What I Learned This Week - 5/17/13

1.  Bono’s (front man of the band U2) real name is Paul David Hewson.  I always expected his name to be Gary. His nickname was shortened from the original, “Bonavox” which means “good voice” in Latin.
2. I am always disappointed that before and/or after any workout I still cannot perform the Bruce Lee-clenching-fist-knuckle-crack. 
3. After uploading several GPS files of cycling training routes and comparing them to others - I now understand the phenomena of Strava and the term “Stravasshole”. I’m not good enough locally to be the latter – apparently, some would disagree.
4. I am now the stinky guy at the gym.  The guy who oversees the gym pulled me off the treadmill and made me change my workout shirt because I was offending too many members. Some would be mortified - I wear it as a badge of honor and find it hilarious.
5. When in traffic I judge people's intelligence by the amount of brakelights out in relationship to the expense of the vehicle they are in. The lower the cost of the car, the more I'm apt to think it's just car character. When a brake light on a Porsche Cayenne is out, I'm apt to believe the driver is also believes they are out of blinker fluid.
6. There is a Pokémon ballet, and it was performed at the Creighton Lied Arts Center. Did I miss the Bugs Bunny and Jabber jaw versions?
7. Mud runs that advertise how hard they are – lie - especially the parts about jumping through walls of fire. 
8. “Bieber!”, is an effective war cry for rallying mud-logged parents.
9. Even though I spent much of my youth at the beach, I had forgotten all the obscure places mud and sand can hide in one’s body…and how long it takes to find it all.
10. I am going to miss the weekly video experiments of Commander Hadfield.
11. Computing power roughly doubles every 18 months. At that rate, computers will be as powerful as the human brain in 2025. In 2026, SkyNet will take over the world and Terminators will try extinguishing mankind. Be prepared. 
12. Childhood is a lot like being drunk - everyone remembers what you did except you.
13. In my head, I’ve named my wife’s phone, “Waldo”. I could probably do the same with her car keys and purse.
14. Angry Birds is going to be made into a movie....no really.
15. No less than four times this year I've found the perfect app for some critical thing I do, only to have it purchased by a major company and discontinued.  This sends me into all kinds of fits of nerd rage.
16. A Texas company has developed an electronic optics integrated rifle that basically eliminates any errors in shooting accuracy – it’s a “smart gun”. You pull the trigger but the gun decides when to shoot. It fires only when the weapon has been pointed in exactly the right place, taking into account dozens of variables, including wind, shake and distance to the target. The rifle has a built-in laser range finder, a ballistics computer and a Wi-Fi transmitter to stream live video and audio to a nearby iPad. Every shot is recorded so it can be replayed, or posted to YouTube or Facebook….I wish it would post a tweet, “Bang”.
17. Getting e-mail responses to snarky meeting notes from co-workers that read, “Ok. I lol’d”, make my day.
18. I don't understand the new fad of adding large, long eye-lashes to the headlights of a Mini Cooper.