Derek Alfonso's Tech, Science, and Politics Blog

My name is Derek Alfonso, I am a Data Architect by day, the host of a popular radio show called The Power of Information on the America First Radio Network, and I'm an audio engineer and an accomplished producer of music videos and feature films, including Assistant Director, Composer, Steadicam Operation, Editing and Special Effects credits. Enjoy some of my Tech Tips that hopefully empower you to get the most from the technology you live and work with everyday.

Friday, December 30, 2005

New Years Eve LIVE!

All of the fun, fashion, verve, and vigor is to be streamed straight to your computer in all its high-bandwidth glory brought to you by MSN with more extensive coverage than has ever been seen before of the New York New Year's Celebration. Watch it starting at 7 PM ET!

Thursday, December 08, 2005

Lazyboy Lyrics Provide Some Insight

  • Did you know, that 1 out of 4 Americans has appeared on tv?
  • Did you know, 61% of all hits on the internet are on sex-sites?
  • Everyday 21 newborn babies will be given to the wrong parents
  • The average person swallows 8 spiders in a year
  • Cannabis is the most widely abused drug in the world
  • The average person laughs 13 times a day
  • Elvis was originally blond
  • The average age of first intercourse is 15.3 years old
  • The average erect penis is 5'2" long - and 4'2" circumcised
  • Eskimoes use refrigerators to keep food from freezing
  • 41% of all people take people with curly hair less seriously
  • 20% of all females have had at least 1 homosexsual experience
  • Did you know, that there is no such thing as an anti-wrinkle-creme?
  • 22% of the time, a pizza will arrive faster that an ambulance in Great Britian
  • 96% of all women have at one time in their life faked an orgasm
  • 3 people die every year, testing if a 9 volt battery works on their tongue
  • The 'Guiness Book Of Records' holds the record for being the most stolen book in the public libraries
  • Butterflies taste with their feet
  • 5% of the population is gay
  • The worlds best known word is 'okay', the second most well-known word is 'Coca-Cola'
  • The giraffe can clean its ears with its tongue
  • Charles Chaplin once won 3rd prize in a 'Charles Chaplin look-a-like contest'
  • In 1995 a Japanese trawler sank because a Russian cargo plane dropped a living cow from 30,000 feet
  • Only one book has been printed in more copies than the Bible - the IKEA-catalogue
  • 1 cigarette takes away five minutes of a person's life
  • In 1950 we were 3 billion people on the earth - today we are 6 billion people
  • 'Donald Duck' was banned in Finland, because he doesn't wear pants
  • 74% of all nudist-females are nudists, because their husbands are nudists
  • More people die from a champagne cork popping, than from poison spiders
  • 21% of all traffic accidents happen because the driver falls asleep
  • Did you know that originally a danish guy invented the burglar alarm? - unfortunately it got stolen

Sunday, December 04, 2005

XMas Lighting Guru

It's been a while since I've posted, but this is awesome. Here, near Houston, TX is a neighborhood called Pecan Grove that is serious about celebrating Christmas with lights. If you're from the area, you know exactly what I am talking about. Each year news crews and hundreds of cars line the streets of this somewhat confusing neighborhood of neighbors trying to outdo one another. Every year there's this one guy that out does everyone, well this year, a new neighbor that happens to work for what used to be SFX Entertainment and is now Clear Channel Entertainment as an Intelligent Lighting programmer has brought music to the mix.

Thanks to PutFile.com for hosting the video :)