May 26th. Got a new blog template that I envision to be the be-all and end-all of blog design, but there will be a gradual phasing in of links and whatnot. I could have done all this offline and popped it in when perfected, but I already accidentally burned that bridge (long story) It will be quite cool when done, but of course that will exceed my attention span several times over, so bear with me.
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I noticed this at the bottom of one of those “My husband died in a plane crash” spams. Considered making it my email signature…
Be also notified that I will no longer be reading my emails or surfing the
internet as I have retired completely from the outside world to my ranch,
at this moment I have nothing to do with cars, emails and other luxuries
Kudos to Pam W. at handmadecatalog.com - I bought a light box for tracing art from her on ebay, but when it arrived the light bulb was broken- I emailed her about it and got this reply;
Hi John, I am sorry to hear the light box arrived with a broken bulb. It wasn’t broken when it was shipped as I inspected it personally, but that doesn’t help you much does it. I will send you a replacement light bulb in tomorrow’s mail.
How cool is that? it’s when things go wrong that business people show their stuff.
I was considering advertising in blogs via the “HA Blog Ads Humor Network” but it’s pay per time period rather than pay per click… I’m concerned that no one will even see our ads, due to the usual “ad blindness” people have plus the content is so darn riveting on some of these blogs.
Take, for instance, “Small Town Misfit” - it’s one of those “Police Blotter” blogs. A recent post was from around here, in Mukilteo, WA.;
Officers responded for a vehicle driving on the running track. The officers located the vehicle leaving the school. The officers saw no obvious damage to the track (but it was dark and covered in snow). The driver was cited for violating his intermediate license restrictions and his father came and picked him up.”
… (By the way, the snow we get around here is white like everyone else’s.) I see no problem with what the kid was doing. There are always joggers in the road, it only seems fair that people should be able to drive on the track.
From IUsedToBelieve.com
When I was younger I asked my mom why you had to go slow past a school and she told me it was in case a kid ran out in front of the car you would be able to stop quick enough to get out and spank them. I was VERY careful not get off the sidewalk when I was at school for a long time after that!
Kai
… I would tell my kids all sorts of crap like that. No wonder they are so cynical already.
I am getting one of those Chumby Internet appliances for my birthday, father’s day and part of Christmas, they shipped it but right now, I kid you not, UPS tracking has it at a place called “Chek Lap Kok” - so I did and discovered my fly was open… how long have I been walking around like that?
Anyway it sounds like the tweakers are making new applications for it (the chumby) all the time… I hardly ever get in early on anything because it’s better to wait for the shakedown and eventual price drop. My “1/2″ car had a tape player in it. (You know, “The average American father and mother have one whole car and half of another” - Jerry Reed)
Getting back to the Chumby… I guess I shouldn’t mind that they ship this (presumably) direct from the factory… But I sure hope they have a decent instruction/setup manual, instead of a scrap of paper saying “not to use in bathtub” or “DO NOT EAT”.
It’s amazing to an older guy like me, that anytime of the day or night, I can watch
Guys with binoculars strapped to their heads playing soccer in Japan.
