On Saturday, I made a deal with the Infiniti of Raleigh dealership and traded off my truck for the G35. I have been wanting a G35 for quite some time, and they happened to have exactly what I wanted. This one is pretty much fully loaded..all it’s missing is the navigation system. I hate losing my truck, because it was nice to be able to haul stuff around if needed, but this will be much more fun to drive, and definitely more affordable on gas.
In a post called “Happy Holidays!” over on AMP’s ZZzzz, my friend Allison found a cool video of Christmas lights. The owner tied their Christmas lights into music (which sounds like Trans-Siberian Orchestra). They did an AWESOME job! I would love to meet that person; but I would HATE to be their neighbor. 
If that was on every night, I’m sure it can be gradually annoying. Awesome find, Allison!
http://members.cox.net/transam57/lights.wmv
EDIT: As a matter of fact, it is Trans-Siberian Orchestra. Visit their website at www.trans-siberian.com, and you’ll hear the same song.
Sunday Afternoon, I got my Riya alpha invitation. For those of you who don’t know, Riya is a photo search engine. It’s currently in development, but just hearing about it got me anxious to ask about testing it. The idea is that you upload all of your photos, and “train” it to recognize people. After a few images, it is supposed to be able to accurately identify people in photos. I had the invite sent to my work e-mail account, so I just signed up today. I’ll do some uploading tonight and let you guys know how it goes.
Tags: riya, photosearch
The New Mexico State University Aggies (0-11, 0-7 WAC) just lost to the San Jose State Spartans 27-10 tonight. With one Aggie game left, I say….welcome basketball season!
View: NMSU: Aggie Football Falls in Final Road Game of the Season
View: SJSU: Pair of Davis scores propel football to 27-10 win over Aggies
One of my co-workers at NetApp sent me this:
Warning: Contains explicit language. Very funny, but not work safe at high volume.
Last month, I wrote two articles about NMSU, Poor NMSU and NMSU Updates. Well, as an update, the Aggies (0-8, 0-4 WAC) also lost in double overtime to Idaho this past weekend 38-37. It’s not looking too good for the Aggies; I hope they beat Boise State next weekend, otherwise I hate to say it, but I see them having 0-12 on the season. I realize Hal Mumme is new, but OUCH!
In the news for today regarding NMSU:
I have known about this website for a long time, but forgot that I haven’t blogged about it. Henry Earl is the world’s most famous drunk
So there's this guy named Henry Earl. He lives in Lexington, KY. I don't know much about him except that he goes by the name "James Brown", (which is cool in and of itself) and that he likes to get drunk. He likes to get drunk a lot. And he gets busted a lot. As in "900+ times in the last 13 years" a lot. He spends roughly twice as much of his life in jail as out. His rap sheet is pages and pages long. Henry would surely take the gold in any Boozer Olympics competition.
He has even been mentioned on MSNBC and Newsweek. The website titled “What’s up with Henry Earl?” keeps a current status on Henry Earl. They even have RSS feeds to let you know whether he’s in jail or not. As of this posting, he is in jail…booked on 09/26/2005.
Poor, poor NMSU! This is a terrible year for the New Mexico State Aggies football team are currently 0-6 overall, and 0-2 WAC. In their defense, this is Coach Hal Mumme’s first year. First years are always tough, as the coach has to reorganize the team that was formed by the previous coach. Not only do they introduce a new coach this year, but it is also the Aggies’ first year in the Western Athletic Conference. The WAC brings more competition… Here’s a quick summary of the games that made up the 0-6 overall stat:
UTEP 34 @ NMSU 17
NMSU 0 @ Colorado 39
NMSU 21 @ New Mexico 38
California 41 @ NMSU 13
NMSU 14 @ Louisiana Tech 34
Fresno State 37 @ NMSU 7
I recently signed up for myspace.com. This is a pretty fun website. After signing up, I immediately did a search for the Hobbs High School class of 2000 to see what’s up with my former classmates. Very interesting results! There were some pictures of people I haven’t seen in more than five years…I know, five years doesn’t seem much, but… Some people changed completely and then there were those who haven’t changed at all. I encourage you all to sign up, and send me a friend request (jbctech).
Link: Myspace.com
My URL: http://www.myspace.com/jbctech