http://robotictom.com Thoughts of a retail-obsessed, reality tv watching, web geek from New Jersey Wed, 05 Nov 2008 14:49:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Shortly after 11:00PM eastern last night, when Barack Obama was declared to have won the Presidential election, I went around the web and took screen grabs of some of the major news sites. I wanted to see the headline, over and over again, and I wanted to remember this ... http://robotictom.com/2008/11/05/what-the-web-looked-like-right-after-obama-was-declared-president-elect/ Happy Election Day, everyone. I voted this morning and got my free coffee at Starbucks. Here's my electorial college prediction: 364 Obama, 174 McCain: http://robotictom.com/2008/11/04/election-day/ With the recent price cuts on the XBOX 360, I decided to take the plunge and last night I picked up a console. My initial thoughts are positive: setup was very easy, the graphics look great, and I was online and playing Call of Duty 4 within minutes. ... http://robotictom.com/2008/09/24/i-am-now-an-xbox-360-owner/ As long as I can remember, I've always been fascinated by the science behind tropical cyclones. My first memory of a hurricane was Gloria in 1985 when my family and I were evacuated to a shelter due to flooding concerns here in New Jersey. After that, I found ... http://robotictom.com/2008/08/31/how-im-monitoring-hurricane-gustav-from-new-jersey/ I pulled up to my local Bank of America location, last night, to use the ATM. Parking lot is empty and it is dark. Being the semi-street wise person I am, I like to take note of my surroundings whenever I'm in a poorly lit place and about ... http://robotictom.com/2008/08/13/this-scared-the-hell-out-of-me/ The New York Jets have aquired Brett Favre. This is so unreal. I have always been a huge fan of Chad Pennington and was very excited about Kellen Clemens, but to have a hall of fame quarterback on the team is an opportunity every fan has to be ... http://robotictom.com/2008/08/07/new-york-jets-aquire-brett-favre/ Just got the new wordpress app for the iPod. Very excited to play with it. This is the app I have been most looking forward to. So far, this has a nice, clean interface and is easy to use. Writing on the iPod or iPhone may be a ... http://robotictom.com/2008/07/22/first-post-from-ipod/ Office Morning, originally uploaded by tom sullivan. I love the early mornings in the office. The sun reflects off the buildings across the street and the light starts to pour through these huge windows at the front of our office. http://robotictom.com/2008/07/18/office-morning/ After the day of delays, I was finally able to download the 2.0 firmware for my iPod touch last night. One thing I noticed, today, is that the passcode lock on my iPod was reset. I'd like to remind everyone that this is a very important feature and ... http://robotictom.com/2008/07/12/iphoneipod-touch-owners-dont-forget-your-passcode-lock/ Jon set up the camera and made a cool time lapse video of one of our foosball matches this week. I lost. Foosball Timelapse from JP Sykes on Vimeo. http://robotictom.com/2008/07/10/foosball-timelapse/