Dogs “are” WYSIWYG

Can I have anything else to eat? (Our dog Buddy)
Dogs can beg with every part of their bodies – particularly their eyes. They are quite amazing creatures. I hope I’m not this obvious…

PCP – Post Conference Procrastination

Yeah, okay so I’ve been back from Gnomedex 6.0 for almost two weeks now and I still haven’t looked at the business cards that I collected or written more than one or two emails to anyone. That’s pretty pathetic eh?

I heard about the conference at the Seattle TechCrunch Party (what was I doing in Seattle at this event – thats another story). Mike Arrington got up at the party to hold court. He saw Chris Pirillo in the crowd and told everybody that Gnomedex 5.0 was the best conference he had ever been too. That was enough incentive for me. Of course I never got around to booking the conference until it was sold out. I ended up buying a main room ticket via Craigslist from Dylan Greene though. He couldn’t make it – his loss my gain – thanks Dylan (at least he got his money back).

Anyway I had a great time in Seattle at this conference – probably the best “geekout” I’ve ever been too – okay the only geekout I’ve been too (other than when I was in high school and spent the night on a garage roof with a couple of freinds taking notes on a meteor shower).
Met some great people like Matt and Mike .
Chris Pirillo and his fiance Ponzi put on a great show, and their love for people oozes. I will be booking for Gnomedex 7.0 as soon as they post the details.

So whats next? – possibly wordcamp in SF, August 5th.
oNe,

Tarry G

Pig Parkers :-(

Someone ought to go around and take pictures of these people, every city should have a website, where all Pig Parkers are posted – with their licence plates in full view! Hmmmm, I wonder if the pigparkers.com is available…..
There is no excuse unless its an emergency to be a Pig Parker, and I mean a real emergency – not, I have to get to the store, or I need to go the bathroom. Here is a test for whether it was an emergency or not – Would you have parked it in the middle of the street and not even cared whether they towed it away. Thats it, no less! (Oh by the way, if you’re an irresponsible loser who does’nt care if they tow your care away – this example does’nt apply to you).

Oh, it case you are wondering what a “pig parker” is, its a phrase I invented today – a Pig Parker is a person who parks their car/truck/boat in such a way that they take up more than one spot or so that they are so close to the parking lines that they hinder or eliminate the ability of someone to get into their car who is parked beside them.

I should have taken a picture. It was spectacular! A very busy evening at our local shopping mall – hard to find a spot even remotely close to the store. So I’m doing the usual “parking hunter” routine, driving up and down the ailse looking for a spot – because there is no way I’m parking far away (note: far away is defined as more than 200ft from the entrance).

I turn the corner to go down the last ailse I would consider (we are at my 200ft range) and what do I see?!!? Yes you guessed it! A big pickup truck parked at a angle so that it purposely takes up two parking spots!!!! After mumbling a few words which no doubt caused the Holy Spirit to leave my car….I had some ideas…..if it wasnt for the following reasons, I would have taken some action:

- I’m not a violent person
- I’m afraid of getting caught
- My concience would kill me
- It’s not my style, but I did think it…

What I wanted to do was to take my car (think hummer, but its not) and use my car to bash the pickup truck at various angles and various speeds until I could “bash” it into one spot. This would have no doubt taken a number of hits. Then I would have left a note on the car suggesting that they park properly next time.

Ah….I feel a lot better now….

One,
Tarry G