Wave hello to the drone that's spying on you

Grrr…. Houston Police has been lying to the press about restricted airspace (and god knows what else), in order to test out their new secret drones.

Channel 2 in Houston had the balls to check with the FAA, and investigate/film anyways. These drones can fly ofor 15-24 hours, look into your house, car, etc… and of course, be equipped with various other sensors.

Will they be giving speeding tickets? Will they be spying on you? I don’t know about you, but I’m not thrilled about this.

I think that if enough of our rights are violated, and we’re spied upon, someone will fight back… destroy these things (using something like uni-directions EMPs), and waste tons of tax dollars that you paid.

It may be entertaining to watch what they’re watching though

The following video is brilliant. Channel 2, you’ve earned my respect.

The Couchsurfing Radio Host- Couch Surfing Ori

Have you ever felt you were destined to be on TV or Radio?  Yeah… me either.  But I sure was told it often that I should have my own show.  At least for 10 yearas now.  So… here it is

I present to you CouchSurfingRadio, my latest creation. Right now it will be on Monday nights at 11pm EST, with replays available for your downloading pleasure (so you can hear it again and again… have it on as you clean, drive, work, jog, poop, etc..).

The show will cover many topics, but most of them will be what I often blog about: adventures, travel, incredible people and places, marketing, life lessons, motivation, design, jokes, and of course, my odd perspectives on everything.

Here is the very first episode.

Check out the Couchcast

It’s a great story… the forming of this radio show:  I felt like putting on a radio show, I tweeted and facebooked that in 2 hours I’ll be putting on a radio show, and then I put on my radio show.  Exciting, huh?  There was more to it than that, of course. I didn’t figure out how to log-in to the host number until (literally) 3 minutes before showtime. I was a distracted spaz.  I didn’t know how to read the questions that were coming in through the show’s chat-room, through twitter, and through skype. So.. yeah.. I was all over the place.

The feedback thus far has been great though!

For next episode, I will have a surprise guest, someone to filter the questions/chat for me, and segments… so, some kind of structure.

Take a listen, I’d love to hear your thoughts on the show (Leave a comment below please)

Oiled up the machine

I find that I’m a lot more productive when I work through the night.  Last night, not only did I write an awesome article on Falcon, the not-so-adventurous Balloon Boy (I wonder how many years that name will stick), but I also tinkered around under the hood.  Some of the changes I  made to my site:

• Made it interact with Facebook.  You can now share your posts on Facebook, become a facebook fan, etc….
• Added Tweeting functionality.  You can now push that green button in the top right of every single post, and instantly tweet that post.
• Added Disqus & Tweetmeme — Now it’ll be easy to track not only comments, but the replies they’ve gotten around the web.
• Swapped out analytics code.. it turns out my last structure was slowing the site down.
• Added site-caching to try and speed up the site.
• Added mobile-phone support, so that Iphones/Blackberries/Androids can all enjoy the site in a more convenient manner.
• Fixed a few things on the SEO front, so the site will be easier to find.
• Backed up site database & files (WAY past due on that).
• Added some idea-organization tools.
• Improved my mailing tools, so I can actually keep in touch with you better. Read the rest of this entry »

It's Falcon! The balloon boy!

This 6 year old kid, Falcon (I think that’s even more ridiculous– the kid goes flying, and his name is Falcon? Hmmm) climbs in his Dad’s helium baloon that looks like Jiffy Pop.  The baloon takes off.  The whole nation is talking about it.  Everyone’s tweeting and facebooking about it… I even know of a certain stay at home mom that got her drink on ’cause she was so worried about this kid.  I was already making jokes (If “He tried to go visit Michael Jackson one last time!” gets popular, just remember, I made it up! Funny enough– I just looked up the newsline, and there WAS a Michael Jackson single that just debuted online just the other day), and people were giving me grief, “Oh… you gotta at least wait till he lands safely!” People were telling me how they’re praying.  Wow.  What concerned people we have, it’s nice.  It’s also not nice, because they were bamboozled into being concerned.  What a waste of positive emotion.  Oh yeah… I forgot to mention, for those who haven’t heard, turns out that the kid was never in the baloon… he was hiding at home in the attic, in a box or something.  So… let’s take a look at what happened. Read the rest of this entry »

Seriously! I got on the scale, and thought “This can’t be right!”  So I asked Suzanne, “Are you sure your scale is working properly? Maybe it’s not zero’ed properly?”  Walk to the  bathroom “Nope… works fine.  *sigh* looks like I gained two pounds.  Why do you ask?”  “Ummm… Can you read what it says?” I step on the scale, and Sue says “195 pounds.”  “Ummm… so.. you’re confirming that I lost 20 pounds in 7 days!”

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I said my piece on Prop 8 before it passed.  I donated money to help “No on 8″, but I don’t think I did enough to promote.  I never said anything about it on my blog after it passed.  I think Keith Olbermann said it best in this video: Read the rest of this entry »

Now, I sure had my fun poking at angry republicans… but this is not just to mess with you.  You should be glad that the Mccain/Palin ticket lost, because this woman was even more unprepared than anyone knew…. well.  some knew, but couldn’t tell us… (dramatic pause) until now! Read the rest of this entry »

Woo Hoo!  Wow, the sun will shine brighter, the air will become cleaner, people will smell better… oh yeah folks… it’s a brand new world (assuming the president doesn’t get assasinated). Read the rest of this entry »

St. Peter’s standing at the pearly gates when Barack Obama shows up.

“Hello Sir, welcome to Heaven.  I’d like to remind you that entry is only granted to those on the list. What is your name?”

“Barack Hussein Obama.”

“Hmmmm… I don’t see you on here… did you maybe do something you’d be known for?”

“Well… i was the 1st black man to successfully win the election for United States President”

“well.. that sounds impressive enough… I’m still not showing it… when were you elected president?”

“About 15 minutes ago!”

——- I laughed when I heard it.  I suppose it was funnier coming from a drunken redneck.  I laugh at all sorts of improper jokes, and often tell them.  But, this joke does bring up a sad reality… Obama has had the most death threats of any presidential candidate ever.   Over 500 so far.  Just 2 days after I heard the joke, here’s what’s showing in the news:

Feds disrupt skinhead plot to assassinate Obama

My republican neighbor had said from the start, “He’ll get killed before he even gets sworn in!”

I have a lot more respect for Barack and Michelle for doing this, knowing that grim possibility that there are a lot of ignorant folk that would go to extremes to harm them. That, and I truly believe that they’ll make a positive difference.