Busy as heck today and tomorrow. Linkage will be sparse, despite my massive amount of flagged links in my folders. On another note, since my trades bailed, I’m still looking to trade a GameBoy Advance SP for a PDA, 512 meg DDR SO-DIMM, or a Radeon or better All-In-Wonder. E-mail me.
Month: July 2004
Bend Blogger Meetup
I won’t be there, but the Bend/Central Oregon bloggers are getting together tonight (Wednesday, July 21) at six o’clock at the Bend Brewing Company. Jon will be there, and I know a few more of us will be, too. If you want to keep up on Central Oregon Bloggers, I do have a mailing list so feel free to sign up.
Such an Evil Thought
I ranted earlier about my obnoxious neighbors (which, by the way, I haven’t done a damn thing about). Somebody e-mailed me a something they did that, while it didn’t solve the problem, made them feel better:
Just a little something I did when I had bad neighbors before.
You work in IT, and so do I. I used to get these packs of 3×5 prepaid mailers for information from tons of companies. You, or other folks where you work might get the same. Get some Avery 5160 labels and make a label with your neighbor’s name/address/phone pre printed. Sit down with several hundred of these cards and affix the labels.
Drop in mail.
Fun ensues, full mailboxes, tons of telemarketing calls for stuff they have never heard of before.
Best of all, not traceable to you, and you can have the fun of seeing their mailbox crammed full of 200 items a day so that they have to sort to find their legitimate bills.
I have seen those things, and they’re included in every issue of Wired. While that’s probably not the ideal solution to my problem, it’d still something to at least save in that “If Somebody Ever Pisses Me Off…” folder.
Stupid Flash Fun
Swat the Bugs. Thanks Yoleen for the link.
The Hulk’s Blog
This blog is probably far more entertaining than the movie. One post:
HULK HEARD BEST JOKE EVER.
Hulk will tell it to you.
WHAT DID PUNY HUMAN FARMER SAY WHEN HE WENT TO HIS BARN AND HIS PLOW WAS MISSING?
“WHERE IS MY PUNY HUMAN PLOW?????”
HA HA HA HA. Hulk had a little accident when Hulk heard that because Hulk laughed so hard.
And another entry:
Man, Hulk was going to smash some stuff but someone offered Hulk HOSTESS PIES and now Hulk is not wanting to smash some stuff.
Hulk thinks HOSTESS PIES should be given to villians who want to smash.
Thanks Craig for the link!
The Way It Should Be
Eight soldiers flying home from Iraq for two weeks of R&R flew in style instead of coach after first-class passengers offered to swap seats with them. Full Story.
Sorry About The Downtime
I needed to rebuild Apache to fix a security hole, and I had to rebuild it twice because I forgot curl in the build the first time around. All things should be working again now.
Sad But True
When you’re floating the Deschutes River through Bend, don’t do it on air mattresses or you’ll be lucky to live.
Nude Man Caught Covered in Nacho cheese
I’ll just let this speak for itself:
A Maryville man spent his 23rd birthday in custody after police said they found him early Sunday running nude from the John Sevier pool snack bar with a box of stolen snacks.
Authorities said the man had apparently scaled an 8-foot tall fence while naked and covered in nacho cheese and was seen running toward a Jeep in which officers found clothing and an open bottle of vodka.
According to Maryville police, Michael P. Monn, born July 18, 1981, of McCall Road, Maryville, was arrested by officer Scott Spicer at 5 a.m. Sunday in the parking lot of the pool at John Sevier School, Sequoyah Avenue. Monn was charged with burglary, theft of property less than $500, vandalism less than $500 and public intoxication. He was also cited with indecent exposure. Monn was held at the Blount County Jail in lieu of $9,300 bond pending a 9 a.m. Aug. 3 General Sessions Court hearing.
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Authorities reported someone also defecated in a garbage can, threw nacho cheese on the exterior wall of the snack bar and scattered chips on the ground outside the facility. About $40 in chips and $7 in nacho cheese were stolen from the snack bar, police said.
Oh my…
Thanks, But I’ll Pass
Russian scientists claim they can turn wasted cows blood into milk, yogurt, chocolate and coffee. Yummy — a full breakfast made from blood. Full Story.