Aww Dip

I finished the pre-order for the X-wing hoodie I mentioned the other day. There were two free gifts included in the pre-order:

I can’t wait. I am going to geek out so hard…

I never was a huge Andy Warhol fan.. I never hated his stuff, but it never really resonated with me. That is… until now:

(From frkncngz)

Thanks to Grrleigh for posting this on twitter. It made me a happy panda.

http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/12/view/7063/dirk-auer-skates-down-860m-roller-coaster.html

the 36-year-old german darevdevil admitted he’d placed his life at risk by performing the stunt ‘this was a very dangerous stunt because there were so many factors to consider – if the skates were to catch a stray nail then I could have fallen and I would almost certainly have died.’

As crazy as that looks, it would be freaking awesome, and you know it.

I found the video that I was rendering when my old laptop died. I can’t seem to figure out why this video would have caused it any problems… it isn’t like independently modeling hairs moving in 3D is tough on a system or anything…

As I mentioned a few days ago on twitter, I have been working with Geektool to really turn my mac’s desktop in to what I need it to be. I figured that since I had this brand new machine (read: my old one finally was replaced after 10 visits to the Genius Bar in under 3 years), I should make everything work the way I wanted it to while it was nice and clean.

I set out in this customization with a few goals in mind:

1. I wanted to be able to view the weather at a glance
2. I wanted to have the date/month visible
3. I wanted to have information from my iCal displayed
4. I wanted my dock to take a back seat in the visual hierarchy
5. I wanted everything to look clean

Here is the final outcome:

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I was sitting at my desk, trying to actually get some work done, and one of my cats decided that would be a good time to turn me in to his chair.

I follow @Izzyman on twitter, because I lurv me some Matzo Ball soup on fridays. This week, they were asking for suggestions for sandwiches using goetta. There were three ideas I mentioned:

And then today, I see this come across my @ notifications:

I really hope that they try the Pastrami, goetta, havarti, horseradish, and cole slaw. No matter what they call it, it will be delicious!

This is the sweatshirt I am looking for:
http://shop.starwars.com/catalog/product.xml?topcatID=1300264;product_id=1313546

I also need these, because they are cute and make me go aww:

http://shop.starwars.com/catalog/product.xml?topcatID=1300264;product_id=1313546

http://shop.starwars.com/catalog/product.xml?topcatID=1300264;product_id=1312518