Simpsonize Me Fun, Freaking Fedex, And Some More New Toys
One quick-hitter:
- I am owning Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s on NORMAL mode!
(Hey, a couple days ago, I wouldn’t touch normal mode with a ten foot pole!)
One of these days, I’ll be able to beat Expert! Either that, or I’ll just move on to the next game on my gaming queue 
- So I was playing around with Simpsonize Me (as seen recently on Hank’s blog) with a few pictures that I happened to have handy.
I started with a couple Jessica Alba pics from pics.bbzzdd.com and had some fun with that. Then I tried “Simpsonizing” a picture of my sister. I tried five or six times, and every time, the site said that it was “too busy” to process. Just for fun, I tried another Jessica Alba pic, and the system took it just fine.
I’m not saying a damn thing.
- So apparently Fedex delivery guys don’t care to knock on my door any more. I had two deliveries made today, one by Fedex Express, and one by Ground. Both times, the packages were just left at my front door, without even so much as a knock! The only way I found out is when I checked the status of each package, and saw the “Left at Front Door” message.
Good thing that 1) the items were just a pair of old cell phones and a wireless PCI network adapter and 2) the items didn’t grow legs and walk off on their own, if you know what I mean.
- Speaking of cell phones, I got my Sony Ericsson cell phones today, and I must say…they are absolute garbage. I don’t think I could ever go back to a non-flip phone, after using my Sanyo Katana for as long as I have. Then again, $10 for a refurbed phone, no activation, free second day shipping, and $10 of free airtime isn’t half bad. Too bad it cost me $1.40 (4 min @ $0.10 + $1 daily access rate) just to play around with setting up the voicemail on the phone.
(I had to set up the voicemail, because some freaking 818 phone number kept calling me. I was forced to turn off the phone, something that I hardly ever do with my regular cell phone.)
Well, at least I now have a “cheap” way to call my sister, should the need arise.
By the way, at $.10/min + $1/day, or $.25/min, who really uses these Pay-as-you-Go phones? I can only think of three groups of people:
- Those who very sparingly use their cell phones.
- Those who use their phones way too much, and are thus restricted to a pay-as-you-go phone to control their spending
- Those trying to stay off “the system.”
And yes, I realize I’m a total geek for now possessing three cell phones
- I also picked up this Honeywell Tower fan, which was ~ $15 after taxes and a $10 rebate. Stupid me placed the order on the first day of the sale, and I forgot all about it until nearly two weeks later, when I happened to be in the area. Thanks to Sprint PCS Vision, I was able to pull the order # from my Hotmail inbox, and I was able to pick up the item. I’m very impressed by the fan; it’s nice and quiet, and actually pushes quite a bit of air. It’s a huge upgrade from my jet engine of a fan (similar to this one) that has three speed settings: fast, really fast, and category five. Even the “slowest” setting is unbearably loud, making TV watching with that fan on in the same room nearly impossible. For you computer geeks out there, that jet engine of a fan is the equivalent of an 80mm Sunon fan that spins at nearly 8,000rpm, easily drowning out any other sound your computer makes, and even some of the sounds coming out of your speakers.
Speaking of fans, it’s HOT here in MPK, and I can’t sleep. This may jeopardize the plans for Dim Sum tomorrow!
Happy blogging!