Grid Game

The Grid Game is a very simple game that is almost hypnotic to watch once you set event in motion. The object is to see how long of a chain reaction you can generate by rotating one tile by 90 degrees. The game may more accurately by described as a chain reaction simulator, however it is fun none the less.

Does Your Commute Suck?

Here we are in the year 2005, and I still don't have a flying car. If there is one thing that visionary shows (like The Jetsons) have promised for the future that I would really like now, it would have to be the flying car.

Unfortunately, when thinking about it further, I seriously doubt if the flying car will ever be a viable, general consumer product. Think of the number of accidents each day on your local roads and freeways, caused by morons putting on makeup, talking on their cell phones, etc. Now imagine those same morons flying through the air, hitting something, and then careening to the earth in a huge, fiery explosion.

True, the average IQ of the earth may indeed rise for a period of time as the idots are culled from the population. However, the government is in charge of protecting everyone from themselves (especially the idiots), so I doubt this will ever come to pass. Unless they can figure out an automatic pilot functionality to take control of the vehicle out of a humans hands, and which will communicate with other vehicles in proximity, I just don't see this happening.

This article seems much more optimistic, but I'll believe it when I see it.

The Woo-Hoo! Monday Surf Report

Today, the conditions (as one might guess from the title) were extremely clean and glassy, with very little wind. The swell has backed off a bit from yesterday, but the set waves were still about shoulder high, with nice peaks peeling off long shoulders and fun rides. Let's hope these conditions hold or improve over the week!

Here are a few pictures of me from today's lunch: