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  • David Mulhern 1:44 pm on April 21st Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment  

    I found a cannister of film from a camera that got destroyed in the accident. Although the back of the camera was opened, many of the pictures developed okay. I like this one because it captures the day well… and it’s the last picture of my car I have

     
  • David Mulhern 9:57 pm on April 15th Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment  

    I’ve finally finished designing and making my first 24 hour clock. At the top of the clock is a full sun representing noon and at the bottom is a group of stars representing midnight. It is framed in chrome. I call it Sonipa Red Time. It’s real and it works!

    Like a regular clock, the small hand shows you the hour and the large hand shows the minute. Only instead of only having 12 hours there are 24 displayed (left side is AM, right side is PM). You no longer have to be confined to seeing half of your day… You can click on the images to view a larger version.

     
    • craig 11:58 pm on April 15th Permalink | Log in to Reply

      holy cow thats awesome! i love everything about it…especially that it will confuse the crap out of little kids that are trying to learn to read the ‘normal’ clock.

    • David Mulhern 4:18 am on April 16th Permalink | Log in to Reply

      Yeah, I would recommend putting it in classrooms in elementary schools to begin with .. teachers will love something like this ..

    • Dave Allen 1:58 pm on April 16th Permalink | Log in to Reply

      WOW! the chrome looks so real. Lightwave is awesome.

    • Rohn 5:41 pm on April 16th Permalink | Log in to Reply

      That is sweet! I want one… but I want one with PM and AM added… it takes too much thought to remember which is which.

    • Dave Allen 9:48 pm on April 16th Permalink | Log in to Reply

      no but really. You should patent your design Dave. Where did you get the movement? I want a wrist watch like this.

    • David Mulhern 8:09 am on April 17th Permalink | Log in to Reply

      Hey dave! I go my movement from a clock store in Wisconsin. It’s a converted military time movement. Converted in the sense that it had to be modified to use regular hands …. Modified in the sense that I jammed a screwdriver in it.

    • deep oral 10:15 pm on January 31st Permalink | Log in to Reply

      Since one of the ideas is to split strings not into words, but hopefully into phrases more semantically informative than the words they are made of, doing that better should mean better suggestions, and avoiding what essentially are word n-tuples should make for smaller data and slightly faster querying.

  • David Mulhern 4:38 pm on April 15th Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment  

    Well, since my last car was totaled after hitting that firetruck, I had to get a different one. I decided to get a Volvo because they are really safe.

    The emblem on the front of the car is the symbol for “iron” which is supposed to convey strength and sturdiness. But it’s also the astrological symbol for Mars. Which is cool because I used to have a Saturn so at least now my car represents a planet closer to earth.

    It has a special place to hold my giant bouncy ball while I’m driving. This way it doesn’t roll around and cause loud noises. That was extremely important in deciding which car to get.

     
    • Dad 4:44 pm on April 15th Permalink | Log in to Reply

      That makes sense!

      Dad

    • David Mulhern 4:46 pm on April 15th Permalink | Log in to Reply

      AND it’s because that’s what grandpa always drove :)

    • Rohn 5:41 pm on April 15th Permalink | Log in to Reply

      Very nice. Stylen and profilen! What model is it?

    • David Mulhern 8:34 pm on April 15th Permalink | Log in to Reply

      Hi Rohn! Oh yeah, it’s a silver S80 T6. I got it at dealer cost by going to an auction with a guy named Bruce. He was smoking a big cigar and he had on white tennis shoes and a green hat. He tought me lots of neat things about cars and was very nice.

    • Zach 9:55 am on April 18th Permalink | Log in to Reply

      David, you will love the volvo. I drove one for 3 years and loved it very much.

    • Chris Reece 12:36 am on April 20th Permalink | Log in to Reply

      Having a safe place for your “ball\s” is very important. Good choice brother. If you get lonely w/o Jamie in the next few weeks remember Hyde and I only live 300 miles Southeast if you! And it would be a great way to test out the new ride way out in the booney’s.

  • David Mulhern 11:35 am on April 11th Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment  

    The other day, while I was driving, I saw this guy playing the trumpet while driving. He even played it while making a left turn. It was really loud. But he was pretty good at it … seems a bit extreme however. I snapped this picture with my phone.

     
  • David Mulhern 10:06 am on April 11th Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment  

    I took the ecological footprint quiz and learned this:

     
    • Dad 8:23 pm on April 12th Permalink | Log in to Reply

      If it would take 6.2 for you…can you imagine what it would take to accommedate mom and I! I guessing 20-30 planets.

      Dad

  • David Mulhern 11:49 am on April 8th Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment  

    For a while, I’ve been searching of a satelite image of the north pole. Well, I found one at NASA. For some reason, I like this picture better than the other popular night satelite images of the world. I like seeing the world from this perspective… Click on the image for a large version.

     
    • Dick Mulhern 2:23 pm on April 9th Permalink | Log in to Reply

      That is a cool view of the world. It’s amazing how we light up the world at night…

      Dad

    • hasland 3:37 pm on January 22nd Permalink | Log in to Reply

      Actually i am not an active serfer, but this this site is really great, i will spread it through my friends.

  • David Mulhern 12:21 am on April 8th Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment  

    I just finished my first clock design. It’s based on a Russian pocketwatch that Craig wants to get. It’s not a 24 hour clock because I still haven’t recieved that movement in the mail yet. This is my first practice clock… I call it “The Garrison Clock Zero”…

     
  • David Mulhern 1:55 pm on April 7th Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment  

    Well. Today they came. The giant bouncy balls from California. In the picture below, you can see one of them next to what I USED to consider a giant… see it there… sulking in the shadow of its replacement.

    This ball is made of solid rubber bouncy ball material. It’s quite heavy. When I bounce it, people outside my office can hear it hit the floor through the walls.

    Special thanks to Hana for helping us find them!

     
    • Hana 3:37 pm on April 7th Permalink | Log in to Reply

      Hurray, you got them! And that one is marvelous – WOW! Congratulations, happy giant-bouncy-ball owner!

    • David Mulhern 12:15 am on April 8th Permalink | Log in to Reply

      We couldna’ found it without your help!

    • Emily 10:04 am on December 8th Permalink | Log in to Reply

      Hey,

      I need to get one of those…can you give me a website so I can buy one. How much did it cost?

      Thanks,
      EMily

    • Katie 3:58 pm on February 13th Permalink | Log in to Reply

      Where can I buy one of these online?? does anyone know? I’ve been looking for over a year!! please help!!

    • Marcia Loggins 6:57 pm on June 23rd Permalink | Log in to Reply

      Where can I order one? Everyone here is out of them! Thanks.

  • David Mulhern 1:11 pm on April 7th Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment  

    When I look at my watch I want to see the whole day. At one glance I want to see:

    • When I wake up
    • When I go to work
    • When I eat lunch
    • When I come home
    • When I eat dinner
    • When I go to sleep

    I want to see the whole day all at once. But for some reason most watches & clocks aren’t made that way. Oddly enough, they split the day in half! Some do not make this mistake, like this Russian watch:

    Once I saw this I thought, “At Last!” But now I need a clock for my wall. To make it easier for people in the U.S., I thought, “What if the time was converted to AM/PM instead of military time?” Now that’s the way I want to see my day. If I make this clock, I’ll post a picture of it.

    Update: I did make this clock. Click Here

     
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