Brian Yee

Can now make my computer do things via twitter messages. World domination will come soon.

I need a place to store my ideas as they come in — so for my own reference as well as other’s:

320GB Portable HDD

500GB External HDD

Computer Parts (Amazon Wish List)

Amazon gift card are always nice if you can’t find something specific (convenient and they have everything).

also, a link to my general Amazon Wish List which has a lot of other ideas i’ve collected.

Here are some new pictures:

Trying to explain to his son that twitterific isn’t one of the iPhone games…

Trying out twitteriffic

WLK releasing, STS-126 launching — big exciting weekend. Kinda antsy waiting for it all…

Getting ready for WLK release tonight. Probably not going to dress up like Gamestop suggested….

If you’re not familiar, Durian is a fruit from southeast Asia that has an odor so distinct foul that it is banned from many places.   Well, someone had some in my office yesterday — and after a little scare that there was a gas leak in the building (it turned out to just be Durian), I had to find out how it was, with the following conversation:

(3:24:41 PM) brian-yee: how was the durian ?
(3:24:56 PM) brian-yee has set the topic to: Toybox 1 Questions and Durian, how was it?
(3:25:15 PM) chris-czub: stinky and it left a funny garlicky/onion taste in my mouth
(3:25:21 PM) chris-czub: it’s the most conflicted i’ve ever been over food
(3:25:29 PM) chris-czub: because the initial taste is sweet and custardy
(3:25:58 PM) chris-czub: then the taste of rotting sewage and onions sneaks up behind you and clobbers you, rubbing itself all over the inside of your mouth before laughing at your misfortune
(3:25:59 PM) chris-czub: yes
(3:26:21 PM) brian-yee: wow

Thanks to Chris for his review of the Durian.

Shorpy.com is a great photo site for history buffs.   The site collects photos from the Library of Congress’ archive, processes them for contrast and posts them in high resolution.  Some are over 2000 pixel along the long edge which allows you to clearly see details in the photos and really get immersed in what’s going on.

Most are from 1910 - 1930, but there are some excellent color photographs of the World War II era as well.

A Model T, sitting in the show room in 1924.

I’ve started to import old content from the various incarnations of the site (starting with some of the first content from 2001!) with the help of the Wayback Machine.

Many of the internal links to the site are inoperable now, but I’m trying to find that old content (mostly pictures). I need better backups.