From the monthly archives:

January 2009

X-Men Origins: Wolverine Trailer

January 19, 2009

For fans of the X-Men movies, the prequel X-Men Origins is due out May 1, 2009 – and good lord does it look awesome!!! Wolverine lives a mutant life, seeks revenge against Victor Creed (who will later become Sabretooth) for the death of his girlfriend, and ultimately ends up going through the mutant Weapon X [...]

7 Top Police Motorcycle Competitions

January 17, 2009
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I gotta admit, that old TV show CHiPS from the 1970s helped me fall in love with motorcycles. There was something really cool about the fact that they were chasing people down on two wheels. But really, we never saw Ponch or John do anything amazing on their motorcycles. It might have left one wondering [...]

North Korea Children’s Parade

January 16, 2009

Even though Kim Jong Il is a horrible commie dictator (emphasis on the “dic” part), those damn little Korean kids can sure put on a show! I still think the South Korean sports fans are cooler, mostly because they do this just because they want to. Not because they are glorifying their “great father” or [...]

The Coldest Walk Ever! After Pizza at Gino’s East in Chicago

January 16, 2009
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Tonight I had dinner with a group of guys from work. We had traditional deep dish style Chicago pizza at Gino’s East at Wells and Ontario in downtown Chicago. The Pizza was good, especially if you love deep dish smothered in tomato sauce. Personally I’m a bigger fan of thin crust New York style pizza. [...]

Cali Lewis, Layered Tech and the Robotic Data Center

January 15, 2009

Oh, my. Cali Lewis, everyone’s favorite video podcaster, stopped by Layered Tech to learn about our top secret project (code named Astro) a couple of weeks ago – even though we made her keep it under wraps until yesterday! Anyway, Cali interviewed LT’s Director of Software Development, Josh Bosquez, in part one and learned all [...]

The Weber Grill Grillmeister

January 15, 2009

This evening I ate a 16oz. New York Strip, along with a bunch of other stuff, at The Weber Grill in Chicago. Mmmm! It was tasty. But as good as the meal was, half the fun was the entertainment value. You see, my buddy Chris from Layered Tech and I braved the -10 degree temperatures [...]

Ken Block Practices Gymkhana Autocross

January 14, 2009

First of all, thanks to Perry Quinn over at Lijit for turning me onto Ken Block! Ken Block is a driver for Subaru, and apparently whenever they need someone to do something completely insane, they give him a ring. He has gained worldwide notoriety for his exploits outside of rally competition, having successfully jumped his [...]

Review: Parallels Desktop 4 Offers Kick Ass Virtualization For Macs

January 13, 2009

Well, my good friends over at Parallels hooked me up with a free copy of Parallels Desktop 4 for my MacBook. But before we get started here, you should know that Microsoft, VMware and just about anyone else with virtualization software will hook me up too. So my comments here are unbiased as always. I [...]

John P. Gets a Mercedes AMG CLK55 Convertible… and Loves It!

January 12, 2009

My long time readers are already aware that I have a veritable stable of vehicles, including my NSX and my Q45. In fact, right now in my driveway there are 1,780 horsepower worth of vehicles just sitting there begging me to take them out and blister some pavement. So last week when I drove up [...]

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