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A Texas Fourth of July

matthewrigdon — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 00:27:46 +0000

I went back to visit my mother and she threw a little shindig on the farm. She has a small lake on her property, so they set up a fireworks show near the water. My mother also pulled out her little scratch-built ATV train for kids. It’s pretty cute. You can check the train out after the break.

After that, you should enjoy the fireworks show.

There’s an awful lot of crickets out in the country.

I took pictures throughout the day. You can see hair-cutting, train-pulling, and fireworks by clicking on the photo below.

Google Goes Comic Con

matthewrigdon — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:39:02 +0000

Those crazy cats…
Google’s ode to Comic Con

Man lands on the moon. News at Eleven.

matthewrigdon — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:50:41 +0000

The 40th anniversary of man landing on the moon is coming up (July 11th, 1969, just under the wire for Kennedy’s goal). Here’s a couple of interesting links.

Lowry Digital in Burbank was brought on board to apply their video processing techniques to the available footage from Apollo 11. You can check out the press conference at National Geographic.

Unfortunately, a group of researchers were unable to locate the original telemetry tapes from the Apollo mission. They hoped to rebuild the video from those sources, which would have been first-generation video copies, but it turns out the tapes were recycled (probably).

And, of course, the obligatory “Would anybody care about the moon landing if it happened today” opinion piece. People would care if it were the first time we walked on the moon, but it’s not. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were hardly the first explorers to be lauded and then quickly set aside. Magellan anyone? Even Columbus Day is more of a hassle to us than a celebration.

If you do want to follow the events of that celebrated mission, the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and AOL have put together a really awesome Flash site that lets you follow along.

Cows, cows, and more cows!

matthewrigdon — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 21:54:30 +0000

There are a number of barns at the Fort Worth Stock Show, mostly filled with cows. It is Cowtown after all.

It’s interesting to watch how people act around animals that most of them have no experience with.

Fort Worth Stock Show Rodeo

matthewrigdon — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 20:24:33 +0000

A shot from the rodeo in Fort Worth.

USC Trounces Penn State 38-24. Ho hum.

matthewrigdon — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 03:45:34 +0000

Well, down goes another Big 10 opponent. The score looked more respectable than last year’s game with Illinois, but it was a Trojan romp in the first half. Our defense has had better days this year, but the offense gave them a good cushion.
These are from my iPhone, posted at Hurry Curry after the game. More pictures and video to come, including footage of the B-2 flying over the Rose Bowl!

Rose Parade 2009

matthewrigdon — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 21:28:22 +0000

I went to the Rose Parade for the second year in a row. I was a little late, but I still saw about half the parade. No big stories here, just a couple of shots from my iPhone. I’ll put up better pictures and some video later when I can connect my camera to a computer.