Scott Zirkel

making stuff up since 1977

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iPhone

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

So I finally got an iPhone! Despite the fact that I had to go back to AT&T, I’m pretty happy with it. It’s nice being able to respond quickly to email without being at home. I’ve heard reports about bad battery life and slow service, but I’ve been quite happy with mine so far.

For those of you viewing this site on your phone, I plan on giving an iPhone version a try soon. No promises of course.

This does mean I have a new number, which was hard for me, since I’ve had the old one for about ten years. I got a new one to get a metro number so it’s now a local call from my house to the phone. A novel idea. If you don’t have the new number or just need it, feel free to shoot me an email and I’ll get it to you.

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Goosh

Wednesday, June 04, 2008

For those of you who like to type Unix commands, this is the only way to search Google.

Using the terminal has become second nature to me working both on Linux boxes for hosting and my Mac. I’ve really enjoyed playing with this pseudo shell for Google. Here’s a hint if you go and have absolutely no clue what to do, type in help and hit enter, the rest should be fairly straight forward.

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Marvel Viral Video

Monday, June 02, 2008

This is pretty rad…

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Death is a funny thing

Thursday, May 29, 2008

I just read this amazing article about a woman waking up from death. Not only is that an awesome story, but it really could explain this one...

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Daydreamin’

Friday, May 16, 2008

You ever feel like just quitting your steady job and doing something crazy, like open a comic book store?

Yeah, me neither.

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Don’t Buy This Book

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

http://www.immonen.ca/news/archives/963

That is all.

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New Truck

Monday, July 02, 2007

So after driving my Jeep back and forth from Bandera to San Antonio every day (about 60 miles one way) and getting only 11 to 12 miles to the gallon, I’ve decided to get a new vehicle. I thought about getting a little commuter car that gets a million miles to the gallon, but I really couldn’t use it for anything other than driving to work in, and to me, that seems like a waste. So I needed something that I could drive to work, and use on weekends. So I decided to get a truck.
I was going to wait, as per Mel’s orders, but while I was looking I found one that was a great deal, so I bought it. I got a 2005 Toyota Tundra. Four doors, dvd player, 4.7 V-8, sliding rear window (the whole thing slides down! how cool is that!?) and a limited slip in the rear, which is the next best thing to four wheel drive. The great thing is I’ll be able to use the truck to pull the Jeep to the trails. All I need now is a trailer…

As for gas mileage, it’s not a great step up from my Jeep, so Mel will be driving the truck and I’ll be driving the Liberty, which gets the best mileage of all three vehicles.

I’ll post pictures soon.

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For when you’re too lazy to go hiking…

Tuesday, July 11, 2006

Really, I’d like to see them being chased by a bear...on a Segway.

Filed under: Site updates, Stuff, Trail Rides, Weird
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