Happy Bird Day
From Pete and Jack (my new puppy!) He’s a bulldog shepard mix, and he wins. He’s 5 and a half months old, I adopted him from a nice Shelter home in Terre Haute.
Jackie Boy!
Gmail Themes - About Time?
At one point yesterday I felt like I was going crazy. If you think something naughty was going on, you’re mistaken. Story is, I’m working over at Swain. I had chugged a ton of coffee at work and was going to the bathroom every 12.45 minutes. I leave Gmail open. I go pee. I come back. My colors and layout of Gmail is completely different. I scratch my butt head. I am confused. End story.
I was at least expecting some sort of popup “Hey guy, we decided you like all blue better than our default, so here you go”. In all honesty, it looked pretty sweet, I was just caught off guard by the change after having the same color scheme for the entire existance of my account.
Then, later in the day, I get a popup, like 4 hours after it had already changed, trumpeting Gmail Themes. Of course, Themes. It isn’t a proper web application if there aren’t themes, right ? … They are sweet though. If you have Gmail, you can find them in your Settings –> Themes tab. There’s basic color schemes, and then some rando’s that I just had to share. You knew it was only a matter of time before themes came into play with Gmail. That being said, I simply must discuss three themes that stand out.
Terminal aka Old School Macintosh
I tried to run with this … It lasted about a half day before my retinas exploded and my eyes bled all over the keyboard. It is pretty cool though, in small dosages, much like my friend Stu. Green on black = bad for the ol’ eyeballs. Click on the image and you’ll see what I mean. I confused several people at work who walked by and noticed this theme, I purposely was muttering about other irrelevant 1980’s gems like the game Jumpman and the TV show Where in the World is Carmen San Diego. Then, I zinged them good by tossing my slap bracelet at their face.
Candy aka WTF
Ummm … Yeah. I suppose if you are into weird Japanese anime and wish to carry over your weird fetish for weird Japanese anime into your email to create a weird Japanese anime Gmail theme, then Candy is for you. Hello Kitty Island Adventure? I like chicken, I like liver, Meow Mix Meow Mix please deliver? I’m still trying to figure out why there’s a happy scoop of ice cream and a sad scoop of ice cream in the left hand navigation. My guess - weird Japanese anime.
Ninja aka Real Ultimate Power Awesomeness
If you wish to be respected in any sort of social circles, you simply must go with this theme. If you are any self-respecting individual, you simply must go with this theme. It contains ninjas, swords, nunchucks, ninja stars, karate kicks, hell even bowstaffs Napoleon Dynamite style. It certainly livens up your Gmail and helps you LIVE ON THE XTREME EDGE. That’s right, you know it’s extreme when it starts with an x. Plus, when you ’star’ an email, it ninja stars that bad boy now. XTREME.
Theres’ a bunch of other themes, like one of pebbles (lame), graffiti (decent), a desk (lame), some one with stars (decent), and a tea party (another huge WTF). I’m sure there will be custom themes before too long, or something every similar. Lastly, some of these themes ask you for your city … Not your state, or zip, or anything like that. Just your city. I have no idea why.
Keep on keepin’ on.
Bored? Stream Away With These Free Sites
There inevitably comes downtime while I’m working at Swain where theres not much going on. Instead of being productive (overrated), I choose to spend my time doing other irrelevant things - namely, watching TV shows and movies online for free, illegally legally! Yes, you can actually watch stuff free, and its legal. For example, I just watched the South Park World of Warcraft episode in all its glory. Staaaaaaan. Staaaaaaaaaaan! I’ve never had the chance to say this, but I love you Staaaaaaaaan! If that was jibberish to you, you’re missing out on the finer things in life.
Anyways, here’s some great sites to watch all kinds of nonsense and fill some time:
Every episode. Every season. They update the new eps the next day. It rules. Seriously, thats like thousands of hours of politically correct entertainment, free, high quality, glorious. I just watched yesterdays episode “I’m gonna slap the sh*t outta you!”, which was great, a lot better than the past few episodes. Circled in red are the seasons, easy to browse, as well as some other irrelevant things that I decided to circle for no reason, like Kyle’s ginger mop. Speaking of ginger’s, my buddy Argoe busted me saying Ginger the other day, it was priceless for those that witnessed. Cool story.
All the good stuff. Except for The Sarah Silverman Program and Chocolate News. Those shows blow. But its got The Daily Show, Colbert Report, RENO 911!, Futurama, even Chappelle’s show stuff from like 4 years ago (”Game, blouses.”). Oh, and Kenny vs. Spenny, that show’s pretty damn funny too, except I can never remember which one is Kenny and which one is Spenny. Regardless, Comedy Central is great for putting up their stuff for free on the web, considering it is a cable company and all.
Hulu is awesome, if you’ve never tried it. It’s got a bunch of different networks, shows, movies, even old stuff like the A-Team (PITY THE FOOL) and Married with Children. Here’s the real scoop about Hulu, pillaged from the Hulu website:
“Hulu brings together a large selection of videos from more than 100 content providers, including FOX, NBC Universal, MGM, Sony Pictures Television, Warner Bros. and more. Users can choose from more than 900 current primetime TV hits such as The Simpsons, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and The Office the morning after they air, classics like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The A Team, Airwolf and Married…with Children, movies like Men in Black, Ghostbusters, and The Karate Kid, and clips from Saturday Night Live, Friends and other popular TV shows and movies.”
It could have just said “Hulu wins.” I think that would generally have sufficed and conveyed all relevant points without the other mumbo jumbo. I assume there are tons of other ones out there, I’m not sure about their legality and what-have-you’s. But seriously, 900 shows is going to keep you satisfied for quite some time, also eliminating the need for me to list any other sites.
Zing!
Finch’s Brasserie Website Live!!
Well, it’s finally finished! I started over the summer, and due to my client within the restaurant being extraordinarily busy, it took a lot longer than I expected. But, it’s all over now .. Woot! Check out the live site and let me know what you think. I am basically doing web design as freelance work outside my other two jobs, but it is definitely something that I’m enjoying. Quagmire luvs dat shizzzzzz like he loves pre-pubescent teenage girls. Next week I’ll get back to something you might be more interested in, but this is bigtime for me.
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