Posted on May 28th, 2009%
While idly browsing through Buy.com’s web site today, I came across a “hot deal” for a wooden spoon.
$16.40 for a wooden spoon? You’ve got to be kidding! Tack on shipping and it’s nearly $23. Do people really pay that much for a wooden spoon? Sure, it’s a Paderno wooden spoon (I guess that means something), but really now… Just do a Froogle search and find a perfectly good 18” wooden spoon made of beechwood for $2.59. Even better, buy a dozen of those beechwood spoons for $1.99 each (plus shipping, of course).
Consider your options:
Spend $23 and have one wooden spoon for yourself.
Spend $33 and have one wooden spoon for yourself and one wooden spoon for 11 friends.
Don’t insult grandma and buy an overpriced wooden spoon. She wouldn’t . . .
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Posted on December 22nd, 2008%
The latest in military technology is here!
Shoe picture from . . .
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Posted on October 2nd, 2008%
While working on a project today, I needed to incorporate an animated AJAX spinner image. I knew there was a web site that had lots of them, but I couldn’t remember the domain name, so I did what most people do: I turned to Google.
Here’s a screenshot of Google’s search results for the terms ajax load image.
Granted, the first item in the search resultswas the site I was looking for, www.ajaxload.info. What I didn’t expect to see is a woman in a bikini coming up in the image search results. The image comes from a blog post tutorial, How to Make a Brazilian Bikini Photo Gallery With Drupal and AJAX.
OK, maybe Google’s results weren’t too far off, but they certainly . . .
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Posted on March 11th, 2008%
Just got this one via e-mail…
A recent study found the average American walks about 900 miles per year.
Another study found Americans drink, on average, 22 gallons of beer a year.
That means, on average, Americans get about 41 miles to the gallon.
Kind of makes you proud to be an American.
Methinks I’ll be having a Guinness tonight. . . .
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Posted on January 8th, 2008%
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