http://personal.fredlu.com Non-internet thoughts Wed, 05 Nov 2008 05:58:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Some interesting stats i'm looking at on the CNN website.br /br /As of this post.br /br /While Obama has won by a landslide of electoral votes, the popular vote is only seperated by 3% (51-48).br /br /Arizona, California and Florida had ban on gay marriage amendments up for vote and ... http://personal.fredlu.com/2008/11/05/election-day/ http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=10009089&prodlist=dealnews1.5 TB HD for $175.  That's about $0.12 per gigabyte.It was only a few years ago I was paying more than that for crappy no name CDs! http://personal.fredlu.com/2008/10/08/httpwwwzipzoomflycomjspproductdetailjspproductcode10009089prodlistdealnews/ I don't know if people actually know my opinion on these two guys (though I am pretty sure you don't care.) Still, I wanted to jot down my thoughts so here you go:1.  It is true, Mccain makes emotional plays better.  He really comes off as the "I am your ... http://personal.fredlu.com/2008/10/07/my-thoughts-during-and-post-debate/ The No Votes - Interactive Graphic - NYTimes.comI don't understand any of this Bailout stuff.  The more I read, the more I get confused.  Quite frankly, I still don't really know how it would affect me (no debt guy).Still, to look at these graphs, its very interesting to see who ... http://personal.fredlu.com/2008/09/30/the-bailout-vote/ Very interesting soreness today.It looks like the rollerblading has helped my thighs in that they don't feel the least bit sore.  What is hurting though are the calves.  Since rollerblading specifically removes a lot of the pounding of cement that occurs from running, I think it causes my calves to ... http://personal.fredlu.com/2008/09/10/post-basketball-soreness/ When is a laptop with the Wacom capacitive screen coming out already?I have been waiting on this thing for months now. Previous news has said that they expected screens sometime this year, but all the laptop manufaturers have already released for the start of the school season (Main interesting ... http://personal.fredlu.com/2008/08/12/wacom-capacitive-screen/ Sorry for all the test entries. http://personal.fredlu.com/2008/08/06/this-is-another-test-entry/ http://www.coolhunting.com/archives/2008/07/apc_denim_butle.phpI can't get over the craziness that is fashion. Here we have jeans which are pre-worn?!? and they are sold at a premium over normal jeans? Somehow, people don't have the time to actually wear jeans but instead are asking others to wear them first.Does no one see ... http://personal.fredlu.com/2008/07/03/crazy-fashion-jeans/ Testing Scribefire, feel free to ignore. http://personal.fredlu.com/2008/07/03/another-test-blog-post/ I had promised there was no point talking about them until they were above 500. Well, with yesterdays game, they are officially 41-40, or exactly one game above 500. Sure, it took half the teams only one game what it took the Tigers half a season, but its ... http://personal.fredlu.com/2008/06/30/go-tigers/