23 posts tagged “vox hunt”
In honor of Canada Day, show us your favorite Canadian.
Born in my hometown, on my birthday (although 51 years before I was..), I would have to say Jim Chamberlin is my favorite historical Canadian.
Jim was an engineering genius and visionary who was able to see past the limits of what had come before him in the fields of aircraft and aerospace technology and built instead what he innately knew was the best design. Jim has many interesting attributes to his fame, but among them which I will always be in awe are:
- Exercising his ability to perform 'wind-tunnel' testing in his brain, helped make the Avro Arrow into a legend among aircraft.
- He became the first Canadian to trigger the scientific and engineering 'brain drain' from Canada to the U.S. when Canadian PM John Diefenbaker thought it was a good idea to chop up the prototypes and burn the plans for the above-mentioned Avro Arrow.
- Although an unpopular philosophy at the time, Jim fully supported the LOR (Lunar Orbit Rendezvous) method for travelling to the moon and back. He was certain that it was the safest, cheapest and possibly only way the 1969 historic lunar landing could have been done and was heavily involved in the design of the Lunar Lander.
- He is the only person to ever have been the sole-designer of a manned spacecraft (the Gemini capsule).
Share a song you listened to in 6th grade.
This might explain a little about me.. ;O)
Show us a glimpse of your neighborhood.
Submitted by [Susan].
"The sky broke like an egg into full sunset and the water caught fire." -- Pamela Hansford Johnson
Show us a self-taken picture of the sunset.
Submitted by Connie.
Show us the most productive thing you'll accomplish today.
Show us what the weekend has in store for you.
For Valentine's Day, I booked a weekend getaway for my wife and I to Myrtle Beach! Even in February, its usually pretty warm here. Soft sand, wonderful hotel and the piece d'resistance.. an extended couples-massage to work out the stresses of everyday life!
Taken from the beach just outside our hotel room.
Our hotel is.. um.. one of these.
"Body and Soul" spa - the location of our massage!
Show us something you think isn't written about enough.
"Gunman at Omaha mall had troubled history"
What I am suggesting here is not that the media doesn't cover the actions of mass murderers enough. On the contrary, these people have far too many media spotlights pointed on them already.
It is the harm to the families of the dead and wounded that is not written about enough. Maybe if someone who is sitting at home thinking, "You know, maybe I'll go buy a gun and kill a bunch of innocent people today" sees some coverage of how the friends and families are affected by these cruel and unforgiveable actions, they might reconsider.
The statement 'gunman at Omaha mall had troubled history' is itself a cruel slap to those who are truely affected. What about the family of everyone murdered? Are they going to have a troubled time now? Could any level of a 'troubled history' justify this bloodthirsty and pointless revenge?
And as for "gun control", its way too late for that - we need "sociopath control".
Show us a corkscrew.
Submitted by Scott.
This is the 'corkscrew' corner at the Laguna Seca track in Monterrey, CA. Possibly not what was intended by "Scott" when this Vox Hunt was suggested, but hey.. I like this corner! Although I've never had the chance to drive this course IRL (in real life), I've been around this corner from my armchair many MANY times.
Just the other day I was racing my '69 Camaro at Laguna (Forza 2 - XBOX360) and while taking the corkscrew, I was reminded of an amazing pass made on this corner by Alex Zanardi on Bryan Herta. It happened when IndyCar racing was at its peak popularity before falling from grace into the embarrassment that it is today, and obviously before Zanardi's major wreck in Germany.
Zanardi was chasing down Herta for several laps up to the conclusion of the race, in his well-known "hard charging" style, passing other drivers like their turbo chargers had seized up. But Herta was having none of it! He kept the door shut for several laps while was giving Zanardi no opportunities to pass. But that wasn't going to stop Alex! He chased down Herta as they climbed the hill on the approach to the corkscrew for the final time and as they crested the hill and began their descent down the corkscrew, Zanardi used his momentum (and gravity) to his advantage and literally launched his car nearly clear off the track, over the dusty California hillside, and planted all four wheels back on the track... ahead of Herta!
Interviewed as the second-place finisher only moments afterward, Herta could not believe that Zanardi did that. You could see that he was visibly upset and probably trying to think of a way to protest this bold and unique way to make a pass. Of the hundreds of races I've watched since then, this is one of the most amazing passes I've ever seen or even heard of.
But don't take my word for it... here is the video:
This is how I want to take the corkscrew!
Show us a sign that Christmas is a month away.
I miss summer...
Show us how you're spending the day after Thanksgiving.
Well, we did it.
We survived Black Friday and came away with a van full of deals. If wasn't easy and it wasn't pretty, but we did it.
We started our day at JC Penny where we had only one item, a door crasher, and we got there shortly after they opened at 4:00am. Yes, we were out shopping at 4:00am! It took almost an hour to get through the line and pay for our one item, then we were off to Walmart.
If you think Walmart is busy any other day of the year, at 5:00am on Black Friday makes any other day look like shopping when the store is closed! The craziest part was the line up at Walmart, inside the store, just to get into the electronic section. Walmart had some really decent sales on flat-panel TV's and computers, both which were on our shopping list today. Because JC Penny was so painfully long to complete our purchase, we missed the Walmart door opening by about half an hour. By the time we got there, we saw our flat panel TV's walking out the door with their new owners two and three per person.
We got in line, which wound from the electronics section through the toys, hardware, sporting goods, housewares and into the home and garden section. Some quick measures and calculations said that we would be in the line for two hours. At the rate that the TV's were flying off the shelves, we knew that our item would be gone long before we got into the electronic area. So, we cut our losses and was about to press on to Best Buy. But wait.. someone who had braved the line for our doorbuster TV got faint of heart and left it sitting in home furnishings! Yay! So, we scooped it up and bolted for the checkout. Amazing luck!
Best Buy customer service was great, as always, which was a little unexpected because of the volume of people they had elbowing each other for the best stuff. At one point, I had two people helping me figure things out about a medium-high priced item. We also managed to completely avoid Circuit City, which made us feel like we had a moral victory today, as well.
I hope everyone else who braved the shopping madness got what they went out for! Happy Black Friday! Now, where is that left-over turkey...
