Time Traveling
August 31, 2008 Posted by Al Castle
2comments Categories: Castle, Friends, Picture of the Day, Squirrels
Tags: 1950s, 1980s, flash apps, yearbook
20_Something posted awhile back about a site called Yearbook Yourself. I finally got around to giving it a try. I used two different pictures of myself, but the app kept freezing up so I’ve only managed to save a handful of pictures for your amusement. (My friends should be afraid of me having more free time as I’ll use your pics to entertain myself.)
(1950) I feel like the Beavers dad.
(1952) I look suspiciously like Ross from friends here.
(1982) Grooovy. And Hyde from That 70’s Show
(1984) I dunno, but that hair is dyno-mite.
Winged Death
August 24, 2008 Posted by Al Castle
1 comment so far Categories: Izzy, Squirrels, gnash-teeth
Tags: bats, i love my cat, near death
Last night a flying rodent, batamus-flyingaroundamus was discovered fluttering about the dining room. WeeWee was on the table taking the high ground, Izzy poised on the ground to pick up where and when WeeWee would surely fail.
As I entered the melee, WeeWee bolted, the coward. Izzy and I girded our loins for the battle. A skirmish really, which would only last 10 minutes, but felt like an eternity.
Looking about for a method to capture the bastard in, I noticed an empty Tupperware container. The problem with this approach was that the creature flew at high speed in an erratic and unpredictable manner. The container was rather small which meant I would have to be quick and make sure to protect my face. Visions of it flying into my mouth or eating my eyeballs while I screamed had to be pushed down.
It took several attempts including a scary bit when the bat crawled under the china hutch and made angry chirping noises at me. Fortunately Sub-Commander Izzy had no qualms about reaching under there. (She received the medal of valor for this.)
I wanted to take a picture of the fangs, which despite the creature only being about 2
inches long with a 6 inch wing span, had fangs at least a foot long, that were stained with human blood and had bits of flesh stuck to them. (Shudder.) Alas, I only had my iPhone on me and due to safety precautions of me and my men I could only indulge in photography after the beast was contained.
After capturing it in the Tupperware, I very carefully slid a paper plate underneath. Izzy was close at hand to shut down any escape attempts. We then proceeded outside and lifted the lid, as the bat took flight, Izzy managed to get a good smack in to remind the little bastard not to ever come back.
Smug Kitty
August 21, 2008 Posted by Al Castle
1 comment so far Categories: Friends, Picture of the Day, Squirrels
Tags: cats
Who Ate The Damn Pizza Rolls
August 19, 2008 Posted by Al Castle
add a comment Categories: Picture of the Day, Squirrels
Tags: shot in the face
Every Business Needs A Website
August 17, 2008 Posted by Al Castle
2comments Categories: Marketing, Puter Stuff, Web Design & Dev, gnash-teeth
Tags: Business Websites, getting online, its not the 70s anymore, the pain
I’m incredibly tense, my shoulder feels like its trying to secede from my body. So here I am searching for massage places in Whatcom County. There’s a ton of smaller businesses (no doubt one person operations), that have no website. At this point I just want to find who’s open on a Sunday, price and driving distance are not concerns right now. I’ve already called a few places, had to listen to their stupid answer machines for a few minutes until they get to the part about what days and hours they’re open. Completely and utterly a waste of my time. Bastards.
Their website only needs a few pieces of information and then I wouldn’t be more tense.
- Hours of operation.
- Address
- Phone number
- Name of business
- Misc fluff - rates, credentials, pictures, blah blah.
A domain can be purchased for about $10 at godaddy.com Bluehost can provide web hosting for $6.95/month. Almost any word processor can save as HTML. Hell write it in plain text for all I care. You publish in the phone book so why not online? Trade a massage for help from one of the geeks or friends, or a family member if you’re too cheap.
Sigh. I’m seriously tense.
I might love bacon too much
August 9, 2008 Posted by Al Castle
3comments Categories: Castle, Picture of the Day, Squirrels
Tags: bacon, briefcase, yummy
I wonder if my laptop will fit in here…
LHC Activation
August 6, 2008 Posted by Al Castle
add a comment Categories: Picture of the Day, Science
Tags: 42, big bang, lhc
More info:
http://www.uslhc.us/What_is_the_LHC
http://en.rian.ru/world/20080805/115771418.html
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,570487,00.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Answer_to_Life,_the_Universe,_and_Everything
