Cheetos Commercial (Don't join the underground)

I've been watching Comedy Central when I have off time in my room, and I just have to say, that Cheetos commercial where the girl is doing her laundry, and 'sees' the old Chester the Cheetah telling her to put Cheetos in the other girl's whites... yeah, that commercial rocks.

Also, don't bother going to the website that it points you to, because it sucks.  Big time.  But I do have to give the Cheetos company credit, because basically what it is, is they want you to engage in random acts of Cheetos.  It's like Project Mayhem, but without you know, any point.  But they're basically advocating using their product for something other than eating, which some would take as a sign of defeat, but I admire their extreme-ness.  Like, if you had a sandwich joint, and business wasn't so good, so you started trying to convince people that your sandwiches, like, if you carry them in a pocket, can protect you from being stabbed somewhat or something.  "I don't give a shit what you do with them, just buy the Cheetos!"

Chicago Update - Sears Tower

So I secretly snuck a bunch of pictures of (undisclosed location) for your benefit, as a faithful reader of my blog, but I copied the pictures to a memory card which I have no way of reading here, so you lost out on that one, buddy.

In lieu, I did visit the Sears Tower, and took some stunning night time images of the city on my camera's phone:

Ok, so they're not exactly stunning, but pretend you're looking instead of just looking at my camera phone pictures, and pretend there's no haze, or whatever that stuff is, and the contrast isn't way off, and you don't have glaucoma.  Bada bing!!  

Chicago: Live

Greetings, one and all.

With my new consulting job, training is important. In light of this, I have been sent to Chicago to train with IBM. The benefit for me, is that in two weeks, I will be taught the latest and greatest in computer technology. The benefit for you, is that I will also be reporting on a semi-unscheduled basis, all the amazing news, directly from Chicago, LIVE. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity, so be sure to type the Internet Keyword 'Big Dave' in to your computer browser, and join me as I unfurl the sights and sounds of Chicago, mainly from within my hotel room. The view, is breathtaking:

The view from one of my windows

Some type of sky-mosque

Ah-nom nom nom nom nom...

Computer Mice

Back when the Logitech MX1000 first came out, I either bought one, or my uncle bought one for me.  I don't recall which, but I'm going to give the credit to my uncle because that's where most of my high-end tech stuff comes from.

Anyway, it was easily the best mouse available at the time, with a real laser (not a red dot thingy), a cradle to recharge its little Lithium cell, a 4-way scroll wheel, extra buttons for all kinds of stuff.  It was great.  Still is.

When I first got it, it lasted like, a stupid-long time without being recharged.  And this is coming from me, who uses it almost all day.  I'm going to say 2-3 weeks on a single charge.  Put it on the dock for the night, and in the morning it's ready to go!

Now it lasts 3-4 days on a single charge, but the perk is that it completely recharges now in like, 30 minutes.  So when I notice that the little light is red, I throw it on the dock, go get food, and come back to a full battery.

Anyway, I don't need a new mouse yet, and am not getting one for a while, but if I were buying today, the only real option would be the Logitech MX Revolution.  I don't even need to argue the features, because there is no real comparison.

Microsoft apparently has their Vista designers working on their mice now, because there is absolutely nothing new or interesting in their offerings.  Oh wait, a wireless mouse with a gig of flash ram in the transceiver.  There's a good idea.  I really want to not be able to share data without unplugging my mouse, and at the same time have to plug my mouse into a computer every time I share data.  Brilliant.

Mac has their wireless Mighty Mouse, which if it were rechargeable, would be in the running, but it's not, so it isn't.

Anyway, that's probably more about mice than you really wanted to know.  If you actually read this whole thing, good for you.  Here's a cookie. Go ham it up.

A Little Bit of My History

My great grandparents were farmers.  It was often said that they were outstanding in their field.