Archive for April, 2009

The worst part about falling when you are running is when no one else is around. Because you still feel like an idiot. But now you feel like an idiot and no one else is around. So it’s you that thinks you are an idiot.

I was taking my dog for a walk this morning. At the end of the walk we run to my apartment door. I was running on a rail. I know, bad idea. On my left is a small up hill. On my right was a 3 foot drop to where the sidewalk is. Somehow I fell off and scraped up my left leg.

So no more running on rails for me!

I just ordered a book for myself and my family. This is the story of my unit, 2/3, during Operation Red Wings and Operation Whalers in Afghanistan in 2005. Be sure to order your copy!

Also be sure to visit the website for the book as well.

“This is how our grunts fight in Afghanistan. As you read, you will be exhausted, and above all, proud that these dauntless men guard our country.” – Bing West, National Bestselling Author

VICTORY POINT recounts the amazing story of the 2nd Battalion of the 3rd Marine Regiment (2/3) during Operations Red Wings and Whalers in the summer of 2005, where the Marines ultimately destroyed a ruthless Taliban- and Al Qaeda-linked insurgency cell led by a terrorist named Ahmad Shah.
Little has been comprehensively written about Red Wings, and virtually nothing has been disclosed or written about Operation Whalers, the subsequent mission, which yielded a vastly different outcome than that of Red Wings.

Semper Fi!

A friend of mine sent me a link today of a really cool site. It’s called the Smart Grid Augmented Reality.

What you do is print out a piece of paper. Once it is printed out, you click on either “Wind Turbine” or “Salar Energy” on the site. This will open up a new window that will connect to your webcam. Hold the printed piece of paper up to the webcam and watch what happens.

The picture you printed will fold out and build a screne for you. You can turn and tilt the piece of paper and it will turn and tilt along with you.

There is even a link to the source code using the FLARToolKit so you can build your own if you want.