What I wouldn’t give to have one of these mounted on my wall, spitting out tissue paper.
Month: June 2005
Is This Normal?
No, I’m sorry, but it’s not.
Central Oregon Athlete Blog
Leave it up to Josh to get into blogging so much that he created a second blog — one dedicated to Central Oregon Athletes. Looks good, Josh, and it’s been added to Bend Blogs (which I really need to get an RSS feed and some CSS tweaks done on it — if only I had another 30 hours in a day).
You’ve Seen The Paris Hilton Burger Porn
But this video will make not want to eat a burger ever again (make sure you watch the original Paris Hilton video here to really appreciate how disturbing that parody really is). Thanks Barney for the tip.
Oregon Should Follow New York’s Lead
They’re using their variety of breweries in the state to try to get people to visit. Considering the amount of breweries Oregon has per capita (maybe Jon knows how many?), I don’t know why the State of Oregon tourism board isn’t doing this.
Yahoo’s Other Source Of Income
Obviously, Yahoo! makes a ton of money on online ad sales, but some folks are saying that those advertisers are funding under-age sex-chat rooms. They’ve since pulled their user-created chat rooms from their site, saying (officially) that they “are working on improvements to this service to enhance the user experience and compliance with our Terms of Service.” In other words, they’ve worried they’re going to get their butt sued.
From the story, many advertisers have already dropped their ads on Yahoo, which is going to put an ugly dent on Yahoo’s bottom line.
From what “L” (who’s a volunteer in the Yahoo! chat help room and the person who sent me this link) told me, all the folks who hung out in the chat rooms are now bombarding (tens of thousands of users) the Yahoo!’s chat help room, asking where the hell they went. I’m sure there are legitimate folks using the chat rooms, but its interesting, nonetheless.
Update on 6/23: More video/news here. According to people that are still using the rooms, you can still get into the user-created rooms by issusing the “/join (insert user room name here)” command in the chat room. So the pervs are still there, but they’re just a bit harder to find.
Annoying Ads Turned Off
Due to constant complaints by folks reading the site, and my inability to keep up in fastclick.com’s interface to ban the annoying ads they’ll sometimes send, I’ve turned off the ads that appear at the bottom of this column and replaced them with standard Google ads. I wasn’t aware that some of them were putting out sound as I usually keep my speakers off. Sorry for the trouble, but you can now safely browse the site without worrying about your ears being blown off (can’t say that for some of the stuff I link to, but you’re on your own there).
Don’t Blog Stupid
Follow the tips in the EFF’s Legal Guide to keep yourself out of trouble. For those bloggers on the go, there are some portable-reader friendly versions here.
Corporate Bingo
Ever have trouble staying awake during meetings or seminars? Here’s a little game that will keep you busy.
- Before (or during) your next meeting, seminar or conference call, prepare yourself by drawing a square. Most find that 5″x5″ is a good size. Divide the card into columns, five across and five down. That will give you 25 one-inch blocks.
- Write one of the following words/phrases in each block:
- result-driven
- at the end of the day
- out of the loop
- 24/7
- infrastructure
- core competencies
- revisit
- bottom line
- best practice
- strategic fit
- fast track
- think outside the box
- win-win
- proactive
- value-added
- benchmark
- 110%
- client focus(ed)
- paradigm
- game plan
- leverage
- moving forward
- Check off the appropriate block when you hear one of those words/phrases.
- When you get five blocks horizontally, vertically or diagonally, stand up and shout, “BULLSHIT!”
Thanks Barney for the Joke.
Politicians Are Idiots
I can’t believe idiot politicians (Democrats and Republicans) actually introduced a bill that would repeal the 22nd Amendment of the Constitution. View the actual proposal at the LOC site.
Thanks Barney for the link.