Lumpy's Corner

Not all of the images are work safe and they are obvioulsy doctored up but check this out.

Life is odd. A week ago, after a few weeks of more consistient writting in the blogsphere, I was sucked away by a few house guest. Freakie, the friendliest and bravest, walked cross the street and introduced himself. Anyhow, now you know why I have been busy.

If you like kittens and want one comment here. I am in the Greater Cleveland area and they are free to a good home. Leave a comment here. They all seem well behaved and healthy. If you like kitty photos, book mark my Flickr Meow Set for I will be adding more.

Some people are afraid Google is going to take over the world. As far as trusting them, I am leery of almost anything on the Internet. Google has mastered helping me get sucked into CyberSpace.

Regardless of your opinion on them, there are some pretty kewl things on this Giant. And one can't deny that they have a sense of humor. Remember Pigeon Rank? There was also the brief era of the Google Bomb. So let’s get all Googley and look at some of these things, mostly from maps.

If you're interested of a pretty long list of general Google links, Neil Patel has a nice one in this article. (Despite being about a year old, the post is still a great list. Be sure to check out the links in the comments as well.)

The inspiration for this article of diversion started with This Digg Post. The Digg Link is discussing a PC World Article that shares 15 kewl pictures. My favorite is the parking problem you see here. I also got a kick out of coke logo they linked to that is supposedly made out of coke bottles. Over the years, I can also recall seeing a flying car!

Before I proceed any further, I must state the following:

I am in now way shape or form responsible if you get sucked into CyberSpace frantically clicking on all these links and links within the articles. YOU are responsible for any of your lost time. In fact, the APA has deferred including Internet Addiction as a disorder. Therefore, unless it involves gambling or porn, you are, at best, just being unproductive. However, if that does happen, just keep clicking your doctor is working on it Before you proceed you may wish to check out this list and see how many disorders you have that are being suggested. (My goal is to lobby for thier inclusion and qualify for full disability. This will free up hours of more time to surf!)

Just look

Some of these links are not from this week but the week before. I still thought them of merit. It is very likely that you will not see a post here for a week or so. I must deal with some tweaks on the server side. Too much to write and too little time.

My father is an amazing craftsman. Give the man some Styrofoam, drill, a few wooden dowel rods and some glue and amazing things begin to emerge.

I am not going to mention each and every shot I have taken of this project but this one gives a good over view of the size of the town. (I reckon it takes up about 30 square feet at present.) This photo of the modeler standing amidst his project also puts it into perspective.

I first became aware of this project when I went to visit this Easter. I have been fortunate enough to spend some time on the weekends out at my folks of the late. I thought it might be interesting to share some of the photos that my father, mother and I have taken of this model town. I also though it would be a good opportunity to experiment with my mother's camera.

I took most of these photos with a Kodak EasyShare C360 that my siblings and I bought my mother. Ironically, I use it more than her. This does, however, give her geek son some experience with the device that he uses to better show mom how to use it.