using the internet to waste time at work since 1999i’m jon. i live in south carolina with my wife, our young son, our roommate, and a chihuahua.i am a prepress specialist. i love doing the things that most designers hate.i am a musician. i play the clarinet, bass guitar, and half-assed drums.i am a car enthusiast, although i recently sold my sports car and my old clunker and bought a hybrid because i drive 410 miles every week going to and from work.Tumblr (3.0; @bigjon)http://bigjon.tumblr.com/<img src="http://5.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kuxo5lFVDs1qzauk4o1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>William Wednesday:</b> It’s time to ween him off of the pacifier. I’m not looking forward to that.</p>http://bigjon.tumblr.com/post/296934762http://bigjon.tumblr.com/post/296934762Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:00:00 -0500<img src="http://3.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kv24m0zxOO1qzauk4o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>OK guys, I’ll forgive you for the ridiculous-looking <a target="_blank" href="http://bigjon.tumblr.com/post/289067302">Cygnet</a>, because you’re still building things like this - the Aston Martin <a target="_blank" href="http://jalopnik.com/5431982/one+77-clocks-astonishing-220-mph-top-speed-vanquishes-record">One-77</a>.</p>http://bigjon.tumblr.com/post/296833268http://bigjon.tumblr.com/post/296833268Wed, 23 Dec 2009 09:29:00 -0500<img src="http://9.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kv2olcZOEB1qzauk4o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a target="_blank" href="http://jalopnik.com/5431298/automakers-design-santa-a-new-sleigh">Automakers Design Santa A New Sleigh</a></p>http://bigjon.tumblr.com/post/295588344http://bigjon.tumblr.com/post/295588344Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:19:59 -0500<img src="http://11.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kv15prZ79b1qzauk4o1_r1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>beard:</b> day 15</p>http://bigjon.tumblr.com/post/295551564http://bigjon.tumblr.com/post/295551564Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:51:19 -0500Look, I realize that we’re all here at the office, but it’s the week of Christmas. No...http://bigjon.tumblr.com/post/295246956http://bigjon.tumblr.com/post/295246956Tue, 22 Dec 2009 11:44:00 -0500<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://bigjon.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/295144125/tumblr_kv0ecmR2Os1qzauk4&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best"></embed><br/><br/><p><b>Weezer</b> | Christmas Celebration</p>http://bigjon.tumblr.com/post/295144125http://bigjon.tumblr.com/post/295144125Tue, 22 Dec 2009 10:15:15 -0500<img src="http://21.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kux9vfKshr1qzauk4o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>It’s time for the annual viewing of this abomination.</p>http://bigjon.tumblr.com/post/290849961http://bigjon.tumblr.com/post/290849961Sat, 19 Dec 2009 18:14:03 -0500<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/zJqDyrZfJpI&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/zJqDyrZfJpI&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Apparently, this is what there is to do for fun in Siberia.</p>http://bigjon.tumblr.com/post/289210234http://bigjon.tumblr.com/post/289210234Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:12:11 -0500you'll get the gist of this in the first 20 seconds.fuckyeahlost: you know what i just realized? roger linus is uncle rico! i.e… napoleon’s uncle. i...http://bigjon.tumblr.com/post/289165440http://bigjon.tumblr.com/post/289165440Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:23:31 -0500<img src="http://10.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kuuwfeZaLJ1qzauk4o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://bigjon.tumblr.com/post/289067302http://bigjon.tumblr.com/post/289067302Fri, 18 Dec 2009 11:36:35 -0500seriously WTF is that thing?<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://bigjon.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/288948788/tumblr_kuuozffXNA1qzauk4&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best"></embed><br/><br/><p><b>Hi-Standard</b> | Happy X-mas [war is over]</p>http://bigjon.tumblr.com/post/288948788http://bigjon.tumblr.com/post/288948788Fri, 18 Dec 2009 09:23:54 -0500epic japanese punk rock christmas music<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://bigjon.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/287547806/tumblr_kust2pkWzX1qzauk4&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best"></embed><br/><br/><p><b>Weezer</b> | The Christmas Song</p>http://bigjon.tumblr.com/post/287547806http://bigjon.tumblr.com/post/287547806Thu, 17 Dec 2009 09:44:15 -0500I’ve never been successful. It’s not that I’m unable to grow one. In fact, it...http://bigjon.tumblr.com/post/286422785http://bigjon.tumblr.com/post/286422785Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:52:08 -0500<img src="http://18.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kurga7GWG01qzauk4o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>William Wednesday:</b> With his mother, on a cold* day in Conway.</p> <p><i>*cold by SC standards, anyway</i></p>http://bigjon.tumblr.com/post/286418199http://bigjon.tumblr.com/post/286418199Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:46:55 -0500<img src="http://20.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kupjm4sOan1qzauk4o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>GPOYW</p>http://bigjon.tumblr.com/post/286106824http://bigjon.tumblr.com/post/286106824Wed, 16 Dec 2009 08:44:15 -0500<img src="http://11.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kupbx6nsqB1qzauk4o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a target="_blank" href="http://jalopnik.com/5417049/google-street-view-drives-lotus-test-track"><b>Drive the Lotus Test Track in Google Streetview!</b></a></p> <p>The Lotus folks were even cool enough to put some badass cars on track while they were driving around. Pictured here is the biofuel-powered Lotus Exige 265E Concept.</p> <p><i>[via </i><i><a target="_blank" href="http://jalopnik.com/5417049/google-street-view-drives-lotus-test-track">Jalopnik</a>]</i></p>http://bigjon.tumblr.com/post/284802116http://bigjon.tumblr.com/post/284802116Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:17:00 -0500google streetview<img src="http://6.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kuhvzg3sy01qzauk4o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>A denial-of-service attack in the 24th Century</b></p> <p>A topological anomaly is a type of invasive program, a paradoxical geometric form designed to overwhelm a computer’s processing functions by spawning an infinite number of interlocking anomalous solutions.</p> <p>In 2368, Lieutenant Commanders Data and Geordi La Forge designed such a program, designated topological anomaly 4747, as a weapon against the Borg. They planned to imprint the program onto the eyepiece of Third of Five, and from him it would be spread to the rest of the Borg Collective. The program was expected to cause “total system failure” amongst the Borg after several hundred computational cycles.</p> <p><i>Source: <a target="_blank" href="http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Topological_anomaly">Memory Alpha</a></i></p>http://bigjon.tumblr.com/post/279209444http://bigjon.tumblr.com/post/279209444Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:57:38 -0500<img src="http://6.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kuhzp72tJ51qz7o2oo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://samann.tumblr.com/post/279130761/folkinz-natalie-portman-will-star-in-and" target="_blank">samann</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://folkinz.tumblr.com/post/279119701/natalie-portman-will-star-in-and-produce-pride" target="_blank">folkinz</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118012601.html?categoryid=13&cs=1" target="_blank"><b>natalie portman will star in and produce “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies”</b></a></p> <p>i am so excited for this now.</p> </blockquote> </blockquote> <p>HELL YES, Mr. Darcy!</p>http://bigjon.tumblr.com/post/279137236http://bigjon.tumblr.com/post/279137236Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:30:32 -0500On Thursday nights, after community band rehearsal, several of the band members, along with my wife...http://bigjon.tumblr.com/post/279130863http://bigjon.tumblr.com/post/279130863Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:23:05 -0500food<img src="http://20.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kuhtzavlVD1qzauk4o1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://bigjon.tumblr.com/post/279009218http://bigjon.tumblr.com/post/279009218Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:06:46 -0500