Blog archives

A collection of all the nonsense I've posted to the internet over the past 25 years of my blog life

  • New Laptop posted - 5 comments

    Last night on ebay i won an auction for the dopest laptop ever. Seriously, when it came out, it was $3,750, and I got it for $70.44, including shipping. Here are the specs: PowerBook Duo 280c Codename: Yeager CPU: Motorola MC68LC040 CPU Speed: 33 MHz Bus Speed: 33 MHz Data Path: 32 bit ROM: 1 MB RAM Type: unique Minimum RAM Speed: 70 ns Onboard RAM: 4 MB RAM Slots: 1 Maximum RAM: 40 MB Level 1 Cache: 8 kB Screen: 8.4" active matrix Maximum Resolution: 8 bit 640x480/16 bit 640x400 Slots: modem, Dock (152-pin PDS) Hard Disk: 240 MB Serial: 1 Audio Out: mono 8 bit Audio In: mono 8 bit Speaker(s): mono Microphone: mono Gestalt ID: 103 Power: 25 Watts Weight: 4.8 lbs. Dimensions: 1.5" H x 10.9" W x 8.5" D Minimum OS: 7.1.1 Maximum OS: 8.1 Introduced: April 1994 Terminated: January 1996 read more

  • Cellphone plan 586 posted - 3 comments

    Ok, cell phone decisions are some of the hardest and most stressful decisions that i have to make. I really want to be able to be able to have the best possible communication options that I can get. First I was going to get that Danger Sidekick, which is still dope, but there are things about it that i don't like. New Plan: 2 devices, bluetooth, and wifi 1. Upgrade my Clie to the UX50, which has wifi and bluetooth 2... read more

  • Valentine's Day, Soft Focus, Heiruspecs, etc posted - 8 comments

    So this weekend marked the day that every girl in the world looks forward to, my Grandma's Birthday... also known as Valentine's day. Kari and I spent the day in town, I bought a $300 toolbox, ha. Kari also bought me a diagonal striped shirt from express for men, haha, I am metro now. Later, we went to Hy-Vee and picked out a bunch of stuff to make dinner at my APT... read more

  • Pioneer Glacier posted - 10 comments

    Yo check out the glacier we have sliding off the roof of the Shull building, it's been sliding for about a week now. Outside - Inside read more

  • T-Mobile Sidekick posted - 5 comments

    Harper always does this to me and I hate it. Step 1: Harper keeps up on new technology big time (which is one advantage to having him as a friend Step 2: Harper buys the new technology Step 3: Harper shows it off to me Step 4: I get jealous Step 5: I read about the technology Step 6: I learn that Harper is right and I want whatever it is that he bought Step 7: I usually buy the product This is cycle really stupid and usually expensive for me... but anyway, Harper was IMing me from someone's car today via his Sidekick, which is step 3 from the cycle mentioned above. So I've already gotten over the Jealousy and read about the sidekick at danger.com. It's got a full qwerty keyboard, AIM, unlimited email via the built in IMAP/Pop client, SSH, and it is not much bigger than my i95cl... read more

  • Internet and AIM posted

    Instant Messaging is one of the greatest inventions ever, it opens a whole new world of friends... literally. I recently got invited to Orkut.com, which is super dorky, but also super fun and addicting. The internet has also helped me meet several other people from around the world... example 1, Mart (a fellow soaper/skater): Derek R Brooks: you are a douche RG7420MC: You are an American Derek R Brooks: haha RG7420MC: Round one goes to Mart RG7420MC: Cheers Derek R Brooks:: you probably know more about the politics of my country than i do RG7420MC: Ahahaha read more

  • ebay'd!!! posted - 2 comments

    I totally got ebay'd. About a week and a half ago there was a black Juggalo baseball jersey on ebay (one that i've wanted for like 4 years), so I bid $61 on it. I knew that I wouldn't win because they normally go for over $100, but whatever, I bid anyway. As expected, I lost the auction, but only by a dollar, so I was sorta mad. So Anyway, while I was leaving for Denver, I got an email from ebay because the top bidder didn't pay, giving me 2 days to buy the jersey for only $61... read more

  • Denver posted - 7 comments

    Tuesday after work, Kari and I drove to Denver to visit her brother and go snowboarding. The original plans were for her and I to go snowboarding thursday at Winterpark Mountain, but she hurt her knee walking, so her brother and I went instead. We took a lesson in the morning because it was my first time on a mountain (aside from iowa), and it was Victor's first time ever. Toward the end of the lesson, Vic hit his head and wanted to take a break... I ended up snowboarding the rest of the day by myself... read more

  • Truespin Media posted - 2 comments

    Nick Leeper and I have been working on a new web design/digital media company called: Truespin Media. We already have our first project going and today we launched the site. Our focus is the for the Des Moines, Iowa area , but hopefully we will be building sites all around the country. Check it out: www.truespin-media.com read more

  • Well, Hello Shirley posted - 2 comments

    "Ah, come on farva, man! Same team! Same team! What's Thorny gonna say, Rook?!"-Super Troopers Ever since I moved to Des Moines, almost every time I drive to Mount Vernon on a Friday, I am behind a cop. And almost every time it's a cop out of its jurisdiction... read more

  • Sad Sad Sad day. posted - 7 comments

    I just lost the last 6 months of my life documentation that makes up derek.broox.com. if any of you have any of my articles saved/cached for any reason at all, please email them to me at [email protected]. i am really a complete retard. kick me as hard as you can the next time you see me. either in the face, or square in the balls... read more

  • Site Updates: Weird posted - 2 comments

    I finally got the audio and video sections up on the site. Each has 1 file. The audio section has a song by my buddy's band (Van Johnson), and the video section just has the tech deck video. Be sure to check out the Van Johnson song.Hopefully everyone doesn't hate me or my views on updating my website this time. read more

  • Ascii Stereogram posted - 13 comments

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  • Holy Caucus posted - 13 comments

    Man, there are so many crazy political people in this country. I seriously can't believe how many people get so stressed about politics. The caucus was yesterday, so Des Moines swelled with thousands of die hard political people. I met one group that drove from Texas just to get their stupid heads counted... and then they'll drive back home... read more

  • Tech Deck Dorks posted - 8 comments

    Zach and I just put together this insanely dope Tech Deck edit. Some of the tricks we busted include: 50-50, kickflip, 5-0, 360 quadruple kickflip, 50-50 Impossible, 8 stair 5-0, rail transfers, 5-0 to bluntside, etc. There is also a guest apperance by the crocodile hunter, wrestling a live croc! Click here for the videoWarning: Graphic injury near the end of the video. read more

  • Laser Radar, I hate you posted - 1 comment

    This morning started off awesome when I was getting on the interstate from University to go to work. There were 2 semis and quite a few other cars about 6 feet apart and no one seemed to notice my turn signal (which made it impossible to merge). Naturally, ultra road rage kicked in. At this point I glanced forward and saw that the light was green at the end of the ramp to get back off of the interstate, so I floored it down the ramp and came back up onto the interstate from Hickman.At this time, I just felt like catching up to everyone that wouldn't let me in so I could cut each and every one of them off, haha, I am a loser. So I'm doing 85-90 weaving through the 3 lanes of traffic that make up Interstate 80/35 in Urbandale... read more

  • Apparently I own some dead... posted - 4 comments

    Last night Nathan and I went to Mickey's Irish Pub and played pool with some cool people that we met. At this place, they had some Irish quote painted on the top of a wall... Check it out. It's annoying enough if you mix up "your" and "you're" when chatting on AIM or something, but when you're going to paint it on a wall... seriously, come on... read more

  • House, money, skating, business, success, happiness posted - 10 comments

    Man... Due to this lame cold weather I've been getting really bored which has caused me to do a ton of thinking lately (and way too many updates on this site). Watching Jason move into a 4 bedroom brick house in a nice neighborhood is really starting to take a toll on me. I have no freedom in this apartment. The lame brass door handles, and dining room light are really bothering me... read more

  • Jason's Basement: Inspired by my desk posted - 4 comments

    Jason Reiter (a college buddy of mine that I haven't seen in like 4 years) just moved to West Des Moines and bought a really nice house with his fiance. I'm pretty geeked about it. I'll have someone to hang out with, snowboard with, and maybe get him into a few more extreme sports (i.e. skateboarding)He has an unfinished basement, so I'm gonna try to talk him into letting me build a mini ramp in it. I've spent the past couple hours working on plans for one... read more

  • Techdeck desk park: out of control posted - 3 comments

    Jan 5, 2004 1:47 PM Seriously, this is getting out of hand. I had to move so many things around on my desk to get my tech deck stuff to fit in here... Check out my ramps and rails. I am so lame.I need to fill them with spray foam and attach them to my desk. Everything is hollow, so it's sooo loud... read more