Picture this, your cruising down the highway, top down, sun shining, radio cranked up. Then a song comes on the radio that defines the moment. Later that day you try to explain the song to a friend in an attempt to find out who sings it. But no matter how much you try, you can't hum that guitar riff to save your life. Well frett no more, Lifehacker.com posted an article about a music service that allows you to search for that song.
Yes.com allows you to search by radio call letters or zip code. The site then displays all songs played on that station for the previous 24 hours. So the next time you are cruising down the road on an idle tuesday and that perfect song comes on, all you need to remember is the station and time and your all set.
Drugs, they're everywhere. In schools, on the streets, and I would imagine ever at work. But what do they do? What could these substances possibly offer us that would cause us to drain our bank accounts, sell our wedding rings and ruin our lives? The Genetic Sciences Learning Center at the University of Utah has create a pretty cool flash program exhibiting the effects of various drugs on the brain. Some of the drugs discussed include cocaine, heroine, ecstacy, alcohol, and a few more.
For those of you who are curious you can check out the flash program here. Remember Kids Drugs Are Bad, except the good ones, like caffeine!
I have a collection of quotes that I started last year. Over that time it's grown to be quite large. For your reading pleasure, here are a few of my favorites.
"To try when it seems there is no hope is to risk failure, but not to try is to guarantee it" - Anonymous
"The man who insists on seeing with perfect clearness before he decides, never decides." - Henri-Frederic Amiel
"Human beings are the only creatures that allow their children to come back home." - Bill Cosby
"The wages of sin are death, but by the time taxes are taken out, it's just sort of a tired feeling." - Paula Poundstone
"The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents." - HP Lovecraft
Last week my friend and co-worker Brent Strange got what some consider (myself included) one of the best presents you can get from his wife for his birthday. What gift could be so great you ask? A 2006 Yamaha YZF R1 (the blue bike in the picture, mine is the red one). Not only did his wife ALLOW him to get a motorcycle, but she went down and got it for him. Brent has been pining over a motorcycle for sometime now and when I got mine a little over 2 months ago it became down right sad. So needless to say he was very "moved" when he walked out into the garage to a shiny new blue R1 (he denies it, but I'm pretty sure I saw tears).
The best part of the whole day was Brent was convinced he was getting the bike and that I was going to ride it over to his house. So on the day of the party I show up at 1PM and no one is home. Best part of being punctual... Brent and family arrived a few minutes later. Brent was slightly disappointed to see my bike in the driveway. It seemed this killed any hope of him getting his dream bike. Then as he was opening his present from his wife, a model Yamaha R1, that he eventually noticed a key taped to the back of it. A look of confusion, then disbelief and then reality set in. And the rest is history.
Happy Birthday & Congratulations Brent! Lets Ride!
I wish you all a safe and happy 4th of July Holiday!
The opinions expressed herein are my own personal opinions and do not represent my employer's view in anyway.
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