Now with RSS

Not sure how many of you use RSS readers, but I set the site up with Feedburner now so it should with with any RSS or Atom reader program. Feel free to subscribe!

Now the real reason i'm posting is because i'm thinking about getting a pool table. Not just like how i've always wanted one, but like I saw one in a store and came home to measure the room. According to the minimum recommended size for rooms my basement would actually work with a 7' pool table, but it would be a little tight on the sides. I do however have some short sticks in case that would be needed. If anyone knows of a good deal, or someone getting rid of a pool table let me know. Oh and of course any of you are welcome to just buy me one for a Christmas present or something if you feel so inclined

flickr

So the previous 3 posts may not have been too interesting, but it could mean something for the future of my blog. I found out that flickr has a method where i can email pictures to my account and have it automatically post it to my Blog. This means i can now take a picture while i'm out and post it to my blog with a description without ever needed a computer. Anyone that has seen my phone probably won't be too surprised that i can do this, but i still think it is kind of neat.

Mobile photo post via flickr

Mobile photo post via flickr
Originally uploaded by imcokeman.

Here is another test of moblogging hope the pic works this way. It should!

Mobile pic test

Well the first test worked so now here is a pic of the house I just took with the phone.

Edit: I'm not a fan of deleting in general so i'm just appending this note to say that emailing pictures does not work for blogger at the moment. I might be able to log onto the actual blog page and do the whole post from my phone though.

Mobile post

This is a test post from my phone. If it works I might also try taking a pic and posting that to test how well it will work for posting on the go.

New blogger

Apparently I have now switched to the new blogger. It is now connected to my Google account, but i'm not quite sure of all the benefits it provides at this point. It looks like i could make some posts private and i can add labels etc. Not sure if i will even use them, but i figured i'd try the newer one just for the fun of it. I think it also said it published faster which would be nice at times.

edit: I noticed the archive links are a little better to follow, but they do take up more space...oh well

Thanksgiving and Black Friday

I was recently thinking about changing the title of the blog from the "Now with 2X the carbs" but i think Thanksgiving week is a bad time for the change hehe. Hope everyone ate well and had positive family time. I managed to make it to 2 places and ate more than i was able to even. The last bites of mashed potatoes on the third plate were too much. Although after a break i was ready for some more pie still.

As for today i didnt do any shopping, but i did go out for breakfast and visited with an amazing friend whom i haven't seen for a very long time. So far it's been a great day and the weather is nice so i think i will go out and take advantage of that soon too.

pictures of the newly painted kitchen

Kitchen is almost done!!!

I will probably be posting pics shortly of the latest progress on painting my kitchen. There is now NO sponge paint in that room. The cabinet doors are blue, cabinets white and walls tan. My new roommate was the primary motivation. He had his sister and mom come over with interior design knowledge and also home cooked food! It was amazing what we got done in one night yesterday and we put a second coat down today. There are still a few spots to touch up of course, but that kitchen is pretty bib to get done as fast as we did. It's nice to have another room that feels like I had a part in what it looks like. Especially considering the choices that were made by the previous owners for colors. I had some memories when the radio was playing the counting crows song from Shrek 2, and also realized how long it's been since i planned to have the kitchen redone.

Kill story (disclaimer: street racing is bad....)

I actually had another race in the eclipse recently. I was showing the car to a friend that hadn't ridden in it yet. We did the normal 2nd and 3rd pull to get a feel for it without going "too" fast. Then did a little more driving. As i was getting ready to get on it again in 2nd a WRX passed me. Apparently the passenger was giving me a thumbs down and making faces (probly cuz at the time i was only going 40mph) So my buddy says "That's a WRX!" and of course i had to finish the fight they were picking by making faces. They were ahead so i got on it in 2nd like i was going to, but stopped when i was door to door with them. I think that was noticable cuz i was flying and then slowed down to stay at their speed. Then i tapped the throttle a few times til they finally got on it. I decided to let them get about a car length ahead of me before i floored it. I went through 3rd and was already going much faster then them and about even. I then shifted to 4th and kept on it. I heard a pop and got off the gas and let a little brake light show to tell them who won incase there was doubt. They then were giving the thumbs up when they caught up so i think they understood. Meanwhile my passenger decided that that couldn't have been more perfect and he was pretty excited about the car. We had to check what the pop sound was from though, it seemed like an intercooler pipe blowing off. After looking it turns out everything was fine, but that means i had hit the rev limiter in 4th gear. I'll let you figure out how fast that is =) Who would have thought i would go through 4th gear fast enough to hit the limiter before i knew it? Fun stuff

New Roommate

So i had a friend that needed a place to stay and I had a room that was not being used. That worked out pretty well. He got here saturday and already the kitchen is spotless and a lot of it happened while i was away at guard. It was so good it even helped my brother to want to clean a little more. That takes a lot!
On guard news i got to give a salute to my favorite new 2LT when she was buying us food. I also brought my eclipse in sunday for the other people that wanted to see it. Yup it still runs!!