Sassy’s Setup

  • 8.5″ Toy Machine “Fist” team board w/good extra nubby grip
  • 149mm Independent Stage 9 with 1/8″ riser
  • Indy medium orange replacement bushings
  • Independent 11.8” hardware
  • Bones Swiss Bearings
  • 58mm Bones SPF or 58mm Powell Bowlriders

First thing I do when I get a new set of Indy’s is replace the lower stock bushing with the Indy replacement bushings. The replacement bushings turn better and aren’t ‘squishy’ or ‘creaky’ like the stock ones. Also it’s a good idea to replace the kingpins, but I don’t always do that. I ride my trucks as loose as possible with the kingpin nut just flush to the top of the bolt.

I used to go cheap on the bearings until I finally splurged and went for the Bones Swiss. They are worth the money and are fast as lighting. I also used to be a Spitfire Wheels devotee but the Bones SPF (Skatepark Formula) are the greatest wheels ever. They will never flat-spot, never turn yellow, and are extremely hard and fast with amazing slide control.

It’s really tough to find the bigger boards that aren’t old school shapes. For the most part you have to go online to get them as most shops only carry gear aimed towards the kiddie market. Black Label, Anti-Hero, Consolidated, Toy Machine, and a host of smaller companies now offer 8.5 and larger boards with regular shapes but you may have to beg your local shop to carry them.

Retarded Job Post of the Day

Requirements:

• 3-5 years experience with Enterprise Service Bus products, (SAP, TIBCO, Oracle Fusion, BEA, WebMethods, etc.), SOA principles and SOA derived workflow tools, BPEL, Business Activity Monitoring (BAM), etc.
• 3-5 years experience in OO design and development in a variety of areas: J2EE, EJB, JSP, JSF, Struts, Servlets, Java Transaction API (JTA), JDBC, SOAP, WSDL, XML, XSL/XSLT, Web Services, WS-* standards, and Java Business Integration (JBI).
• Experience with the SAP Java development environment, Netweaver Developer Studio (NWDS) and Netweaver Development Infrastructure (NWDI) strongly desired.
• Experience with C#, AJAX, ASP.NET, SharePoint development, Visual Studio.NET is highly desirable, as well as C++, CORBA and Win32 and POSIX development.
• Experience in SAP basis, and knowledge of SAP Web Application Server.
• Knowledge of both the ABAP and Java stacks of the SAP Web Application Server (SAP WAS). Familiarity with SAP Enterprise Services Architecture is a plus
• Knowledge of procedural SQL (PL/SQL, T-SQL), database loading (DTS, SQL*Loader) and ETL systems a plus.
• Experience with DataWarehouse design, development, optimization & tuning

So basically they want a senior Java Developer who also knows C#, Web Development, Win32, DataWarehousing, ERP, SOA. Just looking for your everyday systems programmer/Unix/Windows/Enterprise IT/Web Developer/DBA/ERP guy.

Introducing… the Taco Kitty

Taco Kitty Many years ago, I found myself at a Taco Bell in Commack with Felix Tibs, Dan Cregan, and some other yutz. It was late, windy, and cold. As we made our order of bean burrites and assorted sundries, we noticed a small cat patrolling the T-Bell parking lot. This cat, who had come to live and prowl this Commack Taco Bell, became forever known as Taco Kitties.Fast forward several years, and I present to you …. Taco Kitties.

Party Peoples

Party Peoples, originally uploaded by Sassberto.

Photo from my wife’s 30th birthday party at Stingaree, Downtown San Diego, January 2007.