Go do something cool today!

Crap, I couldn’t dodge the bullet forever, I guess

Today it happened. For years I've been dreading this day. I knew it would come eventually, each day hiding from the mail. Today it happened. I've been DRAFTED (for juror…

RobPatton October 2, 2007

Precious Metals

The new penny, still not as good as the old penny

These undated handout artist renderings provided by the U.S. Mint shows four of the designs under consideration to replace the 'tails' side of the Abraham Lincoln penny. during the 2009…

RobPatton September 26, 2007

Life Stuff Money

Forclosure, remix edition

According to the most recent foreclosure numbers released by the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), the U.S. is embroiled in the worst foreclosure crisis in recorded history. More than 14 percent…

RobPatton September 26, 2007

Just plain weird Tech

Really odd things, I’d love to find/have one of.

One day, while searching google images for a dts audio cd logo, I stumbled upon a neat Simpsons item. Over at http://www.tradenote.net/slot_7/ , with no real mention of where you…

RobPatton September 24, 2007

Life Stuff Money

Bad news for Florida, worse news for two other states.

Florida #3 In The Country For Home Foreclosures New information released about home foreclosures shows Florida is near the top of the list. More than 30,000 homeowners faced…

RobPatton September 18, 2007

Life Stuff

Jim and Sandy move on up (north)

This weekend we said goodbye to our neighbors to the East. Many of you may remember Jim and Sandy from various dinners at the house. Jim was a supervisor/tech at…

RobPatton September 17, 2007

Treehugger Stuff

More Sexy Electric Cars

The Lightning GT Electric from the Lightning Car Company is about to take the automotive industry by storm (pun intended). Aside from looking like something that came out of the…

RobPatton September 11, 2007

Food! Life Stuff

Happy Labor (work my ass off) day!

Well, unlike the rest of the world, which seemed to be glued to the tvset, or the pool, or something else, I was hard at work all day at my…

RobPatton September 3, 2007

Solar Power Tech

The future of solar power

"USA Today is running a pretty good article on solar power that gives an overview of the current state of the industry. Highlight include production costs of $1.19/Watt for First…

RobPatton August 27, 2007

Humor Life Stuff Tech

I finally got one!

From time to time, I just fall prey to something stupid, that I just have GOT to have. With the release of the Simpsons movie, Fox had made 100 Special…

RobPatton August 25, 2007