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Go Kart Racing In Budapest

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I was in Budapest last week for the Automattic company meetup and during that meetup a bunch of us went out go karting. I took my GoPro HD Hero 1 with me and mounted it onto my go kart using a suction cup. The videos turned out pretty cool (although lighting was an issue) so I thought I’d post two of them here. 🙂

The Opening Race

I had gone to this place a few days before so I already knew the track and the karts but most of the people I was racing against where new to the track and karts, hence the speed differences.

The Championship Race

The people who posted the top 7 best lap times were put into a starting grid and had a final race off. The track’s narrow width made it nearly impossible to pass but it was still quite fun!

The final lap (starting at about 8:20) was a victory lap which is why I was goofing around and trying to powerslide. 🙂

2001 Ford Mustang GT

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After two months of driving a beater in order to get good at driving stick and better at driving in general, I’ve moved on to a significantly better car — a 2001 Ford Mustang GT. I picked it up last Saturday night and it has a 260 horsepower V8 with a 5 speed stick shift. It is amazingly fun to drive and is really quick (at least to me, heh).

2001 Ford Mustang GT

2001 Ford Mustang GT

More pictures can be found over in the thread I made on some forums I run.

Here’s some video I made using my GoPro. It looks like I’m going slower than I actually am due to the wide angle lens and because I have it mounted on the top of my windshield. 😉

Pictures Of My New Apartment

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I moved into a super awesome apartment today and I thought I’d share some pictures of it since my friends kept bugging me for some. Yes, it’s in dire need of furniture and a big TV. 🙂

Goodbye Oreo

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I’m crying like a little girl right now as my family’s beloved rabbit passed away a couple of hours ago. He was more than a rabbit to us — he was a true member of the family.

Oreo, you will be missed greatly. Goodbye buddy.

Automattic

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As of today, I am officially a fulltime Automattic employee! I’ve been contracting with Automattic for a few months now but didn’t want to talk about it for fear of cursing it. It really is a dream job for me as I’m working with some of the best people in the business and the WordPress community and I couldn’t be happier. I want to thank Matt and everyone else at Automattic for giving me this great opportunity.

Automatticians In Quebec, October 2009

(I’m 4th from the right in the back row.)

I’ll Be Attending WordCamp San Francisco

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I’ll be attending WordCamp San Francisco on May 1st. If you’re planning on being there, make sure you say hi. I like putting a face to all those online / IRC nicknames. 🙂

EDIT: Just to be clear, registration isn’t actually open (yet), I’m merely stating my intent to go and was curious who else was planning on attending. 😉

EDIT #2: Registration is now open!

My Inbox

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If you’ve sent me an e-mail over the past… damn, probably a month and haven’t received a reply, then there’s no need to fret. I most likely received it, but between the holidays and work, I’m quite behind on everything but the work related e-mails. I’m going to try and set aside a few hours this weekend to see if I can make my inbox count get down to zero. It’s currently sitting at about 50 with another 50-100 that have been sitting in there long term. D’oh.