Mah Blog http://www.galador.org/blog Tue, 05 Jan 2010 05:27:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0-alpha What’s a Blog? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/galador/~3/XdnO-Tp9MBA/ http://www.galador.org/blog/whats-a-blog/#comments Tue, 05 Jan 2010 05:24:12 +0000 galador http://www.galador.org/blog/?p=477 So, I’ve realized that blogging (for me) would be far easier if I’d just post short little snippets from my life.

But then what use would twitter be?

I’ve tried to solve the problem by finding a way to have WordPress automatically import tweets and make “mini-posts” from them. Unfortunately, I’ve yet to find a suitably awesome transformation engine that turns my thoughts into PHP code. I suppose I could actually try to pick up some PHP, but that’s just a bunch of hooey.

My Search continues. If any of you happen to stumble onto this morsel of a post and know of such a neat little wonder, let me know (widget implementations need not apply)!

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]]> http://www.galador.org/blog/international-trollin/feed/ 1 http://www.galador.org/blog/international-trollin/ For Noff http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/galador/~3/urIonCgn4-M/ http://www.galador.org/blog/for-noff/#comments Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:01:08 +0000 galador http://www.galador.org/blog/?p=466 Not much of importance has happened since my last post.

I work, I go to class, and I do stuff with Student Activities. About all I’ve been doing in the past couple of months. Incredibly busy.

Did go see Brand New in Tulsa last Thursday, and it was jawesome. They played a huge variety of songs over their discography including motherfucking “Seventy Times Seven”. Amazing.

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]]> http://www.galador.org/blog/inspector-beer/feed/ 2 http://www.galador.org/blog/inspector-beer/ Best Healthcare http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/galador/~3/j37Y50Dsfew/ http://www.galador.org/blog/best-healthcare/#comments Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:24:24 +0000 galador http://www.galador.org/blog/?p=462

Probably the least retarded use of the Kanye meme so far.

]]> http://www.galador.org/blog/best-healthcare/feed/ 0 http://www.galador.org/blog/best-healthcare/ Got the job! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/galador/~3/vntPpGUc8Wk/ http://www.galador.org/blog/got-the-job/#comments Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:45:21 +0000 galador http://www.galador.org/blog/?p=460 Whee, I’m not a bonafide working man, now. Managed to get the Internship! :D

]]> http://www.galador.org/blog/got-the-job/feed/ 0 http://www.galador.org/blog/got-the-job/ BIRTHDAY!!! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/galador/~3/IORvvRnkSNA/ http://www.galador.org/blog/birthday/#comments Tue, 04 Aug 2009 18:27:11 +0000 galador http://www.galador.org/blog/?p=453 Yup, it’s the 21st anniversary of my escape from the womb.

Pretty damn exciting. I can now legally drink alcoholic beverages, gamble, serve as a prostitute, purchase a handgun, and buy fireworks in the state of New Hampshire.

How’s that for exciting.

]]> http://www.galador.org/blog/birthday/feed/ 5 http://www.galador.org/blog/birthday/ Oh God http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/galador/~3/TUssv-y-Nsk/ http://www.galador.org/blog/oh-god/#comments Mon, 03 Aug 2009 05:23:40 +0000 galador http://www.galador.org/blog/?p=451 I’m so far behind on my post-per-day thing that I think I’ll call it at that.

It was a good run, I got a lot of posts in. Was fun.

I actually do plan to post more frequently in the future, just not every day. I’ll try not to let it lapse for months, though, as I have in the past. :-P

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Only one question really remains: why didn’t I do this earlier?

Addendum: YouTube sucks and took down a shakey cam clip from The Office I had linked. Fuck ‘em.

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For those of you who don’t believe me, it’s very possible for cardboard to float. In fact, a nearby town hosts a “get together”, if you will, of cardboard boats and puts on cardboard boat racing, demolition, and other assorted venues of merriment.

And yes. This is my third year being involved with these shenanigans. Our team, Flower Power (originally coming from the friend who introduced the art to me… ’s sister), has won the demolition derby three years in a row personally, and a fourth if you consider the “Dads” team that won it the year before ours. This year’s competition was held on Saturday, July 25 at the famous Sandy Beach.

Pictures and more info after the break.

Our theme this year was “Cardboard Boats Make Tiger Roar”, whose reference should become blatantly obvious after viewing this YouTube video:

Pretty lol. Now pix!

Construction!

Pretty effin’ sweet. You guys should feel special, getting a glimpse into the where the magic happens.

Finished Product / Demo Time

Apparently, each year of the race has “themes” which we never seem to know about. This year’s theme was “Vikings” or some mythological something like that. Here we have Brunhilda (not THE Brunhilda, for those in the know), an Orc and some other guys:

And of course, being in Arkansas, there’s the obligatory Razorback boat (this one actually won the “Pride of the Fleet Award” — and I have to admit, that paintjob was fucking awesome):

Moar viking stuff:

Shamu’s Nordic?

We built a cardboard house on-site (The robot was not made on-site). The house was originally a joke, but turned out to be pretty useful:

Sand sculpting contest:

We had a little fun. We didn’t care at all about the racing portion of the day (you have to complete at least one heat in the race to qualify for the demo) , so we made some “fishing poles” and tried to catch something for lunch:

Doing a bit of repair work to the boat after the first (and only) heat of the race with some duct tape. Note the awesome shirts:

Team pic:

Pretty sweet pic ‘o mah friend:

Celebration:

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