First we find out that ol’ Sly is working on another installment of the working-class palooka hero in Rocky Balboa.
And now, even more unbelievable, is the announcement that Rambo IV is coming to the big screen. After reading the early plot description, it’s safe to say that Stallone simply downloaded the script of Commando, did a find/replace and changed every “John Matrix” to “John Rambo”.
Worth 1000 is a schweet site that sponsors regular contests for Photoshop enthusiasts. Being a Photoshop amateur myself, I’m awed by the talent and work that goes into these. The recent halloween-themed contest, Jack-O’Lantern Challenge has some great entries, like the following m.c. escher mashup…
With the wonders of galvanic vestibular stimulation at our fingertips, soon we’ll be able to pop a headset on someone and control their movements with a remote control…[CNN.com - Japan developing remote control for humans - Oct 25, 2005]
Bored as I am today, I googled Rhuberg and perused through the listings. As you can imagine, there aren’t many Rhubergs out there, and I’m always surprised when Rhubergs pop up that I’ve never heard of before. I assume they must be related to me somehow, but have no idea how. George Rhuberg appears to be an active member in the Church of Christ in North Hills, CA. Who are you, George?
In addition to Rhubergs unknown, by far the most peculiar link I came across was the Index of Fatal Accidents in Schyukill County. While I’m not sure this really needs to be documented on the web (putting its relevance right up there with this site), I learned that poor Frank Rhuberg was killed in a mining accident on September 4th, 1908.
I’m foolish enough to go all the way to another country to physically torture myself – this time in the form of a half marathon. I managed to finish in decent time, and although my official results have me clocked at 1:47:40, I didn’t cross the start line until almost 4 minutes after the gun went off. So my personal official results say I managed to average just under 8:00 minutes/mile. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.
[update 12.13.05: Redemption is mine! The updated race results have corrected my chip time: 1:43:46.1. 7:55 pace. It’s official, I’m the fastest man alive.
The course was mostly downhill (two days later and walking downstairs is still painful), except for the final excruciating 2 miles – uphill and into the wind – but I was able to save a little something for the final 40 meters. As soon as photos of my triumphant race across the finish line are available, they’ll be here.
Aside from the race though, two other highlights to the weekend worth mentioning: a Harvey Keitel sighting at baggage claim, and a walk along the Canada’s Walk of Fame, honoring such famous Canucks as Gordon Lightfoot, Leslie Nielsen, and Lloyd Christmas
Here’s an awesome use of Google maps. For those of you unaware, Google distributed an API for their map program, allowing people to create useful applications with Google Maps at their cores. For anyone who runs, walks, or bikes outdoors, this program is fantastic. Just double-click on the map to create a route, and this program will trace your route, calculate the distance, and give you a way to save your route and bookmark it for later use… [Gmaps Pedometer]
Another neat little feature, TinyURL.com, let me create this unique link to my last long training run along the river in Boston before I head north of the border for a half-marathon… [8 miles in Beantown]
