A better crop circle
Looks like someone outside Portland is promoting a better browser by whatever means he can …
snipshot is really cool
Another geeky web 2.0 tool, but this is great for those without access to photoshop. For the onslaught of people who want to post photos to myspace or facebook or anything else, this is an excellent application. (It is kind of like an online picassa).
Check out http://snipshot.com/
Form Design by Luke W.
Here is an extensive presentation on form design and usability. While most around here will have no interest in this presentation, my friends over at my old job may want to check this out. I still haven’t made it all the way through it, but around slide 15 it gets pretty practical…
joost
Anyone have a joost account that wants to invite me? I’d love to peek in on the beta here and see how things are going.
I pity the fool
When you can’t seem to find just the right words to express your love for your mum, let Mr. T do it for you! Sadly I didn’t find this in time for Mother’s Day…
Anyone interested in concerts?
Hey friends - let me know if you want tickets to any of these, there is a very high likelihood I can “snag” some free ones. Perks are fun.
Snag on TV
We have some upcoming TV spots for those who may want to keep an eye out for them…
Comedy Central - 16th @7:15AM and 12:23PM
ESPN2 - 15th @ 7:37AM and 12:21PM, the 16th @2:25AM, and the 17th @12:42PM
During this week, we are also advertising on BET, FX, TBS, TNT, and USA, but I’m not going to type out all those spots … pretty cool!
Good Job Toffees
This year I became a BIG English Premier League (aka “EPL” - the top professional football/soccer league in England). To make it fun, I gave myself 2 weeks to familiarize myself with the clubs, then I had to adopt a club as my own. Just as everyone here hates the Yankees, I decided I just couldn’t choose either Manchester United or Chelsea. In fact, choosing any of the “Big 4″ seemed less interesting to me than choosing a team that would really have to “earn it”. You see, the big 4 (ManU, Chelsea, Arsenal, and Liverpool) are always at the top of the EPL, they spend more on their teams than anyone else, and have many of the all stars from around the world on their rosters. Except when they play each other, those 4 are almost always the favored team in every match they enter.
As someone who loves rooting for the underdog, this didn’t seem as much fun for me, so I knew I ruled them out. For various reasons, I weeded out some other clubs, and then chose the one I “liked” the most out of the rest - which lead me to Everton FC.
Everton’s arch rivals are crosstown foes Liverpool and when I say “crosstown”, literally, the stadiums are a few hundred yards apart (or meters since it is in England)!
So today was the last day of the season and Everton gave me a fun ride - some ups and downs, some tough injuries, hard loses, and wonderful wins. They finished in 5th place this year. While most of the time people don’t cheer for 5th place, it was a better finish than most predicted, and left Everton with the title of “Best of the Rest” (since the Big 4 predictably finished in the top 4) and earned a spot in the UEFA Champions League.
Good job boys, I look forward to next year.
Rube Goldberg with fire
I can’t imagine the time needed to set something like this up, but if you enjoy fire near as much as I do, you may want to check this out.
Pastafarians and spagnostics
In an example of the internet directly affecting real life - this is just a guy who just desperately wants attention…
For those of you who are not aware, the Flying Spaghetti Monster (FSM) is an internet joke used to test limits of free speech and freedom of religion. While no one believes it is actually TRUE, many athiests and agnostics have adopted its use to counter any point - typically pushing to an absurd proportion. Unlike traditional faiths that believe their view is truth and thus would like to convince others of the truth - the pastafarians simply try to convince all parties that ALL beliefs (theirs included) are ridiculous.
What do these things have in common?
- Beer Kegs
- Driving ranges
- Ropes Courses
- Flip Cup games
- Volleyball
- Inflatable Boxing
- Miniature Golf
- Football
- Batting cages
- Cookouts
They are all things we got to partake in on company time and on the company’s dime in the last week. Not too shabby.
Web design survey
For those of you in the field, take a couple minutes and take this survey from ALA. 
I wish I could describe Him to you …
My youth minister introduced me to this message given by the late S.M. Lockridge back when I was in high school. The background music could have been mixed better (too loud at times) but the original message still rings loud and clear. (here is the sermon text in case you would like to read it)
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