Thursday, June 26, 2008

June 26, 1974: Supermarket Scanner Rings Up Historic Pack of Gum

"Some readers may be unable to remember when grocery clerks had to put price stickers on nearly every item in the store. And retail cashiers had to read a price tag by eye and key in the price by hand. But that's the way things were. The process was not only laborious, but it left the store manager with no idea of how much of each of thousands of different products had been sold and how much remained in stock."

Sounds like the place where I work now, except my boss is so l33t that she does know, mostly, what is in stock and not in stock. Go Team ADH!

Quote from Wired.com
http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired/science/discoveries/~3/320220716/dayintech_0626

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Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Wolverine, amphibian style. "Frog species sprout claws on demand"

"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - At least 11 species of African frogs carry a built-in concealed weapon -- they can sprout claws on demand to fight off attackers, U.S. researchers reported on Monday."

Apparently, the claws break through the skin of the frog, ala our favorite X-Man.

http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/scienceNews/~3/318779502/idUSN2328658020080624

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Thursday, June 19, 2008

My book of choice this summer is...

Merciless by Robin Parrish. If you haven't read his past novels, then why are you reading this? Go buy them!
Anyhow, his upcoming book Merciless is due out July 1 (I think) and I cannot wait. So please, if you are going to buy any book, any trilogy this summer, make it the Dominion Trilogy.

If you enjoy the TV Show Heroes or are a super hero fan AT ALL, see what I am raving about.

What are they about? The setup is about a mild mannered Nothing of a man who is "Shifted" into the body of a rich athlete who happens to have some hidden power of earth-shattering proportions ... literally. He isn't the only one. Others havep powers too, such as an ability to remember EVERYTHING. Also interesting is a new take on super-speed. A character in the novel has super-speed but can only use it in short bursts.

Anyhow, check it out. 4.5 stars on Amazon. You won't be disappointed.

Sunday, June 15, 2008

Rapture site sends unbelievers their last chance ... via email

LOL. 'Sounds like an episode of LOST. I wonder if any of the employees have The Numbers as their log-in pasword.


"...The website, which is based in Massachusetts, is run by a small team of Christians who must log on every day to indicate that the rapture has not yet taken place. If enough of them fail to log in, however, the system assumes that the second coming is nigh and sends out messages from all its subscribers..."

http://www.guardianfeeds.co.uk/c/288/f/7511/s/14137ad/story01.htm

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Thursday, June 12, 2008

Renfue Poster



This is just an ad I put together for RENFUE this week. It is pretty simple. Because there was not a high-res band picture to go with it, I opted for a simple black and white, informative but promotional flyer. Hardly any effects. Mostly all font work and organization.

I tried to remain as true as possible to many of the bands' fonts. It was put together on short notice using Adobe InDesign without any available graphics or much discussion about what was wanted out of the flyer. One of the main fonts used was Adobe Castion Pro.

Regardless, not my best design. Check out my other designs for more eye-catching material.

Related: The band Renfue rocks. Look for an upcoming interview with them soon.

Sunday, June 8, 2008

It's Just Some Random Guy

So I guess I am a bit late to the party, but this guy's video's are fantastic.

Here is the gist of it:

A guy makes comedic movies with super hero action figures. Very, very, very funny. Please check them out. Nearly every one of the vids has a 5/5 stars. So far, I think they are all 5/5 myself. In some of the vids are references to movies like The Usual Suspects or tv shows like Lost. Even the Mac/PC commericials. Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/user/ItsJustSomeRandomGuy

Thursday, June 5, 2008

Story of the good samaritan: "Video shows bystanders ignoring hit-and-run victim"-AP

Read this recently in my AP RSS feed. It reminds me of all the people that passed the wounded, robbed traveler in the story of The Good Samaritan [Luke 10:30-37]

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HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- A 78-year-old man is tossed like a rag doll by a hit-and-run driver and lies motionless on a busy city street as car after car goes by. Pedestrians gawk but do nothing. One driver stops briefly but then pulls back into traffic. A man on a scooter slowly circles the victim before zipping away....

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/I/IGNORED_HIT_AND_RUN?SITE=CAVEN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

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