Yeaargh

Being the worthless scallywag I am, I be forgettin' it's "Talk Like a Pirate Day".

Se here be ye notice of the grorg swillin' afternoon!

Verdad

A small group of friends went to Akumal last week (a little town south of Cancun). A good time was had by all, and many stories to tell. However this picture taken in the Cancun airport tells it's own story:

Nothing subtle about that!

Customer Quote of the Month - September

Customer looking at our masks, "I only swim, so I'm looking for something basic."

Me, "Well, these are all more for snorkeling and diving rather swimming. Of course, that you can't use them for swimming. Just with these, your nose is enclosed in the mask."

CLaOM, "It covers your nose? How do you breath?"

Me, "Um, your mouth..."

CLaOM,"Oh".

Frikkin laserbeams

Since my last technical project was relatively successful, I can't wait to try this one:




Laser Flashlight Hack! - video powered by Metacafe

Who doesn't want a handheld laser that can start fires. Now I just need some ill-tempered sea bass...

Time travelling pie thief

One of my most anticipated games from E3 is The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom, an indie game scheduled to come out this year (I hope). You control time (ala Blinx) in order to steal pies. Sounds fresh and puzzleriffic!



Hell, I don't even know what platform it's going to be on, but I want it. Hopefully it will be a PC or Wii game, but if not this may even be a console seller for me.

Sushi is a lie

If only I would have seen this about 3 years ago...

If you can't tell from the embiggened pic, its a sushi wedding cake. Looks like a layer of yellowtail, tuna and salmon covered in edemame. Tasty. Of course, this much sashimi would cost more than my wedding did...

Dumbocrats.org

A few days ago, my wife sent some comments to the Democratic party. Unfortunately she used her actual email address, which put her on their email list. And boy-howdy do do they use the email list. She's been getting 2 to 3 emails a day, all giving her the latest news from the DNC. Which may be interesting IF she cared about the DNC and IF we didn't live in Denver and hear about it on the TV constantly.

This wouldn't have been a big deal, except that it's frakking ridiculous to get off of the list. Sure, each email has an "unsubscribe" link at the bottom. This link takes her to a webpage that asks her to verify the email. The next screen then requires a 4 digit "confirmation code" that was supposedly emailed to her. The code didn't arrive for over 24 hours. When it finally did, the website claimed it was invalid.

Turns out, if the webpage requiring the confirmation code is closed, the code is invalidated. Basically this webpage needs to be kept open until the code can be entered, which is fine if the system actually sends the code promptly, but a day later is anything but prompt.

I have resorted to replying to every email with "For the love of all that's holy UNSUBSCRIBE ME." and spamming the webmasters with "Unsubscribe" emails until they finally take care of it.

I would ask the party how their candidates will be able to run the country when they can't even run a website, but I don't want this to start over again...