Surfing around the internet, i happened to stumble upon the All-Time Top 50 Swimming Records from my high school.
For those of you who don't know, i spent most of my life growing up in a pool. Thanks to the discipline my parents instilled in me, i turned out to be a crazy fast swimmer. Below are the records i set in 1997, and my ranking as of this year, kept since the school opened.

Mens 50 Freestyle
My Ranking: 32nd           Time 0:23.39

Mens 200 Individual Medley
My Ranking: 27th           Time 02:08.5

Mens 100 Butterfly
My Ranking: 39th           Time 01:00.5

Mens 100 Backstroke
My Ranking: 49th           Time 01:05.0

Mens 100 Breaststroke
My Ranking: 12th           Time 01:03.2

They're no Olympic records or anything, but still quite impressive for a 17 year old kid.

Unfortunately right now i probably would drown if i got in a pool, as i haven't been lap swimming in years.
What a shame.
It would behoove me to jump back in the pool and enjoy the good ol' days, if i know what's good for me...

today at work i dusted off an old PC lying around and decided to put it to work in the lab. It was quite sluggish, so i decided to employ a few speed-up techniques, one of which was to defragment the hard drive.
So much RED!!!



Ahhhh... Much better.

Today marks the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing.



Forty Years! And since then .... what? A few probes? I've always said that we need to go to Mars. NASA is more than just a fun experiment. Dozens and dozens of innovations have flowed from the research & development done in the space sciences field. From communications equipment to new materials, and even food processing & storage. You wanna get out of this recession? How 'bout putting that money into the space sciences sector instead of bailing out the crony banking system. Then you'll see some real stimulus.
The 3 original Apollo 11 astronauts agree, and are hoping that the president will listen.

I went to see The Hangover this past weekend. Pretty funny movie. As i entered the theater, i noticed this sign above the door:



Obviously, it's a movie poster. (and quite enticing as well) But still. In the coming Robot Apocalypse, it would be nice to know which theaters cater only to us humans...

I stumbled upon an interesting article on technology. A 13 year-old boy traded his iPod for a circa 1990 Walkman for one week. His write-up of his experience is Here.

I have always been amazed at how fast technology moves. This article shines a light on how current and future generations will have such vastly more complex and more capable systems at their fingertips. It also shows how vast amounts of knowledge can be lost within a short time frame. I cannot WAIT to try this out with Alexander when he hits high-school!