My wife, Holly, is walking in the Memory Walk to raise money for fighting Alzheimer's Disease. Won't you please make a donation? She wants to raise at least $100, and it's obviously going to a worthy cause. You can donate online (securely) via that link using your credit card, or feel free to PayPal a donation to me at seth.bokelman@uni.edu and I'll make sure it gets there.
I just got 6 more Gmail invites. If you want one, leave a comment below with the e-mail address you'd like the invitation sent to, along with your first and last name.
I really wish that someone at my old high school would get a clue when it comes to the web page. I could overlook the fact that they used a 180KB imagemap for that main page. I could even possibly get over the fact that trying to read vertical text on those books to select what part of the site you want to visit is difficult, and really dumb considering even real books don't display their titles that way. And, if I try really hard, I might get over the .pdf newsletter looking like the clip art folder threw up on their document. What I absolutely can't forgive, however, is having a 1.5MB photo file included in the main page, making it at least a 5 minute download for anyone on dial-up. I know most people have broadband now, but use an image manipulation program already!
This Washington Post article explains the reason for the annoying commercial that plagued the HDTV coverage of the Olympic games. Apparently, NBC did Sony a "favor" by running it so often, without checking with Sony first.
"We supplied all of the high-def equipment NBC is using for the games," Stringer said. "Then it turned out that NBC was unable to sell any ads on their HDTV channel. So somebody thought it would be a nice way of saying 'thank you' to Sony to drop in Sony commercials during some of the breaks. Unfortunately they didn't notify us and ended up using just that one spot. Our guys didn't know about it, but of course we're very embarrassed."
Which, begs the question, what the hell were his parents doing taking a three year old to see Alien vs. Predator?
