If this isn't just one of the coolest things of 2008 I don't know what is. Flickr now allows for video uploads!!!
What's the big deal you might ask, there are already other video services, well I am a huge fan of Flickr, and would much rather upload my videos to Flickr, the same place I upload all my photos. Their clips have a maximum length of 90 seconds, PERFECT for autocross runs!
The above video is my first upload for Flickr. It's actually a very poor video, the camera mount I used this past weekend frankly sucks! I'll hopefully get a new one tomorrow.
When is too much?
What am I referring to? Tires in my garage. Long ago everyone on Solo2.org did a count of tires and wheels in their arsenal.
I think I might win if we did that again, here's a current count of tires/wheels that are in my garage, and does not include tires mounted to any of our 4 vehicles or two trailers.
4 street tires off the 240Z
4 Hoosier tires for the Corvette (good race tires)
4 new street tires for the Corvette
2 new Hoosier tires for the Corvette
8 combination of used race Wheels (3) and tires (8) for the Corvette
1 spare trailer tire
1 inflatable spare for the datsun
That's 24 sitting in my garage right now, pictures for proof.
Weekend Update from my post of tasks to do from Friday night (accomplished items are crossed through)
1. Wash/Wax the Corvette
2. Put the motor for the 240Z back together. (some done, manifolds need to go back on)
3. Make room in the garage so I can pull the Corvette back into the garage
4. Sleep
5. Finish getting prepped for the DotNetNuke Training that starts on Monday.
6. Get better (still in progress)
Not a very productive weekend if I do say so myself. I'm working on #5 this evening.
Does your car run on DotNetNuke? Mine does!
So it started out raining again this morning. Not like it was yesterday, but more of a steady mist.
We got some video of the runs today, I'll see what I can't get posted, though it will probably be later in the week before it all gets...
Today started out alright. Breakfast at IHOP, headed to the event site to unload the car and mount tires.
Car up on the jack, tires off the driver's side. Time to adjust the shocks. That is when it all went to hell.
Head on over to www.corvettez06.org to find out...
Tuesday is always a good day. I was born on a Tuesday. I went to the YMCA this evening after work, I ran/walked for 40 minutes, and covered 3.3 miles in about 40 minutes. I think I'm going to have to start extending my exercise a bit more, I started doing 30 minutes, and am up to 40 minutes, perhaps I'll go for 45 minutes tomorrow night.
I also weighed myself while I was at the Y and weighed in at 252.5 lbs! Another pound and a half in the next two days and I'll be down 10lbs for the month (1/14-2/14). So we'll see how that goes.
For lunch today I went to Tropical Smoothie Cafe in Des Peres. I always go there, I easily eat there 3-4 times a week, sometimes more. It's a fairly new place, only been open a few months now, but we love it at the office. I eat a King Ceaser wrap without tomatoes everytime I go, along with a selection of smoothies that I will also have. If you're looking for a smoothie in Des Peres Missouri be sure to check it out! It's right by Trader Joes. I eat there enough I've though of asking Terry, the owner, if he'd like to sponsor a race car. Terry, if you read this, I'm looking for a sponsor! www.corvettez06.org
Well I got up bright and early this morning to head off with Nick to pick up a 1995 Ford Mustang Cobra. We dropped it off at his house then headed back home. Now I'm sitting here watching TV. No motivation to work on the shocks for the Corvette.
I may go out in the garage and do some organizing as it really needs it! I may also head to Creve Couer park and rollerblade for the first time in 2008.
Who's got High Blood Pressure? Not me! I went to the doctor this morning for a checkup and has my blood pressure taken, 3 times. 112/80, 112/80, 108/80
No high blood pressure here!
After that Natalie and I went out to breakfast and then I went and picked up the Z06. The window tint looks great, and the Hoosier tires that showed up today are HUGE! :)
Well Friday night I picked up the Vette, so far it's great! You can see pictures of it over on www.corvettez06.org. Don't ask me how I got that domain, I'm not sure, somehow it expired in August and no one else had picked it up, I purchased it Friday morning for $6.99!
Saturday I spent the day driving the Z06 out in the rain, yes, I know, I'd probably get kicked out of a Corvette club for driving it in the rain, but lucky me, I'm not in a club! It was probably also good throttle modulation practice. I took the car over to Andy's, and took his wife for the requesit new car ride (she got a ride in the 350Z before Andy as well). Then I picked up good ole NJack (my new name for Nick Jackson) and we cruised around St. Charles for a while. From there I ran down to South County and took Russ for a ride, over to his brother Matt's and showed off the car there as well. On the way home from Russ' I stopped by the carwash and gave her a quick spray down.
Sunday morning I got up and hand bathed the car. I put two coats of wax on, Rain-X, and then headed out to Natalie's show. On the way to the show I took some pics, and then on the way home I stopped again and tried to get some cool shots as the sun was going down. I've decided, I really need to take a photography class, I take a billion photos, and 99.9% of them suck!
Now, for the rest of the week. Monday night I'm speaking at the St. Louis DotNetNuke User's Group meeting. Thursday night we (9 of us from Engage Software) are headed to the Tulsa Tech Fest in Tulsa Oklahoma. I'll be giving three presentations in Tulsa, and leading a roundtable question/answer session for DotNetNuke topics as well!
More on the presentations later this week, if I find time between writing...
The Tahoe was a great truck. It was a great price, had all the comfort one could ask for, heated seats for those of us getting older with back pains. But it just couldn't cut it on an Autocross course, so the Tahoe was replaced today, but a car much smaller, lighter, faster, and much brighter than the Tahoe. Say hello to my Little Red Corvette
More pictures at my new domain name www.corvettez06.org
More photos coming...
Well, I'll tell you late tonight if this all goes down. But if all goes as planned I'll be driving a Corvette around very soon!
Oh yeah, Natalie's also showing this weekend, today around 1pm, it's the regional championships for her and I know she's very...
I've been trying to decide if a Red vette is a good choice or not, then I though. Red Sox...
I think I sold myself
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So, you're lazy like me, and hate taking your Zune inside the house because really all that means is that you forget to take it with you in the morning when you leave.
Well never fear! With the new firmware update 2.1 it looks like you're going to be able to leave your Zune in your vehicle, and sync up the device! I'm excited about this. My Zune is always in my Tahoe, plugged into a power source, so this should work out excellent for me assuming the Wifi has a strong enough signal in the driveway, which wasn't a problem when I was outside working on the Project240z all spring with my laptop running!
This also means it should work well for Natalie's Zune as well! Though, if I buy a Corvette it now means I'll have to wire up the Zune again, as it won't have the connection I already added for the...
I tell you what, this may turn into a post for TheMadBlogger.org depending on how the rest of the days play out. All I will say right now is, I'm not getting a vette until a dealer will give me the trade in value I...
If you're looking for a used Corvette in St. Louis Missouri you've come to the right blog post! I'll be updating this post with used Corvette information for the St. Louis, Chesterfield, St. Charles, Wildwood and other surrounding areas in Missouri!
I am myself in the Market for a used Corvette, and live in the St. Louis...