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October 31, 2011
Justin Bieber Gets Shot (Extended Version)
Posted by Rob Kiser on October 31, 2011 at 10:45 AM : Comments (0) | Permalink
More OWS Protester Interviews
Posted by Rob Kiser on October 31, 2011 at 10:11 AM : Comments (0) | Permalink
I Can't Always Find Timmy
Posted by Rob Kiser on October 31, 2011 at 12:56 AM : Comments (0) | Permalink
October 30, 2011
Caught It!
Posted by Rob Kiser on October 30, 2011 at 6:51 AM : Comments (0) | Permalink
A Girl Hikes Across Iceland Alone
Posted by Rob Kiser on October 30, 2011 at 3:58 AM : Comments (1) | Permalink
October 29, 2011
Three and a Half Days
Posted by Rob Kiser on October 29, 2011 at 2:56 PM : Comments (3) | Permalink
His and Her Diary from the Same Day
Posted by Rob Kiser on October 29, 2011 at 12:44 AM : Comments (0) | Permalink
October 28, 2011
Cat Appreciation Day
In the summers, Timmy roams far and wide. I seldom see him, as he hunts for birds and mice and takes up with the neighbors or explores the woods behind our house. But then, just when he's sure that life can't get any better, the snows return.
He hates to get his paws wet, and he despises walking across snow. So, when the snows set in, he basically becomes housebound and runs up and down the stairs like the world's on fire.
These last few days, he's basically just given up hope and slept in my bed all day.
Well, today is National Cat Appreciation day, so Jen and I wen to PetCo and picked up a bunch of new toys for him, including a new cat scratching pad with cat nip and a new toy where a fake mouse runs in a little circle. He went insane when I opened the cat nip, rolling around in it, gnawing on the cardboard scratching pad. Hopefully the toys will keep him from being bored out of his gourd this winter.
Posted by Rob Kiser on October 28, 2011 at 10:22 PM : Comments (1) | Permalink
Sea How the Otter Half Lives
Here's some otter pictures from wildlife photographer Michael Yang. I looked at these photos and told Jen "I bet he shot these at Moss Landing, California". Sure enough. That's where he shot them. :)
Posted by Rob Kiser on October 28, 2011 at 10:09 PM : Comments (0) | Permalink
GTA IV with Yakety Sax
Posted by Rob Kiser on October 28, 2011 at 10:26 AM : Comments (0) | Permalink
Geronimo Driving a Car
http://www.howtobearetronaut.com/2011/10/geronimo-driving-a-car-1905/
Posted by Rob Kiser on October 28, 2011 at 9:23 AM : Comments (0) | Permalink
October 27, 2011
Hiker Gets Hyopthermia on Vancouver Island
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Above: A North Island mountain range on Vancouver Island. August, 2011.
This guy will probably end up on an episode of I Shouldn't Be Alive. I was just up there (on Vancouver Island) in August, and it was cold and rainy then. Can't imagine what it's like in October. The landscape on the north end of the island is rugged, with mountains rising dramatically from sea level to thousands of meters.
Update: Angus has pointed out that this guy got lost north of the city of Vancouver, not on Vancouver Island. My bad. :)
Posted by Rob Kiser on October 27, 2011 at 5:44 PM : Comments (1) | Permalink
The Khan Academy
So, I read about this a while back, but I failed to bookmark it at the time. If you have a child in school, you need to check out the Khan Academy.
"The Khan Academy is the institution of Salman Khan, who brought the idea of educating young people, self-starters, people who learn at their own pace -- online. "Educational"-type YouTube videos have now been around for years, but Khan Academy's repository is pretty ridiculous. The educational startup now counts over 2,600 videos in its library, with sessions or classes on everything from arithmetic to physics, including 211 practice exercises, to let students watch videos and learn at their own pace."
Posted by Rob Kiser on October 27, 2011 at 12:59 PM : Comments (0) | Permalink
Blackbeard's Cannon Recovered
Blackbeard's cannon recovered from the Outter Banks of North Carolina.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-205_162-20126457/blackbeards-cannon-salvaged-from-shipwreck/
Posted by Rob Kiser on October 27, 2011 at 11:43 AM : Comments (0) | Permalink
October 26, 2011
Rise of the Obamavilles
Posted by Rob Kiser on October 26, 2011 at 8:19 PM : Comments (0) | Permalink
Tea Party Protest vs. OWS Protest
Posted by Rob Kiser on October 26, 2011 at 7:33 PM : Comments (5) | Permalink
October 25, 2011
Understanding Women
The book "Understanding Women" has finally arrived in stores.
Posted by Rob Kiser on October 25, 2011 at 10:53 PM : Comments (0) | Permalink
Occupy Jupiter
Posted by Rob Kiser on October 25, 2011 at 9:16 AM : Comments (2) | Permalink
How Revolutionary Tools Cracked a 1700s Code
"A team of Swedish and American linguists has applied statistics-based translation techniques to crack one of the most stubborn of codes: the Copiale Cipher, a hand-lettered 105-page manuscript that appears to date from the late 18th century. They described their work at a meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics in Portland, Ore."
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/25/science/25code.htm
Posted by Rob Kiser on October 25, 2011 at 8:39 AM : Comments (0) | Permalink
October 24, 2011
Joey Quit!
Posted by Rob Kiser on October 24, 2011 at 6:40 PM : Comments (0) | Permalink
Don't Mess with Fawns!
Posted by Rob Kiser on October 24, 2011 at 4:24 PM : Comments (0) | Permalink
Old Skool Halloween Photos
Posted by Rob Kiser on October 24, 2011 at 3:37 PM : Comments (0) | Permalink
The OWS Protestors
On the Reddit website, someone asked the following question tonight:
"To those of you who don't agree with the Occupy Wall Street Movement, what is your opinion of OWS?"
This was my reply:
"I think that they're dumb potheads that have no clue what's going on in the world. Because of that, the left sees them as "useful idiots" and sticks signs in their hands and tells them to parade up and down the street, blaming their problems on other people. I think that they see the world as being outside of their control. They see the people on Wall Street as fat cats born into a life of luxury, instead of people who raised themselves up by their bootstraps. I think that they'd choose communism over capitalism in the blink of an eye. I think that they're dumb, uneducated, gullible, and naive.
I think that they're led by the nose by dishonest miscreants on the left, fanning the flames of class warfare. They believe the compelling lies of the left - that others are responsible for their shortcomings in life. Instead of empowering these morons, the left destroys them by telling them that, if only we tax the rich more, then the poor will get their fair share.
It's a compelling story to feed the down and out, but it's nothing short of propaganda. Class warfare peddled to a bunch of fools that don't know any better.
The pathetic culmination of the left's steady progressive march toward socialism, at the expense of the most powerful nation on earth. I think it's a shame."
Posted by Rob Kiser on October 24, 2011 at 12:09 AM : Comments (1) | Permalink
October 23, 2011
Halloween and the Corn Maze
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Posted by Rob Kiser on October 23, 2011 at 10:43 PM : Comments (0) | Permalink
Fall Photos
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Above: Mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus).
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Above: Mountain Chickadee (Poecile gambeli).
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Above: Pygmy Nuthatch (Sitta pygmaea).
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Above: Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) and Black-billed Magpie (Pica pica).
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Above: Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes).
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Above: Mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus).
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Above: Mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus).
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Above: Mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus).
Posted by Rob Kiser on October 23, 2011 at 10:38 PM : Comments (0) | Permalink
Soccer Photos
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Posted by Rob Kiser on October 23, 2011 at 10:34 PM : Comments (0) | Permalink
"I Shouldn't Be Alive" Parody
Jen and I like to watch this show on Animal Planet called "I Shouldn't Be Alive". Every episode usually starts the same...."I went out alone, without telling anyone where I was going, or when I'd be back. I didn't take a cell phone. Or a map. Or a compass. Or any survival gear." Then, they go off and do incredibly stupid things on top of all the mistakes they made before they left the house, and end up in near-death situations.
This week, I found this spoof/parody episode which wasn't very funny, but did start us talking about shooting our own parody. So today, we shot a parody episode of "I shouldn't Be Alive" where she and Piper go into a corn maze and are lost for 4 days.
Continue reading ""I Shouldn't Be Alive" Parody"
Posted by Rob Kiser on October 23, 2011 at 6:33 PM : Comments (0) | Permalink
1968 Scholastic Book: 'To Win Boys, Girls Should Shut Up'
Date Talk: To Win Boys, Girls Should Shut Up, Says 1968 Scholastic Book
It's sad to see how far we've fallen since 1968.
Posted by Rob Kiser on October 23, 2011 at 3:04 PM : Comments (0) | Permalink
October 22, 2011
KFC Witness Protection Program
Posted by Rob Kiser on October 22, 2011 at 9:03 PM : Comments (0) | Permalink
Easter Island Statue Excavated
Posted by Rob Kiser on October 22, 2011 at 7:20 PM : Comments (1) | Permalink
October 21, 2011
The Secret Service? Seriously?
I just had the Secret Service come by and check me out. Why? Because I was audacious enough to ask for Press Credentials for when President Bush was in town yesterday. Apparently, they thought that I had done something wrong. I told them I'd done nothing wrong and to speak to my attorney. They left, but who knows what those nimrods will do next. So much for living in a free society.
Posted by Rob Kiser on October 21, 2011 at 10:13 AM : Comments (2) | Permalink
October 20, 2011
Revolutionary New Camera
There's a new camera out called the Lytro that reportedly allows you to change the focal point of your photo after the fact. So, you can shoot a photo in the field, then go home, and select a different focus point. That's pretty wild, if it's true.
Here's my "Today I Learned" post on Reddit.com.
Posted by Rob Kiser on October 20, 2011 at 11:46 PM : Comments (0) | Permalink
October 18, 2011
My New Girlfriend
Some of you have asked about the girl I'm going out with now. I met her on eHarmony, which is kinda gay, but it's hard for me to meet chicks because I'm so shy and all. In any event, I saw her video profile on eHarmony and, although I didn't realize it from her video, she likes cats. And I have a cat, so we have that much in common. She's a little old for me, but other than that, she seems like a keeper.
Posted by Rob Kiser on October 18, 2011 at 8:49 PM : Comments (7) | Permalink
Cat Trees Bear
This isn't my photo. I found it on the inter-tubes somewhere. But it's pretty funny.
Posted by Rob Kiser on October 18, 2011 at 5:43 PM : Comments (0) | Permalink
Worst Flooding in Decades Swamps Thailand
http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2011/10/worst-flooding-in-decades-swamps-thailand/100168/
Posted by Rob Kiser on October 18, 2011 at 12:14 PM : Comments (0) | Permalink
The Full Alinsky
"Alinsky rode into town on a one-trick pony that the Left has since turned into its warhorse: Agitate one side's grievances, and appeal to another side's decency and gullibility in order to provoke the establishment, whose reaction will unite the other two. Then the community organizer charges in on his nag-turned-steed and proceeds to set the rot in motion under the banner of 'progress.' " - Michael Walsh
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/280407/full-alinsky-michael-walsh
Rules for Radicals - Saul Alinsky
"One of the most important things in life is what Judge Learned Hand described as 'that ever-gnawing inner doubt as to whether you're right.' If you don't have that, if you think you've got an inside track to absolute truth, you become doctrinaire, humorless and intellectually constipated. The greatest crimes in history have been perpetrated by such religious and political and racial fanatics, from the persecutions of the Inquisition on down to Communist purges and Nazi genocide." - Saul Alinsky
Posted by Rob Kiser on October 18, 2011 at 9:04 AM : Comments (0) | Permalink
Colorado Lions
Note: These are not my photos. They were taken by a housewife near Boulder last week.
We've had a few lion sightings in the general area, recently. About a week ago, they discovered a mountain lion hanging out in a tree near a pond at the Kittredge complex at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
And then, someone up near Boulder had a couple of lions turn up in their yard. One even came up and had a staring contest with their house cat. This is in an area called Pinebrook Hills. The original post is here.
Note: These are not my photos. They were taken by a housewife near Boulder last week.
Note: These are not my photos. They were taken by a housewife near Boulder last week.
Note: These are not my photos. They were taken by a housewife near Boulder last week.
Posted by Rob Kiser on October 18, 2011 at 1:19 AM : Comments (0) | Permalink
October 17, 2011
Howard Stern Interviews OWS Protestors
This is classic. Stern sent his crew down to the OWS protestors on Wall Street with a mic to ask them what they were protesting. Awesome. Most of them are so stupid they don't know why they're there. Like...can't even form coherent sentences. The ones that can speak are socialists, communists...call them what you like. They're too clueless to believe.
http://www.breitbart.tv/howard-stern-takes-on-occupywallstreet/
Posted by Rob Kiser on October 17, 2011 at 9:20 PM : Comments (0) | Permalink
October 16, 2011
Revenge of the Coons
Last night, I was woken up by yet another coon trying to break into the house. I swear to God these mountains must be lousy with coons. I'm beginning to think that the only safe solution is to nuke the house from orbit.
Posted by Rob Kiser on October 16, 2011 at 8:50 PM : Comments (1) | Permalink
How to celebrate Vegetarian Awareness Month
October is Vegetarian Awareness Month. The best way to celebrate is to go out into the woods, find one of God's furry friends, kill it and grill it.
Posted by Rob Kiser on October 16, 2011 at 4:37 AM : Comments (0) | Permalink
October 14, 2011
13 Year Old Girl Schools Wall Street Protestors
http://getadamnjobyouhippie.org
Posted by Rob Kiser on October 14, 2011 at 11:49 PM : Comments (0) | Permalink
You Deserve a Break Today...
Two females freak out at McDonalds, attack the guy behind the cash register, and get the beat down they so richly deserved. Hint: You might not want to assault someone who's already served a decade in prison for murder and makes $6.00 an hour working at McDonalds. Probably not the guy you want to pick a fight with. I tell Jennifer over and over - you don't mess with people that have nothing to lose.
The Chapelle Show did a series of skits on just this sort of bad judgement called "When Keeping It Real Goes Wrong..."
Posted by Rob Kiser on October 14, 2011 at 10:05 PM : Comments (1) | Permalink
Police Admit to Routinely Framing Innocent Citizens
Posted by Rob Kiser on October 14, 2011 at 2:54 AM : Comments (0) | Permalink
Vicks - We've been in business for 1,000 years
http://www.freezepage.com/1318581368BXOYZNPJWZ
Posted by Rob Kiser on October 14, 2011 at 2:37 AM : Comments (0) | Permalink
That Wasn't Chicken...
Diners are shunning their Chinese eatery after an urban myth spread around the area that a woman choked on a dog's identification chip as she ate her meal.
Posted by Rob Kiser on October 14, 2011 at 2:11 AM : Comments (0) | Permalink
October 13, 2011
World's 20 best cities according to Condé Nast Traveler readers
http://www.cnngo.com/sydney/visit/worlds-best-city-423142?pi=pi
Posted by Rob Kiser on October 13, 2011 at 8:34 PM : Comments (0) | Permalink
My Graph is Better Than Yours
Posted by Rob Kiser on October 13, 2011 at 12:35 PM : Comments (0) | Permalink
The 99%
Posted by Rob Kiser on October 13, 2011 at 12:24 PM : Comments (0) | Permalink
An Interview with Steve Wozniak - Apple Cofounder
http://realdanlyons.com/blog/2011/10/11/a-conversation-with-woz/
Posted by Rob Kiser on October 13, 2011 at 12:15 AM : Comments (0) | Permalink
October 12, 2011
Shakedown Socialism: Oleg Atbashian at Liberty on the Rocks in Colorado
Posted by Rob Kiser on October 12, 2011 at 9:21 PM : Comments (0) | Permalink
'Forest Boy' Identified
http://news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/16084663
Posted by Rob Kiser on October 12, 2011 at 6:20 AM : Comments (0) | Permalink
The Future of our Country
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaX8pdapc-I
Posted by Rob Kiser on October 12, 2011 at 6:00 AM : Comments (0) | Permalink
October 11, 2011
President Hussein's Olive Branch to Iran
President Barack Hussein Obama:
Shortly after coming to office in January, he[President Barack Hussein Obama] said "if countries like Iran are willing to unclench their fists, they will find an extended hand from us".
President Hussein, like former President Carter before him, completely fail to understand the nature of the vermin of the Middle East. They are insane. They cannot be handled with kid gloves. They have no vested interest in peace, or in getting along with their neighbors. They're insane, suicidal, psychopaths, bent on destroying Israel and each other.
Plotting to bomb an American restaurant should be grounds for us turning their desert-home into a sheet of glass. I can promise you Ronald Reagan wouldn't have put up with this from them. But instead, we get President Hussein, who thinks this was all just a big misunderstanding. We'll let them continue to develop nuclear weapons, plot terror attacks on U.S. soil, and wave a finger at them through the UN sanctions.
Dear God I hope the Republican candidates have the good sense to call for a full-scale attack on Iran.
Posted by Rob Kiser on October 11, 2011 at 7:43 PM : Comments (0) | Permalink
Talking Dog
Posted by Rob Kiser on October 11, 2011 at 2:42 PM : Comments (0) | Permalink
Trail Creek
Phoenix Mine
Here's a map of my little trip up Trail Creek last Friday. Basically, I ran up Trail Creek near Idaho Springs, CO. Went past the Phoenix Mine, and then ended up on Lamartine Road. Came back down and did a loop back onto Trail Creek. Then, I ran back up to see if Jones Pass was open. But, it was snowed in at the Henderson Mine. I'm sure a snowmobile could make it, but I wasn't going to try it on my motorcycle.
Posted by Rob Kiser on October 11, 2011 at 1:15 PM : Comments (0) | Permalink
October 10, 2011
Fall in the Rockies
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Posted by Rob Kiser on October 10, 2011 at 9:18 PM : Comments (0) | Permalink
5 Myths About Columbus
http://www.mnn.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/stories/5-myths-about-christopher-columbus
Posted by Rob Kiser on October 10, 2011 at 4:40 PM : Comments (0) | Permalink
October 9, 2011
Stop Frame Animation
This stop-frame animation was created with Adobe Photoshop CS5, JPGVideo and Windows Movie Maker.
Posted by Rob Kiser on October 9, 2011 at 9:02 PM : Comments (0) | Permalink
October 7, 2011
Postcards from the Fall: Wish You Were Here
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I've been riding the XR around the Colorado Rockies for a few days, trying to snap a few shots of the fall before the snows of winter set in. Mostly, I've been riding around Clear Creek and Gilpin Counties. This fall has been exceptional in that the leaves have changed color very slowly, allowing the aspens to turn nearly as red as Maple trees. The prettiest fall I've experienced since I moved to Colorado about 15 years ago.
This is a slideshow of some of the shots I took over the last few weeks on my solo journeys through the Rockies.
The images were all captured on a Canon EOS 50D frame and a Canon image-stabilized, ultra-sonic telescopic zoom lens - either the EF-S 17-85mm f/4.0-5.6 IS USM or the EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM.
This slideshow features a song by Coldplay called Every Teardrop is a Waterfall.
The images are compiled into a 9 Meg (3:40 Adobe Flash slideshow (2011_fall.swf) that you should be able to open and view with any browser (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, etc.). To view the slideshow, just click on the photo above. If you want to view the slideshow as a Windows executable, you can play this version (2011_fall.exe), and it allows you to play, pause, skip forward, backwards, etc.
Image post-processing was done in Adobe Photoshop CS5 Extended. The slideshow was created using Imagematics Stillmotion Pro.
Lyrics and route in the extended entry.
Click here to view the other slideshows.
Continue reading "Postcards from the Fall: Wish You Were Here"
Posted by Rob Kiser on October 7, 2011 at 9:50 PM : Comments (0) | Permalink
Astroturfing DC
Organizer admits to paying 'Occupy DC' protesters
Posted by Rob Kiser on October 7, 2011 at 10:47 AM : Comments (0) | Permalink
2005 Interview with Steve Jobs
Posted by Rob Kiser on October 7, 2011 at 10:28 AM : Comments (0) | Permalink
Obama Orchestrating Riots
This is what I believe - Obama is deliberately dividing this country. He's pitting the rich against the poor, telling the down and out that the reason for their problems lies not within, but without. The source of the problem is greed, according to Obama. Well, so much for "hope". But, you wanted "change". You got it. ;)
http://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/Rush-Limbaugh-Obama-riots/2011/10/06/id/413536
Posted by Rob Kiser on October 7, 2011 at 9:41 AM : Comments (0) | Permalink
October 6, 2011
Steve Jobs 2005 commencement speech at Stanford
"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma -- which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most... important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become." Steve Job - commencement address at Stanford University, June 12, 2005
Posted by Rob Kiser on October 6, 2011 at 11:57 AM : Comments (0) | Permalink
More guns less crime
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2011/09/30/media-silence-is-deafening-about-important-gun-news/
Posted by Rob Kiser on October 6, 2011 at 10:10 AM : Comments (0) | Permalink
10 Scientific Expeditions That Were Doomed From the Start
http://brainz.org/10-scientific-expeditions-were-doomed-start/
Posted by Rob Kiser on October 6, 2011 at 4:57 AM : Comments (0) | Permalink
October 5, 2011
Jones Pass
Went for a little trail ride tonight. Approximately 100 miles or so. Went up past Lamartine, up over Saxon Mountain, down to Georgetown, then up to Jones Pass. The summit of Jones Pass was so cold I thought I'd lose my hands. Turned around and came home, as it looks like some bad weather is moving in.
You can see my tracks from my trip on GPS Visualizer.
Posted by Rob Kiser on October 5, 2011 at 7:36 PM : Comments (0) | Permalink
Ridiculed Scientist Wins Nobel Prize
Ridiculed crystal work wins Nobel for Israeli
Posted by Rob Kiser on October 5, 2011 at 12:43 PM : Comments (0) | Permalink
Make Free Speech a Privilege?
A group of NY senators want to make Free Speech a privilege, that can be revoked.
http://politics.slashdot.org/story/11/10/04/219218/ny-senators-want-to-make-free-speech-a-privilege
Posted by Rob Kiser on October 5, 2011 at 12:34 PM : Comments (0) | Permalink
Seal pup wants to cuddle
http://www.wimp.com/sealcuddle/
Posted by Rob Kiser on October 5, 2011 at 11:49 AM : Comments (0) | Permalink
October 4, 2011
Lamartine Ghost Town
This afternoon, I took a little ride up to the old Lamartine ghost town outside of Idaho Springs. I was trying to punch through to Georgetown, but it started to rain and I was running out of daylight, so I turned back without finding the connecting route. I've done it before, but it's been a few years. Now that I'm looking at my GPS tracks, I see where I should have gone. I'll make it through next time.
Trip Odometer: 76.7 miles
Max Speed 87.7 mpg
Total Ascent 9,471 ft
Max Elevation 10,848 ft
Posted by Rob Kiser on October 4, 2011 at 8:01 PM : Comments (0) | Permalink
October 3, 2011
Don Lapre commits suicide in jail
The late night infomercial nut killed himself in jail. I won't miss him. His infomercials were complete scams and he bilked people out of millions. I was so glad when Billy Mays overdosed on coke that we threw a party to celebrate.
Posted by Rob Kiser on October 3, 2011 at 4:55 PM : Comments (0) | Permalink
October 2, 2011
Obama Fried Chicken
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/this-exists-obama-fried-chicken-is-chinas-newest-fast-food-chain/
Posted by Rob Kiser on October 2, 2011 at 4:25 AM : Comments (0) | Permalink