151: Four things

Resistance rods on a Bowflex exercise machine. From left to right the bars are rated at 10, 10, 30 and 50 pounds of resistance, you can hook them in any combination of up to five bars (the 5-pound bar isn't pictured).

If you see each bar as a binary, and hooked means 1, that's 31 (binary 11111) possible positions per side. You could get fancy and allow for asymmetric values, so the maximum would be 11111 11111, or 1023.

150: Tool

This is my 19-year old Leatherman, I bought it in a PX in Germany sometime in 1994. It is still basically intact except for a broken blade time. Even the leather belt case for it looks brand new.

149: Kiss

148: What am I doing right now?

147: Can't live without ... Nescafé Clásico

146: Fave thing to do on Sunday

145: Us

144: GO

143: PJs

142: Change

16 pounds lighter, and a fresh haircut.

141:I care about this ...

kid (PJ) that thinks that the world revolves around him.

140: Light

LED on Logitech speakers volume control

139: My favorite view

The view outside of my home office

138: Want (but can't have)

137: Season

"Time to get my ass in shape" season.

136: Mailbox

135: 7 O'clock

134: Need

Salt @150X, Celestron USB Microscope

133: Sunset

This is a simulation of all of the stuff (except maybe the moon) that I can't see right now due to light pollution and being stuck in the middle of suburbia. In theory sunset for my location is 8:03 PM, but the only way anyone can see the sun from here at that time is from one of the tall buildings half a mile away.

BTW, the simulation is open source and runs on Linux, Windows and Mac: http://stellarium.org/

132: Mother

131: A Smile

130: Stars

... and bars

This is the Enola Gay, the USAAF B-29 that dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima. It is on display at the National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, near the Washington Dulles International Airport. The plane is named after Enola Gay Tibbets, the mother of the pilot, Colonel Paul Tibbets.

129: Snack

The previous version of this bar was basically a Snickers bar clone. This version is 10 calories lighter and is almost an inch shorter. Bastards.

128: shape

This is actually a key. It's projected onto a wall, backlit by six LEDs from my USB microscope diffused through a looking glass.

127: Something beginning with "F"

126: Broken

Fell on my hands and knees while on a walk with Ivette this morning. Broke the skin on my right hand, tiny tiny cut that stung like hell. My pride, on the other hand, is pretty bruised.

The reason for the fall? The shoes. The sole on my Skecher shape ups has basically zero lateral stability. To add insult to injury, my brand new walking shoes (New Balance) got delivered today, they were waiting at our doorstep when we came back from the walk.

125: Paper

Bounty paper towel @ ~10x

124: In my cup ...

Lipton Diet Iced Tea, Lemon

123: this is really good!

Valley Fresh Steamers Broccoli, Carrots, Cauliflower & Cheese Sauce. 45 calories per serving.

http://caloriecount.about.com/calories-green-giant-valley-fresh-steamers-i255142

122: Morning Ritual

121: I bought this!

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Yup, as always.