Let it SNOW, Let it SNOW, LET IT SNOW!!!

I just won a bid on a Snow Making Machine on eBay. The link is above and here:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&item=250356427272

It'll be here sometime next week and I'll start posting pics of it and the SNOW!!

A little music in our lives.

Update: MixWit has since gone down. 1/18/2009

Billy and Nick started taking music lessons last fall (Guitar and Bass, respectively). Billy has decided to just practice on his own from now on instead of continuing lessons. Tho, he's gotten way better over time. Nick's still taking lesson's for his Bass and enjoying it. His teacher Doug Manring (who's brother is Michael Manring) who started "The Real Schol of Rock" here in Virginia.

Doug has decided it's finally time for Nick to have a "set list" of song's he can play. So he went through all the song structures he's learned and compiled a list. He also had to pick a Beatles song on his own. of course he picked "Yellow Submarine".

I've put together a MixWit mix you can listen to and see the list. I also burned Nick a CD of his song's so he can play along with the music and get a better feal of the beat and how long he has to play for a full song.

Artificial Intelligence Distributed Project

Hey there! If your into AI (Artificial Intelligence) or distributed projects. You should consider joining the Artificial Intelligence System project. It's a distributed processing project that is working on reverse engineering the brain to build a large scale AI System.


Give it a check out.

LED Pong Table

Well, it's finally time for a cool site to check out. I ran across this PONG LED table somebody created. I'd love to have one of these. I wonder what other games could be adapted using this kinda technology? Air-hockey maybe? Anyhow I saw it on Hack-A-Day. Why not go check it out.

Superhero Quiz

Here is another personality quiz you can take. It's Short and simple. Find out what Superhero you are!

Your results:
You are Green Lantern

Green Lantern 70% Spider-Man 65% Robin 65% Supergirl 63% Superman 60% Hulk 60% Catwoman 55% The Flash 55% Wonder Woman 53% Batman 40% Iron Man 35%	Hot-headed. You have strong will power and a good imagination.
Click here to take the "Which Superhero are you?" quiz...

Mission Airsoft

On Sunday, I took the older boys (Nicky, 12 and Billy, 17) to AirsoftCQB for a day of shooting. I must admit that I did not expect much. But, it was a fantastic time. If you live in the DC Area and like the idea of paintball, or playing FPS (first-person shooters), like half-life and such. AirsoftCQB is the place for you. They have a 17,000 sq/foot warehouse that they have transformed into a ballistics training facility that you can manuever with team-mates in a friendly competitions of deathmatch and various FPS games, like Alien, Capture the Flag (CTF), Predator, etc...

Both Billy and Nick had a great time. Unfortunately, I didn't get any pictures of our adventure. I may post some photo's of my wounds (bruises) from the pellets. I have a feeling we'll be going back again soon.

.. Note to self: Bring and wear protective gear next time ;p

New Pool Phase 1

As I posted in the previous entry, the pool season is about to begin. I just got confirmation that the pool is being loaded on the truck and en route to Virginia later today. The picture to the right is the start of Phase 1, leveling of the ground. I estimate another week and a half or two before it's really level. The tiller isn't working this year, so it's going to be a manual process with shovels and rakes. { Owwww, my back, I can feel it now }

BTW, Again, notice the MEEBO Chat on the right also. If it says I'm online, chances are you can type right into the chat box and get a hold of me live. I just found out today you can also change the "guest" name by clicking the guest name box. Why not give it a try.

In other news, I just ordered an EVDO Router and SPRINT Wireless Internet card (USB). I'll be posting all the details in the days to come. I expect it to show up tomorrow. What does this mean? It means the end of NON-BROADBAND access to the Bragg family. We switched to Satellite last year (which is tons better for browsing than dial-up, but really really sucks for gaming). I'll get into the details when the equipment arrives and provide links and all that jazz.