Road Rage Karma
Posted November 17th, 2012 @ 10:49am by Erik J. Barzeski
Posted November 17th, 2012 @ 10:49am by Erik J. Barzeski
Posted November 16th, 2012 @ 09:59am by Erik J. Barzeski
More videos from Golf Evolution can be found right here on YouTube.
Don't forget: you can order the PureStrike 5 Simple Keys® DVDs for 10% off with the coupon code "sandtrap."
Posted November 15th, 2012 @ 09:58am by Erik J. Barzeski
More videos from Golf Evolution can be found right here on YouTube.
Don't forget: you can order the PureStrike 5 Simple Keys® DVDs for 10% off with the coupon code "sandtrap."
Posted November 14th, 2012 @ 09:58am by Erik J. Barzeski
More videos from Golf Evolution can be found right here on YouTube.
Don't forget: you can order the PureStrike 5 Simple Keys® DVDs for 10% off with the coupon code "sandtrap."
Posted November 13th, 2012 @ 09:56am by Erik J. Barzeski
More videos from Golf Evolution can be found right here on YouTube.
Don't forget: you can order the PureStrike 5 Simple Keys® DVDs for 10% off with the coupon code "sandtrap."
Posted November 12th, 2012 @ 09:55am by Erik J. Barzeski
Posted November 11th, 2012 @ 09:43am by Erik J. Barzeski
Golfers have come up with a new slang phrase: "Obama'd" means a shot that starts off looking good but then becomes crap.
This joins the long line of other golf-related terms, like "that ball's right of Rush Limbaugh" and so on.
Posted November 10th, 2012 @ 08:20pm by Erik J. Barzeski
The Tesla Model S starts at less than $60k and is Motor Trend's 2013 Car of the Year.
Also:
Even with its remarkable, 85-kW-hr battery, the Model S' EPA-certified 265-mile range is about 100 miles short of spanning California's two biggest cities. And if you can't manage that, how would you ever get to New York? To answer that, Tesla recently unveiled the first five of what it calls its Supercharger stations along routes connecting L.A. to Las Vegas and San Francisco, and S.F. to Reno. (A sixth is located at SpaceX's Hawthorne factory.) These Superchargers are veritable electron fire hoses, delivering DC energy directly into the battery at rates up to 80 kW, bypassing the on-board 10-kW (or optional 20-kW) inverter(s), and gaining 150 to 160 miles in range in 30 minutes. As Tesla says, stops on long drives often take that long anyway, if you use the bathroom, stretch, and grab a snack.
Moreover, charging will be partially sun-powered -- the stations' roofs are covered with Musk's Solar City photovoltaic cells, but don't worry, you can recharge at night -- and it's permanently free to Model S owners with the 85 kW-hr battery, and 60 kW-hr cars with supercharging capability. As Musk says, as long as you bring enough sandwiches and drinks, you could drive across the country without your wallet. Tesla predicts 100 stations nationwide by 2015.
Posted November 9th, 2012 @ 11:05am by Erik J. Barzeski
Picked this up a few months ago but never noted it: the DEWALT DCK280C2 20-Volt Max Li-Ion 1.5 Ah Compact Drill and Impact Driver Combo Kit.
Eventually maybe I'll end up getting some extra batteries, but honestly I don't use this type of stuff often enough to worry about it.
Posted November 8th, 2012 @ 11:47am by Erik J. Barzeski
"Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it."
- André Gide
Posted November 8th, 2012 @ 09:45am by Erik J. Barzeski
So, Marco's "The Magazine" has been around for a few issues now. What's the general take? Worth the $2/month? Worth it if you have to read it on your iPhone 5 only (no iPad)?
Thumbs up? Down? Somewhere in the middle?
Posted November 7th, 2012 @ 09:38pm by Erik J. Barzeski
Posted November 7th, 2012 @ 10:07am by Erik J. Barzeski

Nice.
Posted November 6th, 2012 @ 02:31pm by Erik J. Barzeski
It's not even close.
Posted November 5th, 2012 @ 07:21pm by Erik J. Barzeski
I continue to think it's stupid that California gets 54 or 55 electoral college votes, despite margins that are nowhere near 100% victory for any one candidate.
What would be so bad about this:
- Keep the electoral college count the same way it is now.
- Round to the nearest whole number the electoral college votes along the lines of the popular vote count.
- In case of a tie, popular count across the whole country decides the winner.
In other words, if California voted 57% for candidate A and 42% for candidate B (and 1% for C), then you'd split the votes (assuming 55):
- 55 * 0.57 = 31
- 55 * 0.42 = 23
- 55 * 0.01 = 1
The way the current system works Texas tends to get 38 Republican votes and New York and California award 29 and 55. Win two states - even by a 50/49/1 margin - and you've got 84 of the 270 votes needed to win (31%!).
Silly.