http://www.rightonbro.com Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 28 Jul 2008 03:32:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en On Friday, I was leaving the house to go run some errands and decided to go check my mail.  I set my iPhone and my shopping list on top of the car, went out to the mailbox, and then got in the car and left. When I left the bank I ... http://www.rightonbro.com/2008/07/27/my-iphone-was-run-over-by-a-car/ Kelly has always asked me what my type of girl is. Here she is: Source: 1960s ad for rice [BoingBoing] http://www.rightonbro.com/2008/07/24/thats-my-kind-of-girl/ I thought I saw Kelly and Caroline today at Lula in Santa Monica, but it turned out it wasn't them.  We were eating lunch and I saw them walk by on the sidewalk and did a double-take.   They were both wearing sunglasses and I could have sworn it was them, ... http://www.rightonbro.com/2008/07/23/kelly-and-caroline-vs-not-kelly-and-caroline/ Over the weekend, I built a desktop computer out of regular PC parts that runs OS X.  It's sort of a $900 equivalent to a $3,300 Mac Pro, except slightly less powerful.  It's way faster than my MacBook. For the technically curious, it's a Q6600 quad-core machine with 4GB of RAM.  ... http://www.rightonbro.com/2008/07/22/hackintosh-is-here/ It rained earlier in the day and it was a full moon last night, so I went to the Strip last night to shoot some more photos.  This time it was the middle of the Strip, around the corner of Flamingo & Las Vegas Blvd.  I forgot most of what ... http://www.rightonbro.com/2008/07/17/more-photos-from-the-strip/ Am having a bad day today: [18:47] Chris: it could be worse [18:47] Me: i think im going to go to a video poker bar for dinner [18:47] Chris: what if today, you were a tomato soup factory Yup. http://www.rightonbro.com/2008/06/09/quote-of-the-day/ ...about living in Las Vegas. It's really quiet out here. There's hardly any traffic anywhere. Shops and restaurants aren't nearly as crowded as they are in LA (which makes life just that much more convenient). There are 3 Wal-Marts within a 5 mile radius of me. Even though the temperatures are the 90s and 100s ... http://www.rightonbro.com/2008/06/08/1-month-observations/ I was feeling pretty restless last night so I went out at about 11:00 PM and spent a couple of hours shooting some photos on the south Strip. Check out my photostream for the full set. I hope to do this once every other week or so. There's also ... http://www.rightonbro.com/2008/06/05/late-night-photos/ Yesterday, my boss and I were headed from West Hollywood back to the westside, and we got lost somewhere around San Vicente and Wilshire.  While waiting at a stoplight, we decided to have a little test - I busted out my iPhone, he busted out his HTC Mogul, and decided ... http://www.rightonbro.com/2008/05/21/iphone-loses-real-world-usability-test-vs-htc-mogul/ Everyone who reads this blog already knows about this already, but I'm writing about it anyway: I moved to Las Vegas for the summer.  After ten years of being in Los Angeles, I got a little tired of things, and wanted something different.  I went to Red Rock about a ... http://www.rightonbro.com/2008/05/17/what-happens-in/