googling myself

seems I am now 8 of the top 10 results for google: Erik Nordlander. Gotta flush those other two guys out of there...

How do we get around at Google?

By Segway of course! These $4,500 scooters are actually quite amazing and really fun. Worth the money? No. But they are definately fun way to tour the google campus.

SomaFM: Sweet Chillout Internet Radio

SomaFM: Listener Supported, Commercial Free Internet Radio Can't beat this... I listen to the various tracks here all day at work. Just think all the time I save looking for music... now if I could only get this in my car. When do you think cell phones will be able to handle a 9 kB/s stream?

Many Friday Thoughts

Wow, this is my first normal weekend in I don't know how long. Vegas, DC, Reno... and well now it just a little bit of San Francisco mixed in with some South Bay. The next trip seems to already be in the works... Chris, Vince and I may be going to Atlantic City sometime in August. That will have covered all the gambling cities in the US in a two month time... wild.

The only other big news is that I took the first step in applying to become a Google full time employee, I applied for the job. Exciting! If this actually works out then I have a killer year ahead of me.

Just ran the blogger spell check on this thing. I cannot believe it does not recognize the word "Google" (it does however provide the correct "mathematical" spelling)

Ah, Reno

Not quite Vegas... but still fun (in a weird trashy sort of way). Truth be told, the "biggest little city in the world" isn't all that big. Myself, Becton and two of his army dorm-mates (Rink and Rhino) did just about every casino in the downtown area in our little stay. I didn't get to take to many pictures because most of the time was either spent avoiding the desert heat or trying to make back the bills at the tables. Well, in free drinks we didn't do too bad. Reno casinos seemed to be much more willing to serve up the booze then their Vegas ultra-posh counterparts. You can get a lot of free drinks while playing away at 3 or even 5 dollar blackjack games.

Anyway's I'm a little bit poorer, but now a proud member of the El Dorado VIP club. So far I've gotten a buffet discount. Somehow I don't think I'm in store for anymore perks.

Wedding Pictures Up

Check 'em out.

Online Blackjack trainer

Check out this site www.hitorstand.net. It tells you what the correct play is in almost any blackjack hand.

Reno!

This weekend, my newly married buddy Becton, his roomate Rink and I will be driving down to Reno, Nevada. I'll be trying to repeat Calvin's vegas-roulette-extravaganza. I think Becton is trying to party without the old ball'n chain.

Congrats Becton & Allison

Well, now I can say one of my friends is married and I was the best man. The wedding was a total blast, featuring two great parties, and lots of fun times in and around Richmond, Virginia. People even liked my speech!
I'll have more pics up soon...

Back on the East side

ah, the joys of air travel.
I've returned to DC... land of 90 degree heat, 100 percent humidity, and an abundance of bugs. Man do I miss these east coast summers.
Well, I guess I miss the people and the hang-outs more than the weather, and the basketball. A couple of fun stories about my trip:
In Denver, I lost my boarding pass at one of the airport bars that we went to. So I return to the gate early while Becton and his roommate 'Rink' go exploring the Denver airport to find a place to smoke. I get my boarding pass and board the plane. I sit on the plane for a while and since its a full flight the flight attendant comes up to me and says, "Lucky you, you have two open seats next to you on full flight"
"Well, this seat is for my friend who is getting married."
"The door's closed, I don't think he's getting married"
"How about you open that door up?"
So looks like they can actually open that door again, if you are late... and getting married!