I’ve fixed a bug in the site that caused errors if you did a search that included spaces.

Awwwwww, how cute! (requires Flash)

I just got email from a representative of Cafe Press informing me that my Gunter Certified Beverage Engineer graphics have been removed:

We cannot accept some and/or all of the images in your CafePress.com account
due to the following reason: Your image(s) may be Copyright/Trademark protected
and require a license prior to the use for merchandise sales.

I’m no expert on how the parody exemptions work on for-profit stuff, so I’m not going to try to argue with them over it. But I’m sure that they are going to lose a lot of their shops if they are tightening up on this type of thing. A lot of the merchandise in their shops was based on parodies of famous marks.

So, to the guy in Wisconsin who ordered a mug and a sweatshirt early last year: congrats! They’re one-of-a-kind collectors items now!

sigh… I guess one day I’ll try to whip out some new graphics and recreate some merchandise. Not that anybody seemed to care. Except for that one guy in Wisconsin.

There are some really cool science demonstrations you can do at home found at scitoys.com. They even have links to how to order the parts.

Be sure to check out the Gauss rifle

ATTENTION BLOGSHARES PLAYERS!

I’ve got BS$35M worth of stock burning a hole in my virtual pocket, and I’m ready to give some away. Well, maybe not give it away – you’ll have to earn it.

You can read the details on my blog. Here’s a quick synopsis:

* You must be a BlogShares player, and you must have a blog listed on BlogShares
* You must add a link to one of my sites (see my blog) to your blogroll
* Post a comment to the post on my blog to notify me of the link (don’t forget to include your URL!)
* When the Blogshares server registers the link (see my blog), I will gift you some shares

The amount, value, and quality of the shares that I gift will be pretty random. But you’re getting them for free, so you shouldn’t have anything to complain about, right? I promise to gift at least $25,000 worth of stock from my portfolio, and possibly as much as $500K, diversified among several stocks, and it will not be stock in my own blogs (unless you specifically request that, perhaps). Remember, this is a bribe! So, I might be persuaded to gift more if you link more than one site, or if your site presents similar topics of interest, or if you post a message on your blog talking about how wonderful my sites are, etc.

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Dougal
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Wow, you really can find everything on the internet: Drivers License Lookup

Can someone explain why we don’t go around saying “Merry December 25th!” or “What are you getting your sweetheart for 14th of February”? Yet we constantly refer to Independence day by its calendar date. What a strange thing.