One last plug: Our concert is in a couple hours, and I hope to see some of you there!
Tour De France For The Everyday Biker
I really think somebody should stage this somewhere in Central Oregon:
How Will This Change Stress Levels At The DMV?
Some Oregon DMV offices are killing their Muzak subscription, as the elevator-music versions of Celine Dion and Aerosmith are driving the workers nuts.
Reminders
- Don’t forget, the pick ’em is now open for registration, with our best-ever prize haul.
- The aforementioned Cascades Winds concert is this weekend and I hope to see a few of your there.
- I like bullet points. In case you didn’t know that.
Reading Material
- I’d buy this as a poster.
- Remember the Sega 32X that never really took off? It could still do some cool stuff for its time.
- Calling all Romantics: Chatroulette has its own missed connections area like craigslist. Except with craigslist, you don’t have to actually see the crazy people. If you actually want to have decent luck chatting with people, it really helps to be an attractive woman.
- The competition is fierce at the Naked Co-ed Shopping Spree.
- Domain By IP, kind of like myIPneighbors, will help you find our who you’re sharing a server with (if you didn’t already know).
- Resource Expert Droid for checking headers when you don’t have Firefox and LiveHTTPHeaders.
- Looking to conceal a few weapons? This guy has some great ideas.
- Unix command line tools for Windows.
- Build yourself a network rack with Ikea side tables.
- The future of CSS Typography.
- Run your own free proxy through the Google App engine.
- 15 Best Web sites that can make you a Web Designer.
- Run a total background check on yourself.
- This site is creepy, but I can’t stop listening or wathing.
- Your logo is not your brand.
- Like, Python.
Time Killers For The Evening
Get the sheep to the barn. Or play some group Missle Command to celebrate the game’s 30th anniversary.
The iPhone Is Finally (Officially) Coming To Bend
A couple months ago, folks with iPhones in the area were starting to see 3G coverage, and now you can officially get an iPhone in Bend, starting April 1 (hopefully not some sort of April fools joke).
I still have nearly another year on my contract with Sprint and with my phone, but my plan is quite a bit cheaper than the plans offered by AT&T. I’m probably going to go Android on renewal rather than an iPhone, but we’ll have to see.
Update on 3/2/10: Apparently US Cellular is now offering 3G in the area, which might convince me to go back to them as their phone coverage is probably the best around here in the areas I work, but their data speeds sucked. Their coverage out here in Sunriver was far better than what I get from Sprint. When I force my phone to roam on the USCC network, it actually performs better. I noticed a “EV” icon showing up on my wife’s phone last week (she on US Cellular), and was wondering if they had turned on an EVDO service here, just didn’t have a chance to contact them. So I guess that answers that question.
Bend Gets Another Mention In National Media
While it’s not for the pregnant man, it’s not much better:
In an exclusive interview with In Touch, 25-year-old stripper Stefani Talbott claims that she slept with Lost star Matthew Fox twice in the past year. While Matthew’s rep says “These accusations are false,” Stefani says she first met the 43-year-old last July, soon after she started working at Stars Cabaret in Bend, Oregon. “I was dancing onstage, and I made eye contact with him immediately. I got so excited,” Stefani tells In Touch. Since she was a big Party of Five fan, she recognized him right away — but she soon found out he was much different from the clean-cut characters he plays.
Story in the New York Daily News as well as everywhere else, even making comparisons with Tiger Woods.
Thankfully Bend isn’t the major point of the story here, but you know the local strip club (not safe for work, obviously) is probably getting some phone calls.
Join The UtterlyBoring.com NCAA Tournament Pick ’em (Fifth Annual, 2010 Edition)
Selection Sunday is coming up on March 14 here and then it’s time for offices all over the country to create office pools for the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship (and for workplace productivity to grind to a halt). And it’s time for the readers of this site to compete for bragging rights (and some great prizes) in the fifth-annual UtterlyBoring.com Tournament Pick ‘Em. Last years contest info was here with final scoring here. My brother is looking to defend his title.
It’s free to play, so read on for the sign up information, prizes, and more!
NCAA Pick ’em Contest Coming Fast!
I’m in the process of getting everything setup on Yahoo! and getting my prize list all compiled (it’s going to be a great one this year — best list of prizes we’ve ever had, by far). If you participated last year, you should have already gotten your invite to join the group. If not, I’ll be posting sign up information, official rules, and the full detailed prize list sometime over the weekend. Stay tuned!