Am I the only one who think Google could run a great social network that would rival facebook? Think about it. If Google connected the new google profile they started not to long ago with picasa, g chat, google docs, calendar, reader, maps and youtube, etc. on a new site and developed status updates and such they would not only have a great social network but a lot of people spending a ton more time on google, searching content and develop a new revenue stream for ads….which is google’s goal right? It’s not like I need another site to think about updating regularly…I just come up with the ideas.
I posted a couple of months back about hybrid cars being a patch and that ultra efficient diesels were, I thought, a much better option. This weekend I saw this commercial:
The new Volkswagen Jetta TDI clean diesel. Per the commercial, it gets 58 miles to the gallon and drives and preforms like a normal gasoline car (which a hybrid does not) and runs on diesel (which is readily available). So, why were hybrids made in the first place and sold in America when they have had this type of car in Europe for a couple of years now? Even Ford sells this technology in Europe. It doesn’t make sense.
While we are were down there we went to Disney, hung out with her uncle, did skyventure (I learned how to do turns!), explored Disney Boardwalk, went to Downtown Disney, hung out with my sister (who happened to be down there at the same time), went to Cocoa Beach, rode Go carts at the Fun Spot and slept in just about everyday. It was great just getting to do what we wanted to do for a week and forget about everything. Now back to the real world.
I finally got my new bass amp and cabinet in (specs are over in the music room) and hooked it all up for the first time last week. It sounds so good and it small and light. The preamp tube makes it sound warm and full. I can’t wait to be able to crank it…so far I’ve only been able to play it in my apartment. Here are some pics:
Sorry for the lack of updates lately. The past two weeks have been busy for us, so here’s some stuff we’ve been up to:
Last weekend was Tammy’s birthday bash which was cool. We got to see a lot of our friends and family and just hang out and have fun with them.
It’s been hectic at work the last few weeks. Work has been picking up a little bit. We are actually putting in a new color digital press which will open up some more business opportunities for the company. We are building a new room for it and my office/cubicle will be moved to another room. I’m almost complete doing a complete redesign of all of the company marketing materials. I have almost all of the print materials done and printed (still working on one more piece), I have the new website designed, just waiting on some final content, started a new company blog that will launch with the new website and I started a company twitter account which is craftsmen_atl. We already have over 100 followers!
I’ve also had a lot of freelance graphic design work lately so I’ve come home from work to do some more design work, but it’s allowing us to put some money in savings which is good.
We went to see the movie Knowing last night. It started off good, but the ending isn’t so great
We started regularly attending Buckhead Church which Tammy and I both really enjoy. Tonight we actually attended their Grouplink session to meet people and form a small group. We met some really cool couples that we seemed to have a lot in common with. We are all going bowling on Monday as our first meeting. I’m really excited about it.
After 2 months of listing on craigslist, I sold my bass halfstack. My 4×10 sold a couple of weeks ago and my head sold today. I found a used pre-fender SWR Bass 350 that I bought with the money I sold my ampeg head for so, that is currently on its way to atlanta and should arrive sometime next week. It’s the same wattage as my ampeg head and has a tube pre…I’m excited about that. I’m going to pair that with an Avatar 2×10 Neo cab which only weighs about 40 lbs. which I can carry with one hand as opposed to my 4×10 which was 95 lbs. Should handle lows a little better due to the different speakers and I will still be able to run 350 watts through, just like I did the 4×10. I’ll post pics in the music room when I get it all put together.
Tammy and I decided to go to Orlando again this year for our 3rd anniversary. I can’t believe we have already been married for 3 years! We head to the beach a couple days too….Should be a nice relaxing and much needed vacation.
