Jayem Standing

Its pretty amazing when your child starts doing things for the first time. Here's mine bringing herself to a stand and trying to climb out the crib.

My Hypermiling Results

Results are in. Even with bolt-on performance mods on a car, it will still be able to save gas with hypermiling techniques. On average, an Integra uses around 30 mpg on the Highway. From Lynchburg, VA to Washington DC is about 180 miles. So in all it takes 6 gallons to get to DC. After putting 6 gallons into my empty integra. I started my trip. 20 miles into I found a great car to drift behind. He was going my ideal speed and the best part was I drifted behind him for about 90 miles. After reaching DC I still had about 2 gallons left in the tank. So in all I used about 4 gallons, calculating to about 45 mpg. Thats amazing, but I couldn't of done it without that car I drifted behind and the de-elevation from the mountains to almost sea level.

Civilization Revolution Demo for the PS3

After seeing that the Civilization Revolution Demo was out, I quickly downloaded and gave it a try before my trip to the Capital. I must say, the demo was awesome. The graphics were great, gameplay was awesome, and controls were easy & functional. Being a Civilization veteran, I very much welcome this new addition to the series. The great thing about Revolution was that it plays like it was meant to be played on a console. Thats good news for console gamers. I'll leave off here seeing that I only sent about 15 minutes with the demo before going on my trip.

Transfering to a New Web Host some time Soon

I have decided to have this blog on my own web server. Right now I'm currently looking for a web host. As soon as I find one I'll be transfering all my post from here (blogspot) to my server. I'll be running b2evolution for my blog, which looks pretty cool. For now enjoy my post on Blogspot and have a great weekend. Tacoman1423 out......

Get a Free Car, Really but theres a Catch

Recently I was surfing around the web and came across an Ad saying that you can get a free car. Now the catch was that the car is covered with Advertisemest and you have to be living in a certain place to actually get one. After researching, I found out that they are very legit. By now if you haven't found a site that doesn't ask for a fee then here is a link:

drivers.freecarmedia.com/regnow.cfm

Again it depends on where you live and where you drive and park. I myself, have been waiting for lucky response. So good luck.

Fisher Price - Rainforest Booster Seat

We recently bought this for our little girl. Seeing that we travel freqeunently, we could not bring a high with us all the time. Fisher Price's Portable Booster Seat was our answer. It straps down to any chair, has toys for your baby to play with while you make his/her food, and then converts to an eating area. Our baby loves it. She does interact with the toys but sometimes gets frustrated that she can't taste them because she strapped down. The seat also seems very comfortable for our baby, plus its easy to clean. This Portable Seat gets two thumbs up for portability, easy to clean, entertaining, and compact.

The Winnie Stand

If ever you decide to come to Lynchburg, VA, drop by downtown Church St on to the Winnie Stand. No its not like those New York tradition winnie stands, its more like a little food place around the corner. Not only to they provide one of the best 8 oz. beef burgers I have ever tasted , called "Big Bertha", but they provide the feeling like your at home. The people there are friendly and down to earth. They also serve many kinds of breakfast meals, subs, burgers, and sandwiches.

MGS4 Street Date Broken

This news may be a a couple days old, but to think that some people cheated to get the game earlier seem really unfair. Especially when some of them decide to put actually gameplay footage on YouTube. Although Konami's general manager Pete Stone affirms that the Street Date had not been broken, some user review-like video on Youtube say otherwise. Hopefully some of these people would at least keep the spoilers to themselves.

Hypermiling Test for Modded Imports

This weekend I will be traveling about 180 miles from Lynchburg, VA to Washington D.C. and will be practicing hypermiling techniques. With gas prices so high, even my 4 cylinder 1994 Acura Integra can seem like a gas money eater. Coming from the "City in the Mountains" and going to the Capital is mostly "downhill" driving. This is the biggiest advantage I have to do Hypermiling. Also since I have my car lower than usually cars, plus having aerodynamic body parts, I should have less air resistance. Currently I get about 30 mpgs on the highway. After this weekend I'll see if I can benefit from hypermiling with a Modded import car.

Car Specs:

4 Cylinder Dohc Inline engine

Full Cat-back Exhuast

Cold Air Intake

Wings West Front Lip and Sideskirts

full tune up

Picture of the Car:

3 New Mountain Dew Flavors

Recently Mountain Dew has come up with three new flavor, by the end of the summer one of the 3 will become a permanent Mountain Dew Product. Lets meet the contestants.






Revolution - Dew infuse with Wild Berry Fruit Flavor and Ginseng

Voltage - Dew Charged with Raspberry Citrus Flavor and Ginseng

Supernova - Dew with a blast of Strawberry Melon Flavor and Ginseng

My votes with Revolution, what's yours?

My Baby's First word!!!

Today at 11:50am June 4, 2008, my baby girl Jayem Mae said her first English word. That word is MAMA. Too bad it wasn't PAPA....lol. Here's the video. This is what you call an unforgettable moment.

Wireless Nunchuk for Wii

Nyko has release a Wireless Nunchuk for the Wii. Its kinda cool now to play the wii fully wireless. The way the Nunchuk connects to the wiimote is by a dongle, in which you sync the nunchuk to the wiimote. The nunchuk feels slightly heavy and wider to the original corded one but does not make a difference really. Also they added a strap to protect your very expensive LCD 46" flat Screen TV from flying nunchuks, like the wiimote. I all the Wireless Nunchuk is a great addition to the Wii. Its more convenient now to switch from the wii sports boxing to bowling.

Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots - Thoughts before Release

With the release of MGS4 being days away, one has to hope that everything goes right for Snake's last mission. Issues brought by the recently released Grand Theft Auto 4 have left some wary about the upcoming blockbuster hit, and small number of them would not be enjoying MGS4 until they received their refurbished replacement units from Sony. Although knowing Kojima, his tediousness would insure that his latest creation would be bug-free. With that said, MGS4 looks to be a great ending to "an old killer hired to do some wet work."

Note: I will be getting the Limited Edition and will be reviewing it.

10 Gallon Aquarium with Guppies

Here is my 10 Gallon Hexagon Aquarium with Guppies. Recently the Female Guppy gave birth to 31 baby fries. Currently I have separated the fry and the parent because the mother seems to want to eat her babies. The fry are in another tank full of algae, a good source of food for them. Here are some pictures of my tank. On the 4th picture you can see the algae cover fry tank on the side.