Friday, September 26, 2008

"Sky Diving Cabo San Lucas"


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAr11FmEJZg

Check-out this awesome sky diving video by my good friends, Greg Foster and Astrid Illmer who live and work as sky diving instructors in Cabo San Lucas, MX.

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

I love my iPhone...ouch!



Yes, I bought and broke an iPhone this September.
Special note: if you drop a $600 mini-computer/cellphone it is going to cost you at least $250 to fix...protective case or not. People are actually selling their broken iPhone on ebay rather than paying to have them fixed. Insurance? Apple Care is intended for computers...NOT cell phones. How many people carry their laptops around in their hands or pull them out of their pocket 100s of times a day.
Come-on Apple....wake-up!

P.S. I will NEVER...I repeat NEVER go back to an Apple Store.
I have visited an Apple Store maybe 7 times and every time has been a nightmare. 30 employees....28 of which know nothing and can DO nothing...
"You'll have to wait for a tech, sir. Have you signed-in?"
What? Is this a !@#$% restaurant? I need a reservation? Good-bye.
I walked into a AT&T store, straight-up-to the counter and they fixed the iPhone in 30 minutes flat.....APPLE STORE....you suck!

Thursday, September 11, 2008

Hurricane Ike - Okaloosa Island



Hurricanes in Florida are similar to major snow storms in Colorado, but instead of snow blowers and 30 lb. bags of ice melt the commodity is chain saws and 5000 watt gas generators. Thankfully, the Redneck Riviera was spared once again.

Video by Ozzy Osborn

Monday, September 1, 2008

Hurricane Gustav - Okaloosa Island


Okaloosa Island Pier

Okaloosa Island Pier

The Boardwalk

All images and video by Andrew "OZZY" Osborn.

My brother-in-law sent me these images and video of Hurricane Gustav coming ashore at Okaloosa Island, Florida some 200 miles east of the hurricane eye. The east-side of a hurricane typically carries the strongest winds and causes the highest tidal surges so forget New Orleans.....let's worry about those people in Mississippi, Alabama and NW Florida.....locations that are not protected by huge amounts of marsh land and government-built levees.