Iggy's Blog » Daily Grind http://blog.iggycorp.com It’s only words, and words is all I have to take your heart away. Thu, 21 Jul 2011 04:38:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 07/18/11 http://blog.iggycorp.com/125 http://blog.iggycorp.com/125#comments Tue, 19 Jul 2011 07:11:29 +0000 IGGY http://blog.iggycorp.com/?p=125 07/18/11

]]> http://blog.iggycorp.com/125/feed 0 Goodbye Old Friend http://blog.iggycorp.com/112 http://blog.iggycorp.com/112#comments Thu, 14 Jul 2011 21:20:39 +0000 IGGY http://blog.iggycorp.com/112 Technology provides an enhancement to functionality. It can never replace the character developed by memories.

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]]> http://blog.iggycorp.com/112/feed 0 Toys http://blog.iggycorp.com/108 http://blog.iggycorp.com/108#comments Wed, 04 May 2011 18:27:50 +0000 IGGY http://blog.iggycorp.com/?p=108 By far one of my favorite toys.

Benelli M4

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]]> http://blog.iggycorp.com/94/feed 0 Angels http://blog.iggycorp.com/80 http://blog.iggycorp.com/80#comments Fri, 23 Apr 2010 02:27:09 +0000 IGGY http://blog.iggycorp.com/?p=80 Angels

]]> http://blog.iggycorp.com/80/feed 0 What happened to my blog?! http://blog.iggycorp.com/78 http://blog.iggycorp.com/78#comments Wed, 14 Apr 2010 20:57:40 +0000 IGGY http://blog.iggycorp.com/?p=78 Continue reading →]]> It seems as though I have been terrible at updating this part of my website, and for good reason. I have been very busy finishing up my BS degree in business and trying to get my wine carrier off the ground. Since my last post I have switched to a Mac. I bought an iPad, even though I think that’s the worst name ever. Come on Apple! My racing hobby has died because of my allocated time. It’s been since replaced by my shooting hobby. I have found it a real challenge to do long range precision shooting.

I have a lot more updates, but I really should have been posting them as they happened. I will try to do a little more this year. No promises!

]]> http://blog.iggycorp.com/78/feed 0 My First Robot http://blog.iggycorp.com/68 http://blog.iggycorp.com/68#comments Fri, 08 Feb 2008 06:18:38 +0000 IGGY http://iggycorp.com/68 Continue reading →]]> I haven’t posted in a while because I have been very busy with school. Today I decided to video tape my first robot I built in my robotics class. It’s my first time doing anything in robotics and formally learning a computing language, in this case it’s InteractiveC. Naturally what I’m doing is extremely basic.

In the video the robot is avoiding obsticles by using two infrared sensors and in case it hits something, there are two “bumpers” with switches that make the robot backup. After the bumpers are hit 5 times the 2 LEDs flash and then the robot continues.

Click here to view the embedded video.

Again very basic stuff, but it’s a lot of fun.

]]> http://blog.iggycorp.com/68/feed 0 Vaio TZ, Cool sleek and fat http://blog.iggycorp.com/66 http://blog.iggycorp.com/66#comments Thu, 27 Sep 2007 00:12:09 +0000 IGGY http://iggycorp.com/66 Continue reading →]]> Vaio TZ150

I recently just purchased the new ultra tiny Vaio TZ. It is Sony’s new flagship laptop weighing in at a mere 2.7lbs it’s ideal as a ultra portable. That’s the reason I chose to buy it. It’s great for school, great for work, and the battery life is better than anything else out there. The screen is LED illuminated and it’s about .25″ thick, but it still manages to fit a VGA camera on top which is great for Skype. The keyboard takes a bit of getting used to since it’s a bit small, but the keys are nice tactile and quiet. It’s doesn’t sound like a click-fest when I’m typing this at the library.

Now everything sounds good so far about the TZ, but even though it’s tiny there is a ton of fat. The computer out of the box is loaded with bloatware. It’s so bad that the first boot took close to 10min. Here’s a shot of the first boot:

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See all those icon to the left? They are for useless offers for stuff I don’t need and seriously robbing me of computing power. Now I will be honest, this is actually the second first boot. When I first purchased the TZ about 2 weeks ago I cleaned it up right away and had it running at a decent speed. I gave Sony a call to see if they could send me a system restore disk with no 3rd party apps. They did but it still had all the third party apps that you see up top with the exception of the Spiderman Trailers which take up about 3gigs of space. So now I’m back to square 1 which is a bit frustrating.

Another thing is that I had to install Firefox to be able to type this. IE7 was so bloated that it looked like this and wouldn’t let me upload photos in Flickr:

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So now I’m back to doing clean up :(

]]> http://blog.iggycorp.com/66/feed 2 AWFS Roundup http://blog.iggycorp.com/65 http://blog.iggycorp.com/65#comments Mon, 23 Jul 2007 23:49:35 +0000 IGGY http://iggycorp.com/65 Continue reading →]]> IMAGE_015
Well Vegas AWFS is over, and what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas. Just kidding, I couldn’t resist. The trip overall was very fun and I was able to see a lot of new stuff related to the woodworking industry. I have a cool video of a pool trick and pics of car powered by a funny car motor and 2 pulse jets. Yeah

Click here to view the embedded video.


So here is the wicked pool trick. The magician piled up all the balls like you can see in the video, and then shoots one ball out of the bottom (the yellow one) into the corner pocket with the cue ball. I’ve seen this trick twice and the first time he didn’t make it so it’s legit.

The first car at the show was a classic restored with a V10.
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The next car was crazy. It was powered by a Top Fuel funny car motor AND two pulse jets. The guy who owned it said it was capable of 600mph which I think is total BS, but still cool as heck.
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Here are some misc pics:
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On the way back I was stuck in traffic for 2hrs. It was horrible…
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It was all because of this…
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Actually, it was a Semi that was turned on it’s side.
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]]> http://blog.iggycorp.com/65/feed 0 AWFS Day 1 http://blog.iggycorp.com/64 http://blog.iggycorp.com/64#comments Thu, 19 Jul 2007 01:45:43 +0000 IGGY http://iggycorp.com/64 Continue reading →]]> So far it has been great at the AWFS Fair in Las Vegas. It’s a huge wood working show that showcases new and old technology. There have been many things that haven’t changed since the last show but there have been some new additions. One that is especially interesting is the this super fast saw.
It has two saw blades that are opposite each other that spin, rotate, and move horizontally. This is machine is supper fast and scary at that.

Click here to view the embedded video.

I’ll try and stop by the booth tomorrow and find out more details.

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