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Lots of basketball

Earlier this month Joe and I attended our first Gophers basketball game at the Barn. We had a blast. After being a season ticket holder with the Twolves for years this was a really cool experience. I hope to make it back for a Big Ten game soon.

On the 21st Darin, Don, Justin and I went to the Wolves game. Justin was the season ticket holder of the game and we sat three rows up in the bleachers. We had fun with the performance team and got to see Larry the Legend up close. It was a fun night.

Justin having fun with the ladies in the performance team

Don chilling by the Wolves bench before the game

Justin enjoying the view from the Wolves bench

Yeah, we were hanging with Larry for the night 🙂

Friends

Jason’s the winner!

Congrats to Jason for winning our 2007 poker championship!

Aviation

The Airbus A380 comes to MSP

Post author By Keanen
Post date November 27, 2007
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**Updated – I now have pictures from the landing and some pictures from the inside of the A380.

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I wasn’t one of the few to be selected to take a tour of the inside or take a flight on this beast but I did get a chance to tour the outside of the A380.
They had police tape all the way around. While this aircraft is large it doesn’t seem any longer than a 747. With the two full floors it’s definitely a bit chubby.
The pictures really don’t do it justice. Look at it next to the AirTran though 🙂

General Video Games

My guitar hero…

What a stud! He can already beat my horrible play in this game 🙂

Sports

Another “not surprised” about a Packer fan thing…

Post author By Keanen
Post date October 29, 2007
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Man Creates One-of-a-Kind Packers Party House
An Atlanta businessman has created a one-of-a-kind Packers party house right across from Lambeau Field. Michael Holton says he is simply fulfilling a dream. “Some people have beach houses, some people have mountain houses, I have a Packer house,” said Michael Holton, Packer fan.
And what a house it is. Last year, Michael and his wife bought this home along Lombardi Avenue, directly across from the stadium. They hired a builder, who gutted the house, and transformed it into the ultimate pre-game house with a spectacular view of the stadium. The garage roof became a party deck. The patio has a “G” etched in the concrete. Inside, all the amenities. “Designed by men, for men,” said Holton. “It is specifically to enjoy game day and the days leading up to game day.”
Born and raised a Packer fan in Milwaukee, Michael and his family will travel to Green Bay on the weekends the Packers play at home and open up their home to friends and relatives. He plans to use his vacation house about as much as most other people use theirs. “I’m not doing this as an investment, as any kind of commercial benefit or financial benefit,” said Holton. “This is truly a spot that we’ve picked to enjoy the Packer atmosphere.” Michael hopes his dream home doesn’t start a trend though, in which other homes in the neighborhood are sold and turned into party houses. “If somebody want to sell out to somebody as moronic as I am, that’s fine, but I just like the neighbors, like the people here,” said Holton. “I welcome all of them to come over and have a beer with me on Packer day and get to know each other a little bit.” Safe to say a new era in tailgating along Lombardi Avenue kicks off Sunday. “It’s the hallowed grounds and to be so close is pretty special,” said Holton.

Friends Tech Video Games

Rock Band at Best Buy Eagan

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Post date October 29, 2007
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Sammy and I play the game in this video. Pretty boring to watch as we’re not too emotional but it’s pretty fun. I don’t like the design of the ‘bars’ to play with as the ‘circles’ that are used in Guitar Hero seem bigger and more friendly. I found myself really trying to time it more with the bars because they are so small. As for the drums, they are a lot of fun. I don’t like the noise they make when you hit them. I think it could have been a little less noisy. Nobody was willing to sing for us. We had a little crowd of BBY employees watching us suck it up 🙂

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A mini review of the hardware. The neck is pretty flimsy. I don’t know what caused it but there was vibration in the guitar at one point. There is a switch on the guitar which switches modes on the “whammy bar”. It looks nicer than the GH guitars but I like the build of my GH3 better than this one. The strumming switch has no click to it, it’s very smooth. We both liked the thought of it before we played but after playing we agree that we didn’t like the feel.

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Friends General Tech

Pictures from Orlando

Tech Video Games

Having fun with Halo 3

A few of us grown up kids went and got our Legendary Halo 3 on the midnight release 🙂 The campaign was fun at times with the multiplayer mode, the ending was lame though. Online I’ve been having a blast. I played some custom games the other night with my bro and his buddies. That was a lot of fun.
The really cool feature and probably really ignored by many is the online community at Bungie.net. You can take screen shots of your games, take videos of your games (this is limited to viewing on the 360) and share them with friends online or their 360. My friends and I will usually send each other pictures of each other getting blown up, etc. It adds to the trash talking which is always fun!

I think between Halo 3, Gears and GH3 coming soon I should be set for the winter!

Click on any of these below pictures for the full 1080 res. The pictures look great.

Here is one where a guy and I traded grenades. This was on a custom game that was a lot of fun. The only way to score points was to “stick” someone with a grenade. You would lose points if you killed yourself with your grenade though. Whomever got to 25 points first won.

A great shot of my character 🙂

I was proudly smiling from the grave here. I’m the one on the ground but he’s got a little something stuck in his head from before I went down 🙂

Friends General

A thing of beauty…

I am down in Orlando for a conference. Justin and I are getting ready for the evening of poker and drinking 🙂

Sports

Matt Birk

I went to a lunch for a vendor at work and they had Matt Birk there. He was a great guy to listen to. He handled questions very well and was funny. He went to Harvard you know J