP/IP Logo.
TCP
is a "protocol" built on top of IP (every TCP/IP packet has an IP portion). TCP's entire job is ensuring that the connection occurs in an organized matter. To understand TCP's purpose, let's reconsider the package analogy. Say you have to send a script over the "normal" snail mail, and for whatever reason you have to send it in 2 separate packages. This occurs in TCP/IP all the time. So, it's up to the receiver to arrange the individual packages into one whole package. TCP/IP connections have been handled with TCP/IP handshakes since January 1, 1983.
TCP - is responsible for verifying the correct delivery of data from client to server.
IP - is responsible for moving packet of data from node to node.
Layers on top of TCP/IP are:
HTTP: Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (for requesting webpages)
FTP: File Transfer Protocol (for uploading files to websites)
SMTP and POP3: For sending (SMTP) and receiving (POP3) e-mail
IRC: For chatting online
