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I downloaded a GPS mapping program for the iPhone called MotionX GPS. I tracked my commute from my house up North down to campus so I could compare it later on to the commute I’ll have at Mueller. Here are some stats from the commute:

Distance: 12.8 miles
Elapsed Time: 29:57.7
Avg Speed: 25.6 mph
Max Speed: 64.0 mph
Avg Pace: 02′ 21″ per mile
Min Altitude: 470 ft
Max Altitude: 728 ft

Start Time: 2009-04-07T12:34:40Z
Start Location:
Latitude: 30.432204º N
Longitude: 97.690687º W
End Time: 2009-04-07T13:04:37Z
End Location:
Latitude: 30.280581º N
Longitude: 97.736584º W

Yvonne and I had a pretty food filled 5 days in Toronto, Canada. Here’s a list of the places and food we ate for lunch and dinner during our trip.

5/18 Dinner – Best Friends Chinese Restaurant: lobster, emerald chicken, clams
5/19 Lunch – Asian Legends: Xiao Long Bao, Beef Noodle Soup, Seafood Noodle Soup
5/19 Dinner – Korean BBQ: all you can eat Galbi, Bulgolgi, pork, calamari
5/20 Lunch – Maison Du Japon: all you can eat sushi
5/20 Snack – Go for Tea: Almond Milk Tea, Red Bean Bing
5/20 Dinner – Air Canada Centre: Poutine
5/21 Lunch – Dim Sum
5/21 Dinner – Emperor: Chinese Banquet
5/22 Breakfast – Dan Tat, Cocktail Bun, Pineapple Bun, Milk Tea

We made it into Toronto in style. I already thought it was great that we had a direct flight from Austin, but apparently Air Canada has a sweet in flight setup for each seat. Not only do you get a 10″ personal touchscreen TV but also a USB charging port for your phone! After the flight was at cruising altitude, we were also able to choose from a bunch of Movies or TV shows to watch on demand. We chose to watch Quantum of Solace. Overall, one of the better flying experiences I’ve had.

I was messing around in Google SketchUp and decided to layout what my new room might look like. I don’t have the exact dimensions but I did some guestimations based on pictures I took of the room. I think I will finally move to a full sized bed after sleeping on a twin sized my whole life.

Trip was a great success. Got some good boarding in. A huge storm system dumped a bunch of powder onto Tahoe the whole weekend so we go some really nice runs in. Some trails were almost untouched when we went through them. No serious injuries to report either. I’m just really sore from top to bottom.

Tonight we decided to hit up Reno which was about and hour away. We had a nice steak dinner at the Harrah’s Steak House. After that, we played some blackjack and everyone ended up. Now, time to get some rest and catch our flight out from SFO.

After our flight lands in SFO, we’re planning on driving straight into Tahoe. The problem is that it’s been dumping snow on I-80.

[IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA & THE SIERRA NEVADA]

CHAINS ARE REQUIRED ON ALL VEHICLES EXCEPT 4-WHEEL-DRIVE VEHICLES WITH SNOW TIRES ON ALL 4 WHEELS FROM 1 MI EAST OF BAXTER (PLACER CO) TO TRUCKEE

Hopefully we’ll be able to make it into Tahoe with no problems.

Yvonne and I went for an early Valentines dinner to Aquarelle last night. Overall, the food was really good, although, nothing life changing. I had the Mussels, Chilean Sea Bass, and coffee Creme Brulee. Out of the three, I enjoyed the Mussels the most. I also had no shame whipping out my $25 gift certificate that I bought on restaurant.com for $2.

People have gotten used to the idea of tagging photos with keywords in order to easily search for them. But most people don’t know that you can actually add keywords to videos with iMovie 08 and 09. I’ve been doing it for a while and it’s actually a very cool feature. In the past, I’ve put up statistics on how many photos I have or a person. I thought it’d be interesting to do the same thing except with how many minutes of video I have. It’s all calculated in iMovie09 after you keyword your videos.

1. Isaiah Atkins – 23:57
2. Enoch Lai – 14:51
3. Peter Tam – 5:48
4. Kev Chen – 4:36
5. Harmon Li – 3:36
6. Gideon Tsang – 3:34
7. Sam Lee 3:19

Apparently I have a lot of footage of Vox staff due to Ping Pong videos.