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Yawn.

Lincoln Adams | January 12, 2010 @ 6:52 pm

Having one of those blah days (or is it a blah life)?

Did get a whole bunch of errands done though, went on a spending spree on Amazon for some new toys I can use for geocaching and babe watching, got my car washed, the oil changed, the tires rotated, and bought some more winter gear, including cashmere gloves.

Wait, did I say babe watching? I meant BIRD watching. :D

And now that I’ve cleared my plate I’m pretty much twiddling my thumbs here, waiting for tomorrow when I start my marketing campaign. As part of my brilliant strategy to raise brand awareness for my blog, I’m also having over 100 wooden nickels printed with my name and blog link on it, which I’ll be dropping off at geocaches from time to time. Dude I’m telling you, it’s only a matter of time before I’ll be such a hot commodity that I’ll be working the morning show circuits on a regular basis. :shades:

Oh, and women still suck by the way. I was ignored by just about everyone the past weekend, including the waitress at Boulder Creek who would not look at me, talk to me, or acknowledge my existence, despite me being smiley and all kinds of nice to her. Effing whore.

But anyhoo, I’m not too bothered by it, I’ve just come to accept the fact that the Bible was wrong about the origins of women, and that it was in fact the devil himself who created them to destroy man. So you see, the story of the talking serpent deceiving Eve is actually a bit misinterpreted. The way I read it now, they were in on it together. She wasn’t deceived, she knew EXACTLY what she was doing. It was all a grand conspiracy between the mother of all whores and the father of all evil to ensure that man would experience nothing but pain and misery for all his days. And sure enough, the plot succeeded.

What? I’m not bitter. That’s not why I saying this. It’s what really happened, I know it! The science is settled! :koolaid:

Bah, I’m gonna go have dinner now.



There Can Only Be One

Lincoln Adams | October 23, 2007 @ 12:50 am

My BackLink Contest has finally concluded, but alas, alas, only one can walk away with the prize. May I have the envelope please… :D

And the winner of the $100 Amazon Gift Certificate, chosen by random number generation is……. Julia Adamus!

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Hope you enjoy your prize Julia. Try not to spend it all in one place. :wink:

Thanks to everyone else for participating. I’m sorry I couldn’t offer more, but sadly this contest was pretty much a flop for me. I was hoping to get at least 100 bloggers to join in and link back to my site, but only 16 people signed up overall. :( Oh well, it was a learning experience for me at least, and if I’m to create a successful blog with a respectable amount of traffic, then I have to accept that there are certain risks I sometimes need to take to put myself out there. One thing’s for sure though, I ain’t never running a contest like THIS again, or I’m gonna end up completely broke, and then I’ll never be able to get a girl to wub me and hug me. :tongue:

Update: I made a goof and ended the contest one day earlier than I mentioned because I thought the 24th would be a Tuesday. I’m obviously an idiot (or maybe just sleep deprived). I was intending to end the contest on Tuesday anyway, I just had the date mixed up. It’s the number 23 I’m telling you, it’s EVIL. EVIL!!!! :wideeyed:



Backlink Contest: Enter for a chance to win a $100 Amazon gift certificate!

Lincoln Adams | September 22, 2007 @ 12:00 pm

Update: The contest has concluded. Thanks to all those who participated!

I’m forever looking for ways to boost my Technorati rankings, but without much success, so I’m gonna try something new here: if you create a backlink to my site from your blog, you’ll be entered for a chance to win a $100 gift certificate for Amazon. :cheer:



Amazon’s Gift Wrapping Skills

Lincoln Adams | September 18, 2007 @ 8:00 am

If you’re thinking of opting for Amazon’s gift-wrapping offer when you order a product from them, think again:

I ordered a top of the line toaster for my parents’ anniversary from Amazon last week, and on the order page I noticed an option to have it gift wrapped for six dollars more, so I figured, what the heck. A professionally wrapped present would be sure to impress them even more, as well as add some elegance to my boundless capacity for cheerful giving. :D

The package arrived yesterday and I quickly opened it up, only to find this:

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Are you kidding me? What the hell is this crap???

It looked like they just tossed my toaster in a raggedy bag and then hurriedly tied it up with a 50 cent ribbon, the thread already wearing out at the edges. I paid six bucks for this?? I swear to God Amazon, that toaster had better be a work of technical perfection, or I’m sending Al Qaeda to your doorstep.

Unbelievable.



Amazon is watching you

Lincoln Adams | June 15, 2007 @ 12:42 am

Nothing quite jolts the senses than the experience of lazily surfing around the Internet anonymously, then suddenly coming across an Amazon button on some’s guy blog giving you a shout out…. using your REAL NAME.

Holy…

Apparently this is the result of Amazon’s relatively new Honor System, but they do promise you that your private information isn’t shared with any third party. Sure. The button looks like this by the way:

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Just to be on the safe side, I quickly went to Amazon’s site so I could log out and prevent such shout outs from happening in the future, only to find that there wasn’t a signout link ANYWHERE on the page! What kind of crap is this? And I know why it’s set up that way too, to ensure that as many people stay logged in for as long as possible, that way Amazon can track them wherever they go online. But they’re soooooo concerned about my privacy. Yeah sure, sit on it Bezos. :rant:

Easy solution was to just delete the cookie Amazon created in my browser and then exclude them from ever setting a cookie for me again. Jerks.