Here is a vid I threw together in Windows Movie Maker up on Tinypic… NO NOT Youtube! They didn’t like my music (something about copyrights)

Original Video – More videos at TinyPic

We caught, smallmouth, largemouth, pickerel, yellow perch, and a few other assorted panfish I was not familiar with.  Only kept 4 fish (3 small and one largemouth) and cooked them up on the grill for dinner.

I can’t explain how beautiful it is up there, the weather in August is in the high 70s during the day and the high 50s at night. No humidity, no rain, just plain gorgeous weather (and scenery).

We visited Moosehead state park one day and spent an entire day at Acadia National park another.  Acadia has got to be one of the most beautiful places on earth, the rocky cliffs meeting the North Atlantic ocean with tidal pools absolutely teaming with marine life.  Katy and I found huge starfish, clams, sea cucumbers and crabs everywhere we looked.

The town of Bar Harbor is a nice little vacation spot, not too crowded and NOT commercialized like the beach areas around here (Ocean City, Outer Banks).  Everyone in Maine is polite and courteous.  The one issue I found with them is that they all love the Redsox (boo!).

Here are a few pics.

The lake at sunset:

In the morning:

Acadia National Park:

]]> http://theglog.org/2009/09/01/maine-fishing-lobstah-and-a-beautifull-national-park-acadia/feed 0 http://theglog.org/2009/07/08/100-done-i-mean-it-this-time http://theglog.org/2009/07/08/100-done-i-mean-it-this-time#comments Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:10:01 +0000 greg http://theglog.org/?p=268 No realy, I’m just adding more pics.  This time with all my stuff back in the garage.  A place for everything and everything in it’s place.

Semigloss “Touch of evening” paint on the  drywall walls, high gloss “Touch of evening” on the concrete walls, “Midnight” Epoxy floor paint on the floor (duh). Flat white on the ceiling.

All in all it came out quite well, I still have a bit of organizing and might put up some new shelves but I think it came out great!  Painting the floor is a long and tiring process of moving everything out, sweeping, cleaning, preparing with acid etching fluid, and painting then waiting almost 2 full days before moving anything back into the garage.

Quickrete Garage Floor paint was my choice, and that stuff is SPENSIVE!  ($70 a gallon). But it sure does add that finishing touch!

So, I decided to finish my garage out after receiving word from my folks that they were getting new furniture and didn’t want to throw away the existing stuff they had.  So I figured I’d finish the garage out before putting it in there.

My garage (and basement) are different from most.  My walls are poured concrete up to about the 4 foot mark. Then its stud walls up to the ceiling.  The ceiling was already rough drywalled so I only have to paint that part.   On the walls I hung 3/8 in. plywood instead of drywall for it’s durability and the fact that I can screw directly into it without having to find a stud.  Then I painted all the wood with a semigloss white paint.

I had planned on using an acrylic based concrete sealant on the lower part of the wall but after testing it out on a small area I realized the finish would end up being too flat for my liking so I will be returning the can and getting something water based with more of a semigloss or gloss finish to it.

I had a bunch of old furniture in the garage that I figured I could use parts of for shelving.  So I went to work on our old entertainment center, and my daughter’s old headboard with my trusty circular saw and what you see below are some of the finished shelves mounted to the newly painted plywood walls.

More to come!

Be sure to check out http://qik.com/theglog. It’s a new app I installed that let’s me stream LIVE video + sound directly from my iPhone!!!

The best features of this update have got to be landscape keyboard  for email/sms/web/notes.  And cut/copy + paste.  Which just about all the Iphone/Ipod touch users have been BEGGING for since the release.

Now I stood in line for 3hrs on release day back in 2006 to get my 1st gen Iphone (for $600.00) and upgraded to the 3G model about a month ago (for $199.00).  Now Apple goes and releases the Iphone 3G “s” (for speed) and lowers the price of the 3G to $99.00 (yeah eff you too Apple).  I managed to sell my original Iphone to a friend for $100.00 so I guess (including the $100.00 gift card from Apple) have spent about $600.00 total on my 2 phones.  So NO, I will not be buying a 3Gs untill either my 3G dies or gets stolen.  Apps load just fine for me on my 3G.

Now if Apple could only figure out how to get REAL FLASH SUPPORT on the Iphone I would be happy. Cmon guys, its been 3 years, I’m sure you and Adobe can figure out something already.

Well I’m off to install my new software, note to other Iphone users, make sure you create a backup of your existing Iphone before updating any software.  I guess I will be Jailbreaking it again! Head on over to www.quickpwn.com for all the jailbreaking goodness you can handle.

For a direct download of the 3.0 software check out Sizlopedia here: http://www.sizlopedia.com/2009/06/17/iphone-30-firmware-download/

So here is a breif rundown of all the changes to the bike this season:

Koso Digital Gauge package (awesomme)

RK Chain/Vortex Sprocket set (gold is the bling)

Galfer Stainless Steel Brakelines front and rear

EBC Front Brake Pads

Refinished Brake Calipers

Wave Cut Front Rotors

Samco Silicone Hose Kit

LED Integrated Taillight

Carbon Fiber Exhaust Mount

On a completely different topic, being that time of year, I got back into team sports.  Last weekend was the season opening Softball Tournament and this past week was my first Volleyball game of the season at work so things are definitely in the up-swing.  The only problem is we have had rain every day for the last 2-3 weeks or so.  Yes…the grass in my yard is like a foot tall and will soon be qualified as a miniature rainforest.

Check out the pics of the CBR in the gallery: 

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So far I’ve:  Changed the Sparkplugs and Oil/Filter.

Added a new gauge cluster. 

Installed a new set of sprockets and a new gold chain.

Hopefully I get some nice weather here pretty soon… I’m seriously jonesing for a ride!!!

Pics for the curious: