Myke's 'blob.

(By Jonathan Mak)

• It's still busted and hurty, my bad-ass wrist brace helps, but doesn't solve the problem
  
• MRI booked for November 7th
  
• Surgical consult with Dr. v.S. (Surgeon #2) booked in Toronto for December 20th

the meat:
- price drop on iPod Touch, white
- iPod Nano has built in sports features and updated software
- iPhone 4S, basically iPad2 guts, same form-factor, 8Mpx camera
- iOS 5 October 12th (for iPhone 4 & 3GS, iPad 2& 1, Touch G4 and G3)
- iCloud October 12th
- iPhone Preorders Oct 7th, GA on the 14th, including Canada
- Siri is the big new feature for the iPhone 4S... it looks pretty amazing. (Assuming it's limited to iPhone 4S. Requires Internet access.)

Here I'm holding it in my left hand:

Broken finger, clean, complete break.

This is the pressure plate from the clutch assembly in my 2005 Honda Element:

When the finger broke away, it inhibited the pressure-plate from separating from the disk, so the clutch could not be disengaged at all.

I could not get the truck in gear Friday morning, this is why. My mechanic says it wasn't my fault, it just happened on it's own... And that Honda clutches rarely fail. Even the service guy from the Honda dealership was surprised.

Pressure Plate & Disk
Usually they kiss, and I separate them.
Right now they're not getting along. Before I couldn't get between them.

Haven't gotten the final bill, but the last estimate was $1100-$1200... plus the $100 for the tow truck.

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Update:
So clutch #2 turned out to be defective...
so I'm still waiting...
so this sucks...
so much...

Perhaps geeks aren't your thing?

Try hanging out with a photographer...

1. They work well in the dark.
   
2. They’re used to funny smells.
   
3. They make things develop.
   
4. They work well on many settings.
   
5. They know how to focus.
   
6. They can make big things look small and small things look big.
   
7. They work well from many different angles.
   
8. They zoom in and out. And in and out..
   
9. They shoot in many different locations.
   
10. They can find the beauty in anything.
    

But the effect is pretty nice:

This is what needing to avoid eggs & processed dairy does for you.

To my credit, I've also been more active - and while probably not enough, but I also haven't tracked a lot activities either.

C: Are you making a video?
M: Yes.
C: Oh that's why
E: Oh shit you can jus you can't jus... aww man
E: We'd gotta say something smart
C: Uhm.
E: smart smart smart smmmart
E: we got it covered
C: yeah we don't even need to say it, that's why
E: we don't even yeah, yeah-yeah
C: we're geniuses
E: yeah yeah, we're like covered
C: It's true
E: y'know... y'know what? if you need to fucking cover the event horizon, the way you do, you just
C: divide by zero
E: divide by zero, you covered the event horizon by half
E: we've got, we've got two event horizons
E: we know exactly, y'know what it's seeping out of our skin, it's seeping out of our pores, we even know...
E: I'm actually quoting patients I have because I'm a mental health nurse.
E: WOW!
E: It's coming straight of my... that's not that's not fine.
C: Straight out of your... hahaha straight out of your geniu..

I may not have voted for you, but you stood for what you believed in and tried to help people in this country. You fought more than one brave fight and you deserve our respect. Ironic, cliché or just silly, here's my little tribute.

My Jackstache.

_{The Before shot.}

For more info, see this site: Encabulate.com

Portal II, or Participaction?

Went rollerblading for the first time this year... I estimated about 7 KM, probably could've gone much further, but I've still yet to figure out the ideal socks to use. I keep forgetting how much I enjoy it, and since I still can't comfortably ride my mountain bike, I plan to do a lot more of it this summer. I'm just wondering if anyone wants to be my rollerblading buddy? I'm thinking Monday and/or Wednesday nights, as a regular committed thing.

Interested? Leave a comment, or shoot me an email. Obviously it makes more sense if you live or work towards the south end of Ottawa, as my typical circuits are along the Canal/River, the ponds along the Airport Parkway between Walkely and Hunt Club...

The other neat thing I discovered, thanks to WTL, is RunKeeper which I hope to populate keep updating with more nerdy stats of physical activity