Entries tagged with “headspin” from Garbage In, Garbage Out

I'm in Vegas for a conference this week. Since the hotel's wired ports were borked, I looked to see what I could find on wireless.

Two of the SSID's advertised (with good signal, mind you) are advertisements. Connect to them, and you get an IP address. Browse _anywhere_ and you get (instead of your usual hotel wireless ToS/AUP and pricing page), a page advertising the local specials. The kind of specials where for $250 they'll come pick you up, and take you the "Steak House And Gentlemen's Club". Or various "premium adult web sites".

Gotta give'm points for ingenuity.

Oh, the other fun thing to see: Walking lit-up billboards, with screens mounted on people's backs. With screens on top of those screens, rising above the crowd, so you can seem the clearly, even at night, above the crowds.

What this world needs: Abba's "Take a Chance On Me", remade by Tim Curry as Dr Frank-N-Furter.

Tornado warning? A bit too late for what we saw a few blocks over from our house.. funnel clouds
a few streets over from my house in Natomas..

News stories: KCRA Channel 3 ; KXTV Channel 10

Ug. News reports do indicate some damage :(

My wife scares me..

She dreamed of cabbage patch dolls. Apparently, the new and improved kind. You open the package and get a head of cabbage. blow dry it... and the kid forms out of it and waves at you.

Freaky.

Oral surgery sucks ass. Recovering afterwords, does more. Anyhow, a Geriatric Mocha, for those of you on a liquid diet: 2 shots espresso, 10 oz steamed milk, and Carnation Instant Breakfast. Get your caffeine hit _and_ a token amount of nutrition. All that's missing is the cup holder for your walker, and an appropriate spill-proof lid.