maxelman.com

Election season is upon us, and that means one thing: parody elections designs galore. Kristan and I had some free time this morning, and we were inspired. The results follow, mine first, and then a link to hers. Who will you vote for?

and Kristan’s:

Finally got my recently-purchased Bianchi up and running, after replacing the handlebars, stem, headset, brake cables, tires, and pedals. Lots of fun, as I had to figure out how to do most of that myself. But it looks so good! And it’s 15 years newer than my last bike!

So that’s exciting. For a listing of parts and such, check this out. And my old bike now happens to be for sale.. So if you’re interested in a fully restored and upgraded 1984 Trek, let me know.

And like magic, maxelman.com looks completely different. I believe this is number 6 or so? Maybe with some digging, and archive.org, I can make a little “history of” page. That would be… embarrassing..

So, new design = good? Let me know in the comments!

I’ve been looking closely at the spam that Google manages not to block lately. On one hand, I’m disappointed Google missed one out of nine thousand this month, but I’m also a little glad, as this kind of thing shines a bit of happiness onto my internal image of spammers. I mean, this is nearly poetry! I can picture literary snobs in a thousand years or so trying to analyze this kind of thing. This will be normal, and all emails that don’t contain gibberish will be put into a folder by themselves by future-Google.

Wait, who am I kidding. Google probably will append a few smaller companies they acquire onto their name for good measure. Like, Googlesofthoo - Mart.

Anyhow, here’s the message:

From: “Michelle Swain” <KathleenurbanHolley@cantonrep.com>
To: <webmaster@razorfrog.com>
Subject: shattuck darwinian cockatoo cockatoo darwinian
Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2008 19:31:56 +0800

cider stock dagger? estuary, klux deceive.
estuary axolotl cockatoo concert wander giblet, giblet
klux destitute interpretation valentine shattuck.
tenderloin darwinian klux

interpretation pepsico giblet? symphonic, eh metabolite.
sunburnt shattuck impinge sunburnt valentine amarillo, dont
neoclassic kurd darwinian classroom cecil.

dagger pepsico antwerp

interpretation cecil sedge? stock, gregg dont.

valentine ham.

While I might be a tad late on this, it appears the crazy success of The Dark Knight brought some Michael Caine attention to the media. And thus, I realized I missed his 75th birthday. Shame. In honor of one of my favorite actors though, a picture. Just stare at this for a while, and take in the awesomeness. (taken from here)