Archive for October, 2003

REAL techno

Friday, October 31st, 2003

Finally a band I could maybe be in!

Tree Wave
“The Band uses unique instrumentation: the music is performed using obsolete computer equipment for instruments. Currently they are using a 1977 Atari 2600 game console, a 1986 portable 286 PC, a 1983 Commodore 64 computer, and a 1985 Epson dot matrix printer.”
Don’t forget to check out there MP3’s.

BURRR

Thursday, October 30th, 2003

Right now in Littleton, CO it is as follows:
27°F with Light Freezing Drizzle
Feels Like 17°F
Dew Point:25°F
Humidity:90%
Visibility:2.0 miles
Pressure:29.81 inches and rising
Wind:From the North at 10 mph

Lets just say my VW Bug is not a morning car, and doesn’t like cold weather… Took slightly longer than usual to finally warm up and reach its full 53hp.

Check out this article about Virginia Tech’s G5 supercomputer!

The Matteson Car Fleet

Monday, October 27th, 2003

Fun stats of the moment. This is like those math problems from forth grade. My bug has 53 hp, my van has almost 4 times more hp, but weighs three times more than the bug. My fathers Mazda 6 has 30 more hp than my van and weighs about half of that of the van. My mothers Miata has 3x the horse power as my bug, and weighs only 300 pounds more.

The more exact stats are as follows:
bug 53hp 2000 lbs (mostly mine)
miata 142hp 2308 lbs (mom’s)
6 220hp 3243lbs (dad’s)
safari 190 HP, 5,900lbs (mostly mine)

Tracker 80hp 2238lbs (sara’s)
Mx-3 105hp 2450 (tim’s)

School …::… Summer

Monday, October 27th, 2003

There is nothing like the 10+ page research I am compiling right now to realize why summer is so great. Lets take the next 30 seconds and look at some pictures from the summer.

-Young Life Camp
-Bowling
-Fun in the park.
-Random Summer Fun

Oh well, I’m going to finish 4 pages in the next few minutes, call it a night. The 10+ page paper draft is due Tuesday.

This weekend though has been great, I’ll find some wasted time in class tomorrow for some stories.