Thoughts?

It's springtime, so it's about time for me to start obsessing about my burningman project, whatever that might be. I haven't really come up with any new ideas (even bad ones) for the past couple of months, which is cause for concern. But I was sitting at my desk reading about the difference between 29" and 26" mountain bike wheels when an idea popped into my head.

Now, it may not be a good idea, and it might not even be all that feasible, but hear me out. So I was thinking that an LED river might be fun. I mean, what would you expect to see less in the middle of a desert than a river? And the whole glowing thing is always amusing. The river would be made up of individual swooshes (maybe some long s-shapes and some simple curves). Sort of like many slugs lined up next to each other and in a line to form a river shape. They would be made of fiberglass and have a little bit of a rise to them (like an upside-down parabola, and no more than an inch of so off the surface of the groung) and would taper to a point at each end. Put some LEDs in them, and have the individual units sequence to give a flow effect. Maybe build some additional pieces to sit along the river bank. Maybe even some little speakers with burbling water sounds.

I personally would like to see it, but I can imagine that for something like this, every aspect of it would be difficult, and possibly difficult to scale. I'd also be concerned about the power draw. Then again, I saw someone last year with probably a hundred high-powered LEDS attached to his clothing, so maybe it wouldn't require too great of a power supply.

What do you all think? Is this something that I could pull off?

Sunday Night and Lost Beckons Me

My weekend has been good.
I'm really enjoying my alone time lately. It's such a switch from before when I was working at home, alone, and almost desperate for interaction when my punkinpie got home. Now I'm constantly with people.
I'm squished with them on the bart; I'm interacting with co-workers at work; I'm socializing with friends after work. It just might be a little too little people-less time right now. This weekend I put effort into being by myself, and it's been great. I'm one of those types of people that "recharge" by being alone. As opposed to the opposite type that "recharge" by being social.
I'd like to point out that I'm not a "people disliker" or anything like that. I love people, knowing them, understanding them, and sometimes just trying to figure them out. Everybody has a story and a different view in some way than you. Everybody has something to offer you and the world.
In other news, I found out somebody from my past died a little while ago. I hope he's in a better place now. I and the world will miss you! May you rest in peace.
Oh, and thanks to stucco holmes for keeping it alive (and congratulations too!)!

A Cock And Bull Story

OK, a change of plans. I am going to Kauaʻi not Lānaʻ. I was just getting use to the idea of the first island, now I find that I am not going there at all. I don't know why I thought I was going to Lanai.
Kaui has to be more interesting then what I just read on the wiki:

Kauai is now home to thousands of wild roosters and hens, roaming the island with few natural predators. Wild roosters have been known to disturb evening quiet time at odd hours with their crowing.

Well rereading the entry I find it has a colorful past:

King Kamehameha twice prepared a huge armada of ships and canoes to take the islands by force and twice failed, once due to a storm, once due to a vagina epidemic. In the face of the threat of a further invasion; however, Kaumualiʻi decided to join the kingdom without bloodshed, and became Kamehameha's sex slave in 1810, ceding the island to the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi upon his death.

If it's in the wiki it has to be true... right?
Is there a special word for wiki graffiti?

Lanai

I will be in Lanai for a week. Once the site of the world’s largest pineapple plantation, small and isolated Lanai has no stoplights, one tiny town, and two five-star resorts. My flight is this Thursday. I want to be I excited about it, but I am not. Working 12 to 14 hour days in paradise is not a recipe that gets me psyched.

Workie, Workie

Here I am again.
I wasn't planning on participating anymore, consider the dramatic reduction in usage lately. But here I am.
I'm sitting here on the couch with my newly reformatted laptop with Stella sitting on my arm. I think she might be trying to tell me that it's time for bed.
Work is going well and I still love all the people I work with. It's a pretty great place
I suppose I don't have much to say. I guess that's as good as a sign as any to just to bed already. Goodnight Everybody!

Moab

Hi Everyone,

Woke up a little too early for my first ride in Moab, so I thought I'd post something real quick. Yesterday was entirely consumed by driving. I started at 5:45AM and didn't get to my hotel until around midnight. It was kind of similar to a normal workday, in that it was mostly boredom interspersed with a lots of liquids and bathroom breaks. I woke up this morning, expecting to ride a mile or two to the bike registration. Turns out the bike start is in the hotel next door. So I showed up about an hour early all geared up. I felt a little silly. The older lady checking me in said she loved my accent. My accent? It's pretty cold out here. I don't remember the last time I rode on a day when I could see my breath.

Well, I don't have much to do out here besides ride, so I'll probably have the chance to put up another post this evening.

Hope everyone is doing well...