Anyways, I got one “official” softball team that I’m in on Sunday afternoon-night over at Daly City’s Westlake Park. I say “official” because I actually paid. This time I ain’t someone named “Kyle” or “Stephen” but just lil ‘ol me. Another dope thing about this league is the online-stats!
Check it out baby! All-star =)
PS. Just in case someone views this in the future and I don’t get the plays I want… as of 9/30/05: I am 4‑for‑6 with a 0.667 batting average and 3 runs scored.
Working on a Friday is sometimes a bit stressful but fun at the same time. Anywho, TGIF everyone. Have a safe and great October(fest) weekend!
Note: This is the first picture I took using my new cellphone (Motorola V551). Pretty cool considering its not even a MP-camera =(
My alarm just came on. This thing (cell) is loud “period.” It played that “Hello Moto” tune. Thank god I put it right next to me as I just reach towards the sound and pressed the snooze button successfully.
I think it probably took me two “snoozes” to finally get up, shower up and head towards the West Oakland BART station. Then, hopped on the SFO/Millbrae-bound train around 8:20am. For what? What else—for work.
Oh what sweet fun it’ll be being on standby and testing for anything fishy on the network. Meanwhile, I think I just tasted the best bagels ever on a Saturday morning. I guess its just been a long time since I got up this early on a Saturday that any food is really good.
Not to mention, a bit over 6 hours ago, we were just bowling over at Manor Bowl (San Leandro, 11:30pm‑1:30am). I think I got buzzed of a $0.50 cup of beer. Yah, I know… light-weight. It’s probably because I didn’t get to eat anything for dinner. I just went home and took a nap straight from work. Maybe that or, I’m just allergic and light-weight. *sigh*
Fun this day ought to be. I hope everything here goes well so we can roll over to some place for lunch—FREE lunch! Hopefully, it doesn’t take that long to do our (Engineering) thing. I really want to go over to Kruise Park for some pickup-softball games.
From my mind to yours, carpe diem.
Just got a word from Cicely that Redondo Beach is hosting their Annual Lobster Festival this weekend. Damn, too bad I can’t have a copy of myself go there. As L‑boogie would say:
“Two MCs can’t occupy the same space at the same time …it’s against the laws of physics” ~Lauryn Hill, The Score — Zealots
Anyways, for those going, make sure to eat a small breakfast to expand your stomachs. So you can get as much lobster as possible during the fest. Damn, mmm mmm mmm—lobster!
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Basecamp is a web-based tool that lets you manage and track projects (or simply ideas) and quickly create client/project extranets.
“NO RISK FREE TRIAL?” I don’t know. Maybe it’s just me. But this thing is making me bug out. Maybe its the handful of hours I spent doing ads with this kinda copy/text on it. I know them marketers are really crucial in wording their babies.
I mean, “Content is king” to them. Even if it looks out of place, or out of proportion, they don’t care where it goes as long as its big and right on the audiences’ face. Other than that, they just churn their rolodex and make calls to their contacts. I guess its all about the commission—they get bank.
Meanwhile, back to the word-play in the Basecamp ad. I saw this ad in a site I frequent for design news and other stuff. It didn’t hit me at first till I took a closer look at it. I couldn’t just shake it off, you know?
Its like having the TP on backwards so that it wouldn’t “waterfall” the right way. I just hate seeing it anywhere that I literally change it the way it should’ve been in the first place. Just a pet peeve of mine amongst other small stuff. Anyone else have this on their list?
Anyways, I got a couple of things when I saw this copy: “NO RISK FREE TRIAL.” First, it can mean “NO RISK-FREE TRIAL”—which sounds really evil. Its like, try our product that I’m selling and oh BTW, if you get some growth on your neck we’re not to blame. I mean c’mon, just a major sales deterrent that can just close a business out.
The second meaning that I get sounds right. “NO-RISK FREE TRIAL.” Sounds better don’t it? Not only are you getting a free trial, there’s also no-risk to doing it. Two major selling point that can bring the dough from rolling in.
I guess it was just an oversight by someone over at the Marketing department. With the successful products that 37Signals have been rolling out lately (i.e. Basecamp, Backpack and Ta-da List) to complement the next version of the Web (aka. Web 2.0), this might just have been a freak of nature. Either that, or the designer just did his/her thing—design. I probably have done something like this in that past, to make things look “right”. After all, “beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder.”