Koozie Notes

Let Me Google That For You: URL Builder

Ever google something for someone because it was easier to do it yourself.  No longer. 

Now you can use LetMeGoogleThatForYou, which should build a URL showing a user how to use Google. :-)

Question: Where can I download Ubuntu?
 

Answer: http://lmgtfy.com/?q=ubuntu+download

--Chris

Crazy E-Commerce

If you are up for a good laugh, then check out these short films (< 2minutes) on Crazy E-Commerce.

What if offline shopping were as cruel and difficult as buying online? What does that world look like?

- Chris

Awards Verification Center Letter

A few days ago I received an "Official Prizewinner Notification" letter from the dubious Awards Verification Center aka Silverleaf Resorts, 2400 W Pioneer Pkwy, Suite 210, Arlington, TX 76013.  Susan Murray, their Awards Director, stated that I had recently one of four prizes [Mercedes Benz M-Class, BMW X5, Porshe Cayenne, etc.]

After some internet searches, I found out that this outfit is in the Time Share business and seem to have a record with the Dallas BBB.

Article 1
Article 2

*UPDATE*  21 NOV 2006

This is too strange.  Today, I received the "blue post card" in the mail from -- Awards Verification Center.  Susan Murray is still their Awards Director and she wants me to speak to one of her assistants named Sandra or Kim.  Their toll free number is 888-383-7152.

Hmm.  I wander how much they squander on postage for all of these mailings?

Article 3

Article 4 [Fort Worth Star Telegram]

*UPDATE* 5 DEC 2006

You will never guess what I received in the mail today.  A Christmas card from a high school bud? Wrong.  A bill from the cable company?  Wrong again.

Disguised in a yellow and brown envelope, I received another letter from.....the mysterious Awards Verification Center.  They were sending me my FINAL NOTICE.

Upon further review I realized:

1. They listed a new toll free number 866-804-8591.
2. Sandra and Kim are still Susan Murray's assistants.
3. Susan Murray still holds office as the Awards Director.

*UPDATE* 3 AUG 2008

While listening to a Clark Howard Podcast, Clark tells the story about receiving a post card from the Award Verification Center.  [Link to Podcast as MP3]  Podcast --> 7/18/2008 - Hour 1

[Link to Clark Howard's Archives]

Funny Court Filing

(via BoingBoing) This short post from boingboing links to a humorous court filing. If you didn't catch it, re-read the first paragraph on the first page.

I wonder how often stuff like this really happens?

-Chris

Onion and the Five Blade Razor

(via  Kuro5hin)I just read this Onion story from 2004 and now CNN is reporting that Gillette is coming out with five blade razor.  I can't stop laughing.

-Chris

Terry Tate: Office Linebacker

A friend of mine sent me this humorous link to a short film spoof titled, "Terry Tate: Office Linebacker." [WMV]  Just imagine what would happen, if your boss hired an overzealous, trash-talking, NFL linebacker that would tackle anyone at work not performing to high standards.  I'm still laughing about it.

-Chris

Fake News from Lindon, Utah.

(via Groklaw) I got a good kick reading this funny story posted on humorix.org about what would happen if IBM provided ALL the documents that SCO has requested in their lawsuit.

LINDON, UTAH -- The City of Lindon issued a disaster declaration today after the first tractor-trailer arrived delivering documents from IBM as part of the discovery process in the SCO case.

"Our town simply isn't large enough to support the mass of documents that IBM has been ordered to deliver," said a Lindon city official. "The trucks will destroy our roads, cause traffic gridlock, and create blight within a 20-block radius of the SCO World Headquarters Complex."

-Chris

Bill Gates Teen Beat Photos

(via BoingBoing)  I received a much needed chuckle this morning after viewing these old Bill Gates photos taken for Teen Beat circa 1984.

-Chris

Update
- Slashdot thread
- Additional photos of Bill Gates

Cotton Bowl List Eater

The Texas A&M student paper, the Battalion, published an uncanny story about a female student who stuffed a paper list into her mouth.  Students who witnessed the event started to taunt her with the nickname "List-Eater."

The woman now known on Internet online communities as "List-Eater" was second in line at ticket window 8. She said there was no line when she arrived at the Kyle Field ticket windows at 4:30 a.m. because those camping out were still asleep. There were lists at each ticket window of those who had been camping out for tickets as early as Sunday afternoon.

Another aggie has created a website to keep track on any news about the list-eater.  He even posted some video of the incident.

Gig'em Ags.

-Chris

Update 9 JAN 2004
The list-eater gets farked on SoonerFans.com.

We'll Need the Anti-light

(via GrokLaw) I love this quote by Linus in Bob Mims article in the Salt Lake Tribune.

Surprising no one, Linus Torvalds, a Finnish programmer considered the father of Linux, scoffed at the notion of SCO's new "anti-Groklaw" remedy.
"Groklaw does nothing but shine the light on what SCO is doing," Torvalds said. "[SCO] are like cockroaches scurrying about in a panic saying, 'we'll need the anti-light.' "

-Chris