Mail Goggles. Don’t Drink and Email

 

For all those people (like me) that think Google is hilarious, well they have done it again. Google has launched Mail Goggles. 

 

The officail line from Google 

“Google strives to make the world’s information useful. Mail you send late night on the weekends may be useful but you may regret it the next morning. Solve some simple math problems and you’re good to go. Otherwise, get a good night’s sleep and try again in the morning. After enabling this feature, you can adjust the schedule in the “General” settings page.”

Basically this service will deter Gmail users from sending emails in a less that sober state. Once you turn on Mail Goggles, if you attempt to send an email between the hours of 10:00PM to 4:00AM (default time) you will be prompted to answer five math questions wi Emailthin a set time limit.

Unless you turn into Steven Hawking after a Guinness or two, this means it will be harder to send that late night drunken email telling your boss what you really think.

Although this has to be one of the funniest things I heard in a while, I do think this type of precaution can make the Internet better in the long run. Imagine if you are on your favorite forum and they implement this type of functionality. Imagine how many of the eight years old Trolls out there would be out of luck if they had to answer simple math questions.

What who? Google says everything is Sunny!

Hello!!!! What is Google trying to tell me?

The information on the left of the picture is correct, but the pictures that are supposed to be a graphically representation are telling me something a little different. I know that Florida is the “Sunshine State”, but I think this might be false advertising.

Funny Video

Ok here is an older video, but I just ran across it and wanted to share.

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/80992

Watch what you say

Just give a little and get a lot. Most people want this to be how life is for them, but there is one man in Waco, Texas may beg to differ. After giving his opinion in a political flame war on the internet, a Virginia man drove 1300 miles to Waco, Texas and burned down his rival’s home. You can read more about it here:

Don’t Mess With The Prinicpal!

Have you ever wanted to get back at someone or do something to people you don’t like? Well you might not want to make a false MySpace page because you may get sued. Techdirt.com is reporting that a high school principal in Pennsylvania sued four students for creating a false MySpace profile.

Now I am not a revengeful person, but I do see the humor and the repercussions this little stunt can produce. If you are worth your salt the first thing you do when faced with any question you don’t know, like a principle’s phone number, is to Google it! Well this can really cause some potential problems if you Google the Principle’s name and you see that he has a Myspace page proclaiming that he is a pot smoker. I am sure that any parent that would see this would be calling the School Superintendent wanting an explanation.

This is not a new occurrence in our schools systems it just a new media. Everyone remember all the horrible things that were written on your school’s bathroom walls. Now with the Internet and social networking sites like MySpace.com and Facebook.com you can pull together mass resources and use all the creativity of today’s youth to make beauty or destruction. 

Of course this not the first time I seen this trick. I remember a movie names Hackers where the teen stars posted the name and phone number of a FBI agent in a seedy online dating service. The agent was getting crazy phone calls left and right.

The saddest thing is not that principle is being defamed, but like every other red blooded American he decided to sue!

Movie quotes list

I like list. I think that I am going to post a new list every Wednesday on a topic. This sounds like a good way to get some feedback from anyone who reads this Blog and see how my list compares to theirs.

I think I will start my first list about my top ten movies quotes of all time.

1. “The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the word that he didn’t exist.” Movie: The Usual Suspects ; Actor: Kevin Spacey; Character: Virgil aka Keiser Sose

2. “Ever dance with the devil in the pale moon light?” Movie: Batman; Actor Jack Nicholas; Character: The Joker

3. “Assumption is the mother of all F#@k-ups” Movie: Under Siege 2; Actor: Eric Bogosian; Character: Travis Dane

4. “Say hello to my little friend” Movie: Godfather; Actor: Al Pachino; Character: Tony Mantuano

5. “Luke, I am your Father” Movie: Star Wars Empire Strikes Back; Actor: James Earl Jones; Character: Darth Vader

6. “I’ll be your huckleberry” Movie: Wyatt Earp; Actor: Val Kilmer; Character: Doc Holiday

7. “I’ll be back” Movie: Terminator; Actor: Arnold Schwarzenegger; Character: Terminator

8. “That’s not a knife, Now that’s a Knife” Movie: Crocodile Dundee; Actor: Paul Hogan; Character: Mick Dundee

9. “Here’s Johnny” Movie: The Shining; Actor: Jack Nicholas; Character: Jack Torrance

10. “It’s Friday you ain’t got no job and you ain’t got S#!T to do!” Movie: Friday; Actor is Chris Tucker; Character: Smokey

Credit Card Signatures are a joke

So I decided to do an experiment 2 weeks ago to find out do stores really pay attentions to what is written on the back of a credit card. I received a new credit card and thought it would be fun to write something eye catching on the signature area on the back of the card. Below you can see that I have written that I stole this credit card on the back.

I thought that when I wrote this on my card that I would see more times when people would asked to see my photo ID. Over the course 2 weeks I used my card 20 times for $173.24.

I used the card at all types of places everywhere from Starbucks, gas stations, Walmart, and AMC movies. Out of the 20 times I used my card I was only asked to see my ID twice!!!! I am not sure what to think about this idea now that it over. I will tell you that I was very sad after the 2 days of this experiment, because I could see the writing on the wall. The first week was when I received my two ID checks and none the second week. I was checked at the Starbucks on Thomasville Rd. and the other at the AMC movies located in the Tallahassee mall. The funny thing about the AMC was that I was not checked when I bought the tickets to the movie, but when I was in the theater and purchased popcorn at the concession stand.

It is amazing to me the utter lack of responsibility or lack of training that we see in today’s market places. I am not saying that it is totally the responsibility of the merchant to catch people who could be using stolen credit cards, but I would like to think that there would be a little more that 2 people out of 20 that would think to look at the back of a card and see that I have written, “I stole this card check ID!!”.

I believe that this go to show why ID theft is such an easy thing to get away with in America today. I never carry cash on me so I totally rely on my credit card. If it was to go missing I would realize it very soon. There are people who are not as reliant as me on the plastic and I think that they are the ones who should feel more outraged by this experiment. If by some chance their card was to get stolen how long do you think it would take to have someone questions them about. Well if you like math then about 5% of the time.

I am a betting man and I would never bet on a 5% chance.

National Action Against Obesity Boycotts Girl Scout Cookies

Recently I heard a story about how the National Action Against Obesity or the N.A.A.O. are boycotting Girl Scout cookies. First thought is this has got to be a joke. There is no one in there right minds that can honest blame obesity on Girl Scouts. After being assured that the story was true I quickly came to the realization if someone can sue McDonalds for coffee being too hot then in not only possible it mostly likely probable. After being enrage by the fact that someone or Organization would purposely be trying to stop Girl Scouts from selling cookies I thought I would investigate further. A quick Google search lead me to the culprits web page where the first thing I see is the picture shown below.

While on the website I noticed that it appears to be a fairly simple presentation a mission statement, In the News, Blog, and video clips of the president of the organization. The top article from the “In the News” section said, “NAAO Boycotts Girl Scout Cookies. I click on the story and I am taken to a press release. After reading the press release I find myself befuddled staring blankly into my monitor.

One Quote from within the article states,

“Girl Scout Cookies are high-calorie, high-sugar, high in saturated fat and nearly devoid of nutrition. Using young girls as a front to push millions of cookies onto an already bloated population further exacerbates an alarming crisis, no matter how cute the uniforms are,” said NAAO President MeMe Roth. “The Girl Scouts sell up to 200 million boxes yearly — that’s about one box for every overweight American.”

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Sorry, had to count to ten, so I would not lose my temper at the utter nonsense I just read. Anyone who can say the things that this woman (Meme Roth) said in the press release is either looking for publicity, sadly misinformed, or outright insane. I personally think it is all three.

 

For Meme Roth to have the audacity to think that the Girls Scouts are, “using young girls as a front to push millions of cookies” make her sound like a conspiracy theorist. Someone please tell Ms. Roth that she has successfully found out the Girl Scouts master plan for world domination by pimp enough cookies to the Obese American public, so that they can not put up a fight when the green sashes come marching. With this imaginary plot foiled she can go back to picketing school cafeterias because the lunch lady has been using lard instead vegetable oil to fry the tater tots.

 

Look I do not want to sound like a Girl Scouts Fanboi nor do I want to belittle obesity within our nation. I do want it to be known that the Girl Scouts just like the Boy Scouts provide valuable community service to our country and are not defined by their cookies. They are more than Thin Mints. Girl Scouts have been helping girls grow stronger for 95 years. Everyday that we have organizations try to unify our country’s children and not segregate them is one more day that we can walk with our chins up. Selling cookies is not a sinister plot to eventually change the colors of the flag to Green and Brown. Selling cookies is a legitimate way to raise money, teach responsibility and promote good will.

 

This is what Girl Scouts is about

 

Quote from the Girl Scouts website

 

“Girl Scouts of the USA is the world’s preeminent organization dedicated solely to girls—all girls—where, in an accepting and nurturing environment, girls build character and skills for success in the real world. In partnership with committed adult volunteers, girls develop qualities that will serve them all their lives, like leadership, strong values, social conscience, and conviction about their own potential and self-worth.”

 

That is all I have to say about that!

 

Satisfying a V-Day story

 

I was at lunch and decided that I need to go get my beautiful wife a valentine’s gift, so I headed of to the local Target to buy a few things. As I first pull up I notice that parking lot seems a little fuller than normal, I park my car and head inside to buy a gift. As I walk through the door I notice that the $1 gift are getting a lot of buzz. Two women and a child, maybe 13, are poring over the assort candies and gifts. I decide to head over to the card rack first and then pick-up some trinkets before I pay. I walk up to the area where the cards are and I can not even see the card because of all the women that stand in front of the rack. This is some what astonishing because the rack has to be 15 feet long. There are literally 10 or 11 women standing or kneeling trying to find the perfect card. What I do not see is one single guy standing there looking to find a card that would capture the moment or sum up their love all in one heart felt antidote. What I do next is pretty much the difference between guys and girls. I slip up to the rack and see the section that says, “To Wife”, grab the first card I see and walk away to purchase some of those $1 chocolates that I saw on my way in to the store. That is the beauty of being a guy. I know that my wife will love what ever I get her and appreciate that I thought enough get something. Also, I know that my wife will appreciate when I will act surprise and enthusiastic for the gift that she took 3 hours and a random Hallmark to pick out. That is why today’s word of the day is Satisfying