This, That, & the Other
Musings and rants about nothing in particular.
This is not a fake. I actually saw this very sign on an ATM here in town... and naturally had snap a picture for my own enjoyment. Oh, and this is no small mom and pop regional bank. We’re talking one of the largest banks in the world (in terms of sheer assets)... and a former employer of mine.
I need to visit a few other locations to determine if this is an isolated case of overzealous design, or if it is standard practice. My gut feeling is the latter - most likely as required by some regulation.
So, as soon as the blind guy (or gal) reads the sign they’ll be all set because they know there is audio assistance available.
Note: this is a cross-post from my geek blog.
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Are you a student at a US college? How about the parent of a college student? If you answered yes to either of those questions then you have got to check out this deal.
The deal
For a limited time Microsoft is offering college students a copy of Office 2007 Ultimate edition for the bargain bottom price of just $60. To make it clear just how good a deal this is - the same version of Office will cost you a cool $680 at your local BestBuy. According to my calculations that is a savings of over 90%!
Check out TheUltimateSteal for full details.
Oh, and for the record... I’m definitely going to make sure Carli picks one of these up. She is in Grad school after all!
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So it's been a bad day, week, month... whatever - You're just looking for a way to escape for a few hours. To unwind as my mom likes to say.
Happy Hour to the rescue!
I've always loved the idea of happy hour. It's a time for co-workers, friends, and complete strangers to collectively relax and let off some steam. After all, nothing soothes the pains of the daily grind like a few tasty pints... or ice-cold cocktails if that's more your style.
I've never had a problem making it to the pub and enjoying myself. Rather, I seem to have trouble finding an affordable happy hour in an agreeable location. But no longer!
Urban Drinks [dot] com
UrbanDrinks.com makes finding the next great happy hour super simple. You can get a list of happy hours in your area - broken down by city and then neighborhood. Then drill further for a list of all happy hour destinations in a given neighborhood.
The neighborhood list comes complete with times, specials, directions, map, and more!
The site has some community driven content features built in. You can tag any of the destinations just like you would a photo on Flickr. Tagging gives real power to the community as they, err... we, get to determine what makes a particular happy hour destination important. Also, you can search by tags to find similar locations.
Another nice feature is reviews. If you find a great happy hour and want to share it with the world, write a review. Found a total rip complete with overpriced drinks and crappy service? Write a review!
Map your next pub crawl
I think my favorite feature might be the Pub Craw section.
You can see a list, with accompanying map, of crawls that other users have done. I added a crawl that my friends and I used to do back in college - the Pre-Fall Crawl. Of course, back when I was at OSU there were about 10 other bars between stops number 1 and 4 on the current list... but those bars are all now gone. :(
I can already see all kinds of possibilities for this feature - perhaps mapping out next St. Patty's day!
Note: At the time of this writing Urban Drink only had three cities included in their listings - Columbus, OH; Portland, OR; and Seattle, WA. But fear not as they promise to be adding more soon, and often.
You have got to be kidding me... Meatless Meatballs... WTF?
It's bad enough that they are trying to pass this stuff off as a meat-like product, but this is just ridiculous! There is nothing meaty about these balls, so stop pretending.
The word meatball means it is a ball of meat... not a ball of some ground-up-veggie-paste with a dollop of BBQ sauce on top. I don't get it, where's the meat?
At least call them Veggie Balls, or Garden Globbs, or how about Plant Pellets!
This actually reminds me of a T-shirt I saw not too long ago:
Indeed, Meat is Tasty!
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I'm sure many of you wonder how the hell a geek like me (just check out my other blog for a taste) ended up with girl like her... I know I do!
I think I may have stumbled upon an answer. Apparently we (geeks) make better boyfriends, at least according to an article titled 15 Reasons Geeks make Great Boyfriends.
Lucky for me it seems Carli also subscribes to this most brilliant philosophy. I mean, how else can you explain it? :)
A few choice quotes
2.) They’re useful. In this tech-savvy world, it’s great to have a b/f who can make your laptop, desktop, and just about anything else that plugs into a wall behave itself.
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7.) Sex. Yep. Sex. ... all that time thinking about sex, imagining sex, dreaming about sex, (they are male after all) coupled with a desire to make you happy? Use your imagination.
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14.) You’ll almost never have to hear, “Yaw dawg whazzap!!” plop out of their mouths. Unless it’s in jest.
Finally, the geek is getting some long overdue recognition - and play!
Update: You can pick up the above I Love My Geek shirt over at Think Geek.
The weather here is more unpredictable than a coked-up, crotch flashing, umbrella wielding Britney Spears.
Case in point
| Yesterday | Today |
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In just 24 hours the weather reverted from a warm and sunny 78 to a cold and dreary 30-something... complete with snow! Yeah, that's right... yesterday it was warm enough to go swimming and today it was cold enough to go ice skating. The picture to prove it:
Carli needs to hurry up and finish up this whole grad school thing so we can move out west and have some real fun in the sun!
My buddy Phil just posted a notice about a very clever scam going around in which the scammers send you a check - which will clear. However in cashing the check you are most likely cashing a check that was written by another victim of the scam.
Don't be a sucker
For a full explanation of the scam (complete with an actual prize letter that is being used to pull new victims into the scam) be sure to read Phil's post. [Read it here]
Aww yeah! After a bitter cold couple of days central Ohio is finally seeing some nice weather. It's fitting that today was such a nice day - seeing as it is officially the first day of spring.
The image above is a screen shot of the Weather gadget on my PC's Windows Vista Sidebar. I'm hoping to see a lot more days like like in my gadget as spring really starts to show up.
Now I just need to pony up for that new laptop I've been wanting so I can work outside! Donations are always welcome. :)