The Savant (Kim Peek) who inspired the character in the movie Rain Man has died at the age of 58.
CBC has a good story on him along with many other media outlets.
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Who the hell is Fred Rouse?
Who the hell is Fred Rouse?.
Everywhere I go , I read about Fred Rouse and Outside the Lines....
It turns out that I shouldn't really care.
From Wikipedia:
Fred Rouse (born December 17, 1984) is a wide receiver for Concordia College, formerly of the Lincoln High School, Florida State University, and UTEP football teams. Declared that he would be the first player to jump straight from the High School level to the NFL. He projected himself as a 4th round pick. On January 20, 2006, it was announced that Rouse and offensive lineman Cornelius Lewis were kicked off the team for what was claimed as "conduct detrimental to the welfare of the football team" by FSU head coach Bobby Bowden. He has often been compared with Randy Moss both athletically and personally. He is gifted with spectacular speed and ability and is a decent target, but his lack of focus also made Bowden furious (also similar to Moss). During Rouse's sole NCAA season, he was in the Seminoles' starting lineup at the 2006 Orange Bowl against Penn State.
In 2006, Rouse was charged, along with former teammate A.J. Nicholson, with breaking into the apartment of former teammate Lorenzo Booker and stealing electronic equipment. Rouse has since transferred to UTEP, where he sat out the 2006 season, due to NCAA transfer rules.
On March 21, 2008 , UTEP head coach Mike Price announced that Rouse would not be returning to the team for the 08-09 Football season for personal reasons. Rouse transferred to his current school, Concordia College, located in Selma, Alabama. The school has an enrollment of 500, isn't a FCS program or Division II or Division III or even an NAIA school. They are 1-1 this season and Rouse, now a 6-foot-4, 210-pounder who is majoring in business management, has caught a pair of TDs.
Everywhere I go , I read about Fred Rouse and Outside the Lines....
It turns out that I shouldn't really care.
From Wikipedia:
Fred Rouse (born December 17, 1984) is a wide receiver for Concordia College, formerly of the Lincoln High School, Florida State University, and UTEP football teams. Declared that he would be the first player to jump straight from the High School level to the NFL. He projected himself as a 4th round pick. On January 20, 2006, it was announced that Rouse and offensive lineman Cornelius Lewis were kicked off the team for what was claimed as "conduct detrimental to the welfare of the football team" by FSU head coach Bobby Bowden. He has often been compared with Randy Moss both athletically and personally. He is gifted with spectacular speed and ability and is a decent target, but his lack of focus also made Bowden furious (also similar to Moss). During Rouse's sole NCAA season, he was in the Seminoles' starting lineup at the 2006 Orange Bowl against Penn State.
In 2006, Rouse was charged, along with former teammate A.J. Nicholson, with breaking into the apartment of former teammate Lorenzo Booker and stealing electronic equipment. Rouse has since transferred to UTEP, where he sat out the 2006 season, due to NCAA transfer rules.
On March 21, 2008 , UTEP head coach Mike Price announced that Rouse would not be returning to the team for the 08-09 Football season for personal reasons. Rouse transferred to his current school, Concordia College, located in Selma, Alabama. The school has an enrollment of 500, isn't a FCS program or Division II or Division III or even an NAIA school. They are 1-1 this season and Rouse, now a 6-foot-4, 210-pounder who is majoring in business management, has caught a pair of TDs.
Monday, December 07, 2009
Google Goggles - OMG!
This makes my brain hurt. In a good way. Google Goggles is a new google labs offering for android moble phones. Its a visual search engine. Take a picture of an object, place, storefront, etc and google will use its massive computing grid to return results regarding that object.
Here's the proof direct from Google Google developers.
Can you imagine where this will go? They already do facial recognition ala PicasaWeb Albums. I can imagine an app where you descreetly take video of your day and then at the end of the day, tag all the people you met, or at least get a refferance tag the next time you see them.
"Jane Doe... You saw her last in the mall on November 7th.. You don't know her, but 3 of your friends do."
Or "Bob Wilson... Senior Engineer, ABC Corp. You met him last year at a sales confrence. He likes to drinkYingLing "
The law enforcement applications are endless too.
Every patrol car, ambulance and firetruck could have a camera on it, and stream information back to a central location to quickly track vehicles for amber alerts.
At any rate, even just on the comercial use proposed by google today, its stellar.
I'm torn now about my future iphone purchase...
Way to go Google!
Here's the proof direct from Google Google developers.
Can you imagine where this will go? They already do facial recognition ala PicasaWeb Albums. I can imagine an app where you descreetly take video of your day and then at the end of the day, tag all the people you met, or at least get a refferance tag the next time you see them.
"Jane Doe... You saw her last in the mall on November 7th.. You don't know her, but 3 of your friends do."
Or "Bob Wilson... Senior Engineer, ABC Corp. You met him last year at a sales confrence. He likes to drinkYingLing "
The law enforcement applications are endless too.
Every patrol car, ambulance and firetruck could have a camera on it, and stream information back to a central location to quickly track vehicles for amber alerts.
At any rate, even just on the comercial use proposed by google today, its stellar.
I'm torn now about my future iphone purchase...
Way to go Google!
Leave Tiger Alone!
The poor bugger... Instantly famous worldwide, rich beyond comprehension, and... he's human.
I'm not entirely sure why everyone is so pumped to see him fall. Is it because he has had such a clean image? Because he has represented diversity in sport, because he's succeeded at such a high level?
I'm not sure what exactly it is, but I do know that I can't buy groceries without seeing his face on every rag, or turn on the TV. Even ESPN, Sportsnet, TSN, whatever without seeing his face and name there too.
I'm sure every floozie who ever copped a feel of the tigery one is coming out of the woodwork to get paid.
No wonder he crashed his car...
Poor bastard.
Just leave him alone.
I'm not entirely sure why everyone is so pumped to see him fall. Is it because he has had such a clean image? Because he has represented diversity in sport, because he's succeeded at such a high level?
I'm not sure what exactly it is, but I do know that I can't buy groceries without seeing his face on every rag, or turn on the TV. Even ESPN, Sportsnet, TSN, whatever without seeing his face and name there too.
I'm sure every floozie who ever copped a feel of the tigery one is coming out of the woodwork to get paid.
No wonder he crashed his car...
Poor bastard.
Just leave him alone.
Sunday, December 06, 2009
Top10 list.
I've been poking at google trends...
Here's the current top10 search list.
1. lil wayne murdered
2. jeffrey canada
3. snl tiger woods skit
4. harlem children s zone
5. geoffrey canada
6. bcs bowls
7. flozell adams
8. champs sports bowl
9. guess who s coming to dinner
10. bowl selection 2009
Some pretty typical stuff... College bowls, Tiger woods. There are a few that I'm not familiar with.
Jeffrey Canada, Geoffrey, and flozell adams... I'm going to dig into them a little more.
Amazing technology. All hail google.
Here's the current top10 search list.
1. lil wayne murdered
2. jeffrey canada
3. snl tiger woods skit
4. harlem children s zone
5. geoffrey canada
6. bcs bowls
7. flozell adams
8. champs sports bowl
9. guess who s coming to dinner
10. bowl selection 2009
Some pretty typical stuff... College bowls, Tiger woods. There are a few that I'm not familiar with.
Jeffrey Canada, Geoffrey, and flozell adams... I'm going to dig into them a little more.
Amazing technology. All hail google.
Friday, December 04, 2009
Craptastic! Winter storm warning for Brooks - Strathmore - Vulcan continued
Its a freakin' lovely day.
Snow blowing snow and strong winds today and into Saturday. This is a warning that dangerous winter weather conditions are imminent or occurring in these regions. Monitor weather conditions...Listen for updated statements.
An Arctic cold front sweeping southeastward across Southern Alberta is bringing snow, strong winds and blowing snow. Snowfall accumulations of 10 to 20 centimetres can be expected in many regions by Saturday morning. The front will also be accompanied by strong north to northwest winds resulting in widespread blowing snow and near zero visibilities. Winds near 50 km/h and the falling snow will result in sustained blizzard conditions this evening from the Hanna Coronation region south to Cypress Hills region and then west into the Lethbridge region. Conditions will slowly begin to improve from the northwest early Saturday morning.
In the wake of this cold front much cooler air will settle over the province on Saturday.
Snow blowing snow and strong winds today and into Saturday. This is a warning that dangerous winter weather conditions are imminent or occurring in these regions. Monitor weather conditions...Listen for updated statements.
An Arctic cold front sweeping southeastward across Southern Alberta is bringing snow, strong winds and blowing snow. Snowfall accumulations of 10 to 20 centimetres can be expected in many regions by Saturday morning. The front will also be accompanied by strong north to northwest winds resulting in widespread blowing snow and near zero visibilities. Winds near 50 km/h and the falling snow will result in sustained blizzard conditions this evening from the Hanna Coronation region south to Cypress Hills region and then west into the Lethbridge region. Conditions will slowly begin to improve from the northwest early Saturday morning.
In the wake of this cold front much cooler air will settle over the province on Saturday.
Wednesday, December 02, 2009
I've got your new jaws
The new guy gets to be the pump operator... Glamorous! Asking price $2600.
Wow...
I'm a pretty prepared guy, and have a few bedtime routines to make sure I am prepared for the eventual 3AM fire call outs we occasionally get. I often consider myself more prepared to leap into action than the average guy.
This guy CLICK HERE takes it to a whole new level.
This guy CLICK HERE takes it to a whole new level.
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