Archive for March, 2007

I found religion… praise be to the pasta

Thursday, March 29th, 2007

I never felt any one religion really sounded like the right fit for me. Something from this one made sense something else from that one looked appealing as well. But all in all they just sucked. If I am a nice guy over all and only kick cats on Wednesdays won’t I get a decent seat in heaven or be reincarnated as more than a slug? I mean do I really have to go to church every Sunday, eat stale chunks of bread, wear itchy clothes, drive a horse, drink Kool Aid, wear a tiny hat, or sit funny? Can’t I just be a nice honest guy. Ornery as all hell, but nice none the less. It is hard enough for most to be nice let alone honest.

Well now after all hope was drained away and I thought for sure I was going to hell I found the religion that may yet get me through my time on this marble with soul warming comfort and confidence. Pastafarians here I come! Or Pastafarian home page. Hail to pirates and the holy pasta.

iPoded

Tuesday, March 27th, 2007

My kind (used loosely) girlfriend was generous (used looser) enough to get me an iPod for Christmas (or holiday or your choice). Besides the fact that I now need a larger one I LOVE IT! The mere 30Gb hard drive does not hold all my music and I hate selecting what I am dragging around. Not to mention the songs get mad when you show that sort of discrimination.

Everyone needs an iPod. They are the greatest thing for music, games, storing or moving files and just general devouring of all those extra minutes you have rolling around loose in your day. I am very excited for this summer when Apple announces the new iPod that you implant right in your head! No need for a headset since it sits right on your brain. I think they are still ironing out the details on whether uploads will take place via a USB port in your finger or if it will just use the wildly popular blue tooth. I love gadgets especially if they have that little apple with a bite missing on them. I am not an Apple fanatic to the insain degree of some but I stand up when someone tries to bash them. With that noted I have built my share of macaquariums. Luckily my budget does not allow for more gadgets or I would need a lot more pockets. Typing of pockets… that is the is the only thing I hate about this time of year, trading in my winter coat. I loose so many pockets! Once they start putting fun recreational electronics in the human body I wanna be the first in line. I can’t make a decision on tattoos so I have none, but chips in my head, bionic eyes, color changing skin… SIGN ME UP!

OK back to the iPod… Easy movie player, walkman without a case of tapes melting on your dash, portable gaming system, address book, photo album, audio note taker, grocery list keeper, calender, calculator, pocket watch, flash light… what could be better. I still want my phone separate from my other gizmos but I may be alone here? My hot tip for anyone getting an iPod would be to get a case! Not as soon as you can but before you open the package of the little guy. I carry my iPod in one of many pockets everyday, it rolls around in my car and the dog has even taken it for a walk and it still looks great. I have a Speck Tough Skin and it is worth every cent. iPods are smooth and slippery so they scratch and find there way to the floor way more than I would like. Luckily when I get my brainPod I won’t have to ever worry about it scratching! Course no one will know how cool I am because they won’t be able to see the brainPod. Maybe the brainPod will have to come with a speaker in the roof of your mouth so when you want to share a song with friends you can just open your mouth!

You have to love good design

Thursday, March 22nd, 2007

I will make no claims to being the be all end all of design. However I hold my own quite well and on a good day can even come up with something never done before. We are doing a site redesign at work which is painful at best. The caliber of site being built is far above my level so I just get to complain and stick my nose in where needed. I just twist the site here and there and make updates. Luckily the web design joint we are working with has infinite patience and knows what the hell they are doing. If not for them there might have been deaths. The site works but it won’t turn any heads. Point is there seem to be some people that just get it right to the highest degree and I bet no one dies. I found this site link while excitedly flipping through my new issue of Mother Earth News whyblueisbetter.com This is bar none one of the best, cleanest most functional sites I have seen. LOVE IT! It does not hurt that they sell tractors and we all know how awesome those are.

The best laid plans

Wednesday, March 21st, 2007

I would like to think I will make a regular habit of posting worthless junk to the whole world as if I had something important to say. The reality however is that blogs are digital diaries and that never really took of for me as a child. On the flip side I do oh so enjoy bitching! It would be nice to have a collection of random bitching. I guess we will just have to see where this goes.