Call For Authors February 17, 2008
Posted by vinnyt in : General , add a comment Hello,
I have been operating this blog for some time now, but I’ve come to the realization that I can’t be the only author for this site. I’m trying to hunt down some contributing authors. If you have an interest in adding content drop me a line at vtoms@vinnyt.org.
The Rolex Experiment January 21, 2008
Posted by vinnyt in : General , add a comment I am an avid watch collector I only purchase watches that I won’t feel bad if they are damaged ( I buy replicas ). I saw this site and thought it was interesting because I try to conceal what I wear but seeing and documenting peoples reactions sounds pretty cool.
http://rolexperiment.blogspot.com/
The First Post of Pure Thought February 8, 2007
Posted by vinnyt in : General , add a commentI’m a typically introspective person and rarely do I allow my crazy thoughts to escape their cage and visit the work around them. However, from time to time I have ideas that seem no matter what I do I can’t contain them. Ooops this is not one of those times.
going to California January 30, 2007
Posted by vinnyt in : General , add a commentif you know me I lived in California for about 9 months during the whole dot com debacle. I was fresh out of college and a hot shot, and I believed that I could go out there find a dot com get some stock options and then strike it rich. Well unfortunately I was about 1 year too late, and so I hung out worked with some idiots and as a result it didn’t work out quite like I had hoped. I spent me time that at eToys.com it was an interesting work experience we had big screen TVs, pool tables and every new video game of the day. My job there was to help develop a technology that was identical to what SOAP is today. Unfortunately due to the fact that if you had a pulse and saw a computer you could get a job in Sunny Southern California. I discovered this very quickly and upon doing so I realized the writing was on the wall and I had to get the hell out. Well my time there came and went. I often times think back to what I did and wonder what would have happened had I stay on the coast. I suppose that wondering and knowing what happen are 2 very different things, Since I don’t know I don’t dwell on it very often. I am going to be heading back out west in the next 2 weeks and I’m really excited. Although I’ll only be there for a day I’m excited to see it one more time.
First Post 0f 2007 January 23, 2007
Posted by vinnyt in : General , add a commentWell, it’s been a couple of weeks in coming but here it is. The year has started off quite right for old iVinnyt. I got some exciting news that I’m going to keep bottled up until it develops a little more, but if things come together as planned it’ll be a phenominal 2007. In addition a good friend of mine has decided to move back to Kansas City after a brief stint in a small town in california. I’ve signed up to start playing hockey again and will be hitting the ice start feb 14th. I’m very excited for this because it’ll be one of the first times I’ve played hockey since I got Lasik done on my eyes and frankly from the last time I played it has made a huge difference. Mainly just becuase I can see everything that is going on now and I’m not limited to the crappy vision that I was afforded when I was wearing contacts. That being said my eyes have become somewhat sensitive to light, and I’m particularly concerned about protecting my eyes so I’m going to start wearing a face shield. I decided to go with an oakley straight cut amber tinted visor as a means of cutting down the glare and to protect myself from stairing at a bright white surface for a good hour. I’ll keep you posted as things develop…..
Sitting in Tejas December 27, 2006
Posted by vinnyt in : General , add a commentSo I’m in San Antonio. I’ve spent a fair time in texas and all my time here has pretty much been crap. I’m glad to finally see a different city in this state. You know my opinion is starting to change. I think I could come here and really have a good time.
As new year approaches December 25, 2006
Posted by vinnyt in : General , add a commentI’ve always enjoyed the end of the year, mainly because I love christmas, and because only a short time later it’s my birthday. Now yes these are selfish reasons to anticipate the coming of the new year, but hey it’s my life and I can like certain time periods for whatever reason I want. That being said I’m going to lay out my nears resolutions for 2007 and believe me I’m going to stick to these like glue.
1. Getting into a consistent exercise habit
2. Read at least 1 book every 3 weeks.
3. Spend as much time as possible with family and friends.
4. Show kindness to others
That’s what I’m going to do what do you have?
Myers-Briggs test December 10, 2006
Posted by vinnyt in : General , add a commentI don’t really have a clue what this means but it said I was INTJ.
http://www.eggheadcafe.com/articles/mb/INTJext.asp
Why smart people do dumb things. September 8, 2006
Posted by vinnyt in : General , add a commentI’m going to have to pick up this book. I think there should however be a book called why dumb people do dumb things. However, that would require so much paper that it would cost several thousand dollars to publish a single copy so never mind.
Custom Visitor Map August 31, 2006
Posted by vinnyt in : General , add a commentSo I’ve created what I think is a pretty cool use of the google maps. You can click here to see it. What it does is record each visit to my site then at random intervals I lookup on www.hostip.info the latitude and longitude associated with that IP address. I’m in process of finding a different source of data seeing at this one is only slightly accurate approximately 50% of the time by their own estimates. When the page loads I grab a list of Latitudes and Longitudes and then look up the IP addresses that are associated with said latitude and longitude and I then put that in a list with the number of visits and the last visit recorded for that IP address. I then build the list and boom show it when you pull up the page.
