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Deliriou5?
September 18, 2007
I was reminded today of the band "Deliriou5?", originally an import from the UK by my big sister Rebekah when I was still in high school. Their music was a huge inspiration to me back in the day, centered around the album "King of Fools". We also listened to their earlier albums which were labelled "Cutting Edge", and when I visited Rebekah in Scotland in the summary of 1999, I paid a decent wad of cash for their "Mezzamorphis" album. This new album left me feeling a bit cold and estranged, and I've never really reconnected with their music. It was interesting to come across the Wikipedia article for the band today and read about their various albums, the wider criticism they received for "Mezzamorphis", and what they've done since. It brought back lots of really fond memories.
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VR Headset for MS Flight SimulatorSeptember 12, 2007
You can now buy a high quality VR headset for $400 from a company called Vuzix that has built in support for MS Flight Simulator X. The demo video looks pretty sweet! You can look left/right and up/down and see the 3D cockpit around you. AlgonquinSeptember 4, 2007
It has been too long since I journeyed North for some good old Canadian fun, so I was really happy to be able to join the guys this year for a 4 day trip. So what did I get myself into?! Here are some random memories:   | Who could forget the 2007 Algonquin Chipmunk Olympics? The feature event was the paddle throw, and the winner was definitely chippy #2 who scored 10 points for his "Look at me, I grabbed the tree on the way up!". |
| Mr. Ball made an appearance in 2007 with his two twins of the tennis variety. The highlight was Vaughn getting it in the head via Matty Langeman. The ball bounced from head to bush. When the question "Who's gonna go get that?", is asked, Matty cleverly replies "Vaughn touched it last". |
| Hearing the two rear canoes break into a round of "Row row row your boat" at the top of their Mennonite lungs on none other than Ralph Bice Lake. The onlookers of which there were several must have been amazed or scared or both. |
| Speaking of Ralph Bice, the lake was previously known as "Butt" lake. This made for endless smirks... "My Ralph Bice hurts!" |
| Diving for frisbees off a rock in the lake... the sort of thing that never gets old for a bunch of goofy guys. |
| Seeing the sun break through the clouds for the first time in two days. Cause for the "Halilujia" chorus to be heard spontaneously in one's head. |
| The Oreos on Saturday were decidedly most excellent. Almost as good as the infamous ham sandwiches. |
| Going for a 50 minute swim on Saturday. I'm going to need to speed the heck up if I'm ever going to do an Ironman. I think I only covered about 1.3 km in the 50 minutes! |
| Who could forget that beast of a green canoe? I think it weighed about 70 pounds, and I could only carry it about 300m before I had to dump it and take a break. And yet, strangely, isn't that part of why we do these crazy things? To form meaningful relationships with heavy objects that we sling on our backs? I'll miss that thing. |
Here are some assorted pictures that Daniel Morden took. Of the few I appear in, most times I look pretty zonked :) older >>
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