Came back to Calgary early last week after a week long holiday in Dallas, Texas. I had a great time spending time with family, relaxing in the hot weather, and eating lots of junk food (it’s like everywhere). The temperature was really hot when I first landed (104 degrees Fahrenheit, or 40 degrees Celsius) which is the hottest temperature I have ever experienced, but I was surprised that I didn’t really find it too bad. It was really dry, very little humidity so it was actually pretty nice. In my opinion 30 degrees in Calgary is much worse.

A clip from the Daily Show that had me cracking up:

“Now if your eyes were closed during that segment which they may have been, you heard a story about a scray serial killer in Florida. If you’re eyes were open you may have gotten an erection.” Jon Stewart

Heading off to Dallas tomorrow morning (from Calgary) to visit some family and chill for the last bit of the summer holidays. Got my travel kit packed, my iPod charged, and some reading for the plane, should be sweet trip.

From top left, going counter clockwise:

• Gillette Shaving Cream
• St. Ives Facial Scrub
• Gillette Deodorant
• Tommy Hilfiger Aftershave
• Crest Expressions Toothpaste
• Colgate Toothbrush
• Schick Disposable Razor
• Adidas Sport Cologne

Just finished doing a complete overhaul of my web design portfolio; CSS Designed. My previous design had everything on a single page but the new and improved version is spread over 7 pages, and in my opinion is looking pretty slick.

So I watched the new Jim Carey movie last weekend while my cousins were in town, in short, it was hands down the worst movie of the year. All though most of Jim Carey’s successful movies have all been comedies, he did a pretty good job playing the role of Walter Sparrow. The storyline / plot on the other hand just plain sucked, I nearly snoozed off during the movie.

After getting quite a few feedback e-mails (thanks everybody!) I did a few site wide changes including changing parts of the fixed footer, removed the available for design work button on the top, and changed how the header menu is outputted.

Before

<li class="home<?php if(is_home()) { echo ' current_page_item';} ?>"><a href="<?php echo get_settings('home'); ?>/">Home</a></li>
<?php wp_list_pages('depth=1&title_li=') ;?>

After

<li class="home<?php if(is_home()) { echo ' selected';} ?>"><a href="<?php bloginfo('url'); ?>">Home</a></li>
<li class="about<?php if (is_page('2')) {echo " selected";}?>"><a href="<?php bloginfo('url'); ?>/about/">About</a></li>
<li class="archives<?php if (is_page('Archives')) {echo " selected";}?><?php if (is_archive()) {echo " selected";}?><?php if (is_single()) {echo " selected";}?>"><a href="<?php bloginfo('url'); ?>/archives/">Archives</a></li>
<li class="contact<?php if (is_page('Contact')) {echo " selected";}?><?php if (is_page('Feedback')) {echo " selected";}?>"><a href="<?php bloginfo('url'); ?>/contact/">Contact</a></li>

It’s a little more work getting it to work properly but I like the increased control you have over the second menu. The highlighted archive tab is also on all archive, and permalink pages.

Just wanted to thank everyone for dropping by, I’m guessing a lot of you are coming here from CSS showcase sites like CSS Mania, Daily Slurp, CSS Impress, or Screenalicious:

Basically this is a personal blog where I write about anything and everything that I find interesting. So while you are here feel free to scroll through older posts in the archives, subscribe to my rss feed, and if you have any thoughts on the new design. they are always welcome.

PS. I still have 6 pownce invites left, if you want em, just leave your e-mail address over here

So last night I finally went out and watched the new Transformers movie, and overall, it was totally kick ass. I never watched the cartoons back in the 80s, but having a general idea of what the movie was about I found the storyline / plot easy to follow. The casting was solid, the directing great, but what totally blew you away were the visual effects. It’s pretty obvious where most of the money for the movie went, and the wow effect was definitely there. They did a terrific job of combining the CGI effects into all the shots giving everything a realistic feel to it.

Then there was Megan Fox, who was totally hot from start to finish.

I have 12 invites for anyone that wants to try it out. If you want one, just leave a comment below with a valid e-mail address and I’ll send one out to you

What’s Pownce?

Pownce is a way to send messages, files, links, and events to your friends. You’ll create a network of the people you know and then you can share stuff with all of them, just a few of them, or even just one other person really fast.

Right now, there are four basic things you can send: messages, links, files, and events.

You might send an event out to a dozen of your friends letting them know you’re hosting a party this Friday. They could easily get the event details you entered, respond with questions or comments and then quickly rsvp.

Say you had a great photo you wanted to share with all of your friends. Just add the file and all of your friends will get it right away. They’ll be able to reply and tell you if it’s cool. You could even post songs you recorded in your home studio to share with your friends.

Source

"I pulled away from the side of the road, glanced at my mother-in-law and headed over the embankment."

"Coming home, I drove into the wrong house and collided with a tree I don’t have."

"I thought my window was down, but I found out it wasn’t when I put my head through it."

"A truck backed through my windscreen into my wife’s face."

"The guy was all over the road. I had to swerve a number of times before I hit him."

"In an attempt to kill a fly, I drove into a telephone pole."

"I was on my way to the doctor with rear end trouble when my universal joint gave way causing me to have an accident."

"To avoid hitting the bumper of the car in front I struck the pedestrian."

"My car was legally parked as it backed into the other vehicle."

"An invisible car came out of nowhere, struck my car and vanished."

"I am sure the old fellow would never make it to the other side of the road when I struck him."

"The pedestrian had no idea which way to run, so I ran over him."

"I saw a slow moving, sad faced old gentleman, as he bounced off the roof of my car."

"I was thrown from the car as it left the road. I was later found in a ditch by some stray cows."

A Norwich Union customer collided with a cow. The questions and answers on the claim form were:
Q: What warning was given by you?
A: Horn
Q: What warning was given by the other party?
A: Moo!

"First car stopped suddenly, second car hit first car and a haggis ran into the rear of second car."

"Windscreen broken. Cause unknown. Probably voodoo."

"The indirect cause of the accident was a little guy in a small car with a big mouth."

"I started to slow down but the traffic was more stationary than I thought."

"I pulled into a lay-by with smoke coming from under the bonnet. I realised the car was on fire so I took my dog and smothered it with a blanket."

Q: Could either driver have done anything to avoid the accident?
A: Travelled by bus?

"On the M6 I moved from the centre lane to the fast lane but the other car didn’t give way."

"I was going at about 70 or 80 mph when my girlfriend on the pillion reached over and grabbed my testicles, so I lost control."

"I didn’t think the speed limit applied after midnight."

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