he speaks your voice, citizen

#mefightclub, just now

22:15 cortex: BZZZT.  citing the NYT on any question of style or trend is an automatic disqualification.

22:15 pfc__: oh snap

22:15 thedaniel rushes up to FR, raises yellow card

22:15 pfc__: just walk away man

22:16 cortex: they need more colors of cards

22:16 thedaniel: i could see something in a nice mauve

22:16 pfc__: I hate the refs with yellow whistles

22:16 pfc__: always freaks me out

22:16 thedaniel: player could choose to craft various other colors into a more desirable penalty

22:16 pfc__: is muave a doctor who reference?

22:16 thedaniel: naw

22:16 pfc__: mauve is the intergalactic color of danger

22:17 cortex: “And Suarez has received a blue card, apparently for wearing his socks in an overly sassy fashion, and must now hop on one foot for two minutes.”

22:17 thedaniel: “looks like he’s going to contest it, this isn’t a good idea - and the ref reaches for the plaid card. Looks like he’ll miss the next team lunch”

22:17 pfc__: sounds like cricket

22:17 cortex: “An orange card for Beckham and OH WHAT’S THIS HE’S REVERSED WITH A PAIR OF GREENS THIS IS WHAT FOOTBALL IS ABOUT LADIES AND GENTLEMEN”

22:18 thedaniel: ~====<

22:18 FR: fifa needs more deck building

Apple tech support doing it right

I took my ailing first-generation Macbook Pro to the Apple Store because the keyboard and mouse failed, and I was sick and tired of taking it apart myself. I was told that this model of laptop along with the G4 powerbook has an approximate $200 parts, $100 labor flat rate for any and all repair. Sounded too good to be true, but I sent it in anyway. This was at 8PM on the Friday before Memorial Day weekend. By Tuesday, my laptop was returned with:

• New keyboard, trackpad, and top case (the metal plate the keyboard & speakers are part of
• New logic board (motherboard)
• New Airport card (wifi card)
• New hinge

They essentially replaced everything but the screen, battery, and hard drive, giving me a brand new (but 5 years out of date) laptop. Total cost? $310. I think Apple will be keeping me as a customer.

Bike nerd feedback pls

So I’m putting together a bike from spare parts that I mostly already have sitting around so that I have something to leave at our rehearsal studio downtown because nothing’s quite close enough to walk but it’s such a pain to drive and repark.

So far I have:

- a black fixed wheelset with not-skinny but not-quite-mountainy tires

- a GT hybrid frame that’s a little bit like this with a top tube that’s not as horizontal: 

- A cheap brown plastic saddle that is made to look a bit like a fancy leather one

- a maroon chain

- crank that came with the frame + single stack bolts so I can just reuse the big chainring

- Plastic platforms and some homemade velcro straps

As you can tell, this is going to be a ghetto / durable / leave tied up downtown without worrying kind of frankenbike. The one thing I just cannot figure out is what kind of handlebars to stick on it! It has an ugly tall stem with straight mountain bike bars that I could leave on, or I could flip and chop some drop bars I have sitting around, or I could get cheapo handlebars / stem from amazon/ebay. I just don’t know what style would be the awesomest with this combination. Halp - twitter @thedaniel with your advice!

Fitness goals 2010

10 consecutive muscle-ups (or just one verrry slow one)

22-minute Angie (currently around 29 min)

275 point Fight Gone Bad (current personal record 206)

21-minute 5K run (currently around 24 mins)

That’s all I can think of for now. YARRRRGH