I created a new template for this blog. In the header are now some family photos.

From left-to-right:

• My Great Great Grandfather and his 1915 Indian motorcycle.
• My daughter on the day she was born.
• My two boys on my motorcycle.
• My late maternal grandfather, and my still-living paternal grandmother.
• My son, Will standing by a very fast ‘67 Nova replica built by Year One.
• Me and my wife.
• Our family’s ranch in Colorado.

I haven’t posted much this year, I’m going to make an effort to post less infrequently.

I spent some quality time this afternoon making a funny (in my opinion) graphic to put on t-shirts and what-not. Cocoa Touch, Apple’s name for the iPhone SDK that they announced today. You can buy stuff with the logo by clicking on the image.
Note: Credit for coming up with this line goes to Erica at TUAW. I just ran with it.

About a year and a half ago, I made a post trying to explain this concept. Maybe I didn’t explain it right because some people were confused. I found this video of my father explaining the One Percent Rule at a party we held in honor of my Grandfather’s 50th year in business (1990). In the video, my father is explaining some of the things that my Grandfather taught him over the years…

Mr. Giraffe starts his day by reading the Airpark News

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Mr. Giraffe then gives a short lecture on Mass-energy equivalence

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After the lecture, Mr. Giraffe is feeling very sleepy and decides to take a nap in his office

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To perk up after his nap, Mr. Giraffe gets “hopped up” on Diet Dr. Pepper

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Fully caffeinated, Mr. Giraffe takes on a little target practice

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Mr. Giraffe holds an impromptu house party with his friends in honor of his outstanding marksmanship

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Finally, late in the afternoon, Mr. Giraffe sits down and pounds out a solid 10 minutes of real work.

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Last week, David Pogue wrote an excellent article about the issue of DRM.

He does a great job of highlighting all the shades of gray in the DRM argument. I agree that taking intellectual property which you haven’t paid for isn’t morally right, but I am decidedly anti-DRM and against paying for the same item multiple times.

The MPAA and RIAA need to adjust their constituent’s business models. Forcing people to comply with their wishes by thrusting DRM on honest people will never work.

All existing and forthcoming DRM will be cracked anyhow. Where there’s a will there’s a way.

Looking for a job? Well don’t bother sending an email, as there is no email address provided.

Bonus: Read the comments after the job listing.

Trax is expanding in Costa Rica!

Twitter is down for maintenance right now. I’m going through withdrawal.

Today I went to an RC jet airshow in Mesa with my friend Chris. I don’t have time to write much about it, but it was really cool. Most of the aircraft there are powered by an actual turbine. All the planes were multi-thousand dollar affairs. Below are some photos that I took in no particular order.

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