Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Esta es mi opinión personal del V3 Scrambler Eightinch.
Compré uno de eBay, en la página de ebay Wheel and Sprocket. (Por cierto, echa un vistazo a su sitio ebay las mejores ofertas de juegos de ruedas de piñón fijo.)
Si te gusta bicicletas de piñón fijo(fixed gear), y no tiene mucho dinero para gastar en ellos, le recomiendo la Scrambler. Un par de cosas que me di cuenta:
1. Viene con una tija de sillín y el tornillo sujetador. La tija es de tamaño 27.2mm.
Cambié el mío con un titanium uno, el asiento era un poco difícil de lograr, pero una vez que me puse la altura, se ajusta a mi cuerpo.
2. El auricular es rosca.
Tienes que ser capaz de cortar su propio tenedor. He utilizado una hoja de sierra giratoria dremmel para hacer el trabajo, también puede intentar usar un cortatubos o llévelo a su tienda local de bicicletas.
3. Tuve un poco de problemas para poner en la caja de pedalier. Es Inglés roscado, y por alguna razón los hilos marco cortado en la caja de pedalier. He utilizado un Campagnolo Veloce barato, los temas terminaron un poco masticado. Probablemente voy a tener un infierno de un tiempo de reemplazar la caja de pedalier, pero eso es otra historia.
4. Cuenta con punteras de pista. He utilizado una cadena un poco más corto para dar el suficiente espacio libre de la rueda.
5. Es Chromoly. Si estás acostumbrado a montar a caballo de acero, el paseo puede ser un poco más duro. A cambio, recibirá un impulso a su aceleración, es sensación más ligera y más nervioso que un marco de acero.
6. Las etiquetas no se aplican. Llegaron en el paquete y eran opcionales.
En resumen, recomiendo conseguir el V3 Scrambler - que es una gran oferta para el precio.
Thinking about the Canon PowerShot SX260.
It's got a 12.1 MP CMOS sensor, 20x Image Stabilized Zoom and a 25mm Wide-Angle Lens and 1080p Full-HD Video.
I think there's a range of cameras coming out lately that are just below "pro-sumer" level with the stats and equipment to make high-quality video or photo stills.
The amount of storage needed for film of this type stays relatively the same; you need lots of gigabytes with the larger video files at higher resolutions. On top, you need a good computer to process the information.
Canon usually comes through with quality lenses.
The new Great Gatsby movie should be fun, I'm excited to see what they do to it.
I think that the problem with these remakes is that they try to make it way too epic. The Great Gatsby is a personal story - you don't need CGI. And yet, the pressure is on the filmmakers to make money.
Hopefully Leo Dicaprio does a good job as Gatsby.
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Cards against Humanity is a "hilarious" game!
I just recently heard of it - it's a game for sarcastic people, or at least people with a dry sense of humor. The graphic design is arial or helvetica, lending to the overall haughty caustic attitude of the game.
The point of Cards against humanity is to answer questions using your cards. The funniest answers get points.
The best part of the game is that it was funded by Kickstarter - definitely a crowd-sourced game.
I suppose it is similar to Apples to Apples, with a subjective rating system.
You can get it cheap on Amazon or Ebay, or your local game store if you have one around.
I just watched the first episode of Defiance.
I found it pretty enjoyable. I will definitely watch another one and recommend it to anyone who likes Sci-fi.
I guess it's what you would describe as "future anachronistic". It has elements from the Pulp western and spacey sci-fi: sheriffs, aliens, drama, plot points and cliff-hangers.
It's set in future St. Louis, after an alien war. I wonder what people from Missouri think about Defiance.
Secondly, I wonder what people from Kansas City think about St. Louis.
I wish that the show would explore the history of the St. Louis arch a little bit - what would aliens think of the arch? Would they like the architecture?
I love Rockne O'Bannon's FarScape and Battlestar Galactica, so I knew I would enjoy the stylings. It reminds me a little bit of Firefly in some respects also.
I suppose that audiences want to connect with the characters and find some sort of hopeful attitude when watching TV.
Because, if future people can get along with aliens, then that makes it that much easier for present humans to get along with their fellow humans.
Oh, and the sets and special effects are lavish.
Saturday, April 13, 2013
I'm a little unnerved by Zack Greinke's injury.
Baseball fights are usually more swagger than danger - it's more like a testosterone joust than serious combat.
If I was worth a staggering amount of money playing baseball, I sure as hell would not risk an injury by getting into a fight. Almost any injury can end a professional career.
How many knuckle-ball pitcher emerged out of a arm or wrist injury?
Definitely not worth a broken collar bone to win a fight.
Apparently, the Bird flu in China has claimed a few more victims.
Now, usually, I think the fear of contamination or the fear of a plague are typically more dangerous than the outbreaks themselves. People who are at risk (with a health condition or decreased immune system) should probably take steps to prevent the flu; for the average healthy person, I have the opinion that a flu shot, bed rest, low-stress, exercise and hygiene should take care of the rest.
There have been a few virus-related scares lately, namely the SARs outbreak in Asia, and the Corona virus in the Middle east. Even the swine flu scare caused a jump in public attention.
I think I saw a few of the Bio-tech stocks related to Flu vaccines, or flu treatments, have received higher volume - of course, people are speculating that bird flu will bring money to their stocks.
Stocks like HEB, or NVAX, seem like they have had higher-volume days, with no extreme breakout patterns. I guess that the "realness" of a biotech stock are mainly within the stock's company's income and outlook. For Pharma stocks, typically the money comes in the form of partnerships and sales of Drugs. Everyone is waiting for the next lipitor.
Of course, with a Flu outbreak like H5N1 or similar, with only the most serious cases being reported, the level or risk is unknown until more cases occur. There might be many people infected with Bird flu, exhibiting no symptoms.
Secondly, the most dangerous part of a flu infection might be the 'Cytokine Storm'; in laymens terms, the chemicals in your immune system cause more harm than good. The proteins your own body manufactures in response to the flu may end up causing damage. In terms of a pharmaceutical defense to such problems, the dangers of immune-suppressive medications should be obvious: secondary infection and cancer risk.
Thirdly, in terms of a time-frame of a short-tem successful trade of such a pharmaceutical stock relies on an immediate purchase or immediate partnership with a speculative stock. The larger companies would have to pick a speculative drug product and make a partnership in a short-time span: two months or less.
This leaves a short window for any windfalls in the pharmaceutical market.
I feel as if most speculative buyers have been buying "shotgun" style; they buy small amounts of many stocks looking for a pattern.
Of course, once flu season is over, the flu-stock trends may be over.
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