If you can make it down to San Francisco in the next couple days, you can see the infamous Virgin Mary Grilled Cheese at the Ripley’s Believe It or Not Museum at Fisherman’s Wharf. Just watch out for the bodyguards that brought it there. Full Story.
Month: February 2005
Google Ads Experiment
I’m going to be experimenting over the weekend with placing Google ads in various places around the site, to see if any of them perform better (I only run them on the bottom of the page, currently). Why? Because I’d really like to get this site (and the other sites I manage) onto a meatier dedicated server (I’m currently on a wussy VPS) so that they can be more responsive and easier to manage. If you find them obtrusive and annoying, I apologize, and feel free to post comments here. Or donate a crapload of money and the ads will go away (if everybody who came to this site on a daily basis donated a dollar or two a month, I could quit my job and do this full time). Or just e-mail me if you have a dedicated box (with a reputable host) that you’d be willing to give to me cheap or in trade for an ad here.
Or maybe I could just quit my bellyaching and get back to work…
Random Geek Bookmarks
Here are some random links that I wanted to get bookmarked here so I don’t lose them.
- Accessible CSS Bar Chart (via).
- Some great MovableType hacks:
- A CSS Hack to banish Comic San MS
OK, that cleared a few links out of my feed reader of choice. Now just have to clear out the rest.
This Man Is Whipped
This guy’s wife managed to con him into wearing her maternity swimsuit, and posing for an eBay auction. That’s the scariest thing I’ve seen all week.
Optimizing Registration Pages
I’ve come to accept that Web sites seem to think that forced registration going to bring them better marketing numbers and useful data. I’ve come to accept that, and obviously use BugMeNot whenever possible. But for the times where I don’t mind registering, I sure wish the registration and login pages actually worked properly, like they should.
I Need A Newton
I also need a Mac Mini, so I can manage my Mini with my Newton. How’s that for a retro hack?
I Call Shotgun
If you ever decide to “Call Shotgun,” make sure you follow the rules.
Organ Donation Works
Because this lady was an organ donor, and because she was young, fit and healthy when she died, her organs could potentially save 20 lives.
Local Couple Marries At Denny’s
Nothing like a Valentine’s Day marriage at your local 24-hour-diner to make you feel all warm and sappy inside. Some fun little excerpts:
The restaurant is also a safe haven for Dot (Morrow), who’s eaten breakfast and dinner there every day the past 12 years [Jake Note: That can’t be cheap] — ever since her first husband died. Denny’s staff call her a dear friend who quells the restaurant’s grouchy customers and imbues it with cheer.
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When the Tumalo resident, who works the night shift at a local hotel, doesn’t show up for a meal, staff call her house to make sure she’s OK. And when Dot’s doctor told her she needed to lose weight because her health was in jeopardy, Denny’s staff cheered her on every step of the way. Over the past year, she’s lost 145 pounds frequenting a diner where at least half the meals are deep-fried.
[…]
The couple will now share Dot’s Tumalo home, where they like to watch WWF wrestling matches every Monday night.
Isn’t that sweet? Full Story.