Monthly Archives: November, 2007
Cat on a treadmill
Cat on a treadmill Originally uploaded by zieak Ollie is our fattest cat. I’m proud of him for making the effort. He can tell his cat friends that he spent 30 minutes on the treadmill.
Sam’s cabin warming
Sam’s cabin warming Originally uploaded by zieak A few people went to Sam’s on Sunday night. He’s renting a small cabin off the grid but on the beach. We brought Mexican themed food and had a fire on the beach. Cena and I fell asleep early – the food, drinks, and warm cabin after hours …
I dislike screen beans
I dislike screen beans Originally uploaded by zieak Microsoft products come with a clipart gallery that included peanut shaped depictions of people. They have them drawn so that they work well for presentations, certificates, and other things people do with Microsoft products. Any single thing I see that uses them instantly loses credibility points. No, …
Wednesday site stats
1384 posts – 8 new 2602 comments – 13 new Technorati Authority: 93 (down 17) rank: 72,941 (decreased 13,985) Google Page Rank: 5 Alexa: 172,907 (improved 670) Page Strength: 4 Feedburner subscribers: 27 (down 6) BlogTopSites: 118 (improved 26) Blog Juice: 2.1
Crutches and bike parts make a stool
Well, i finished my crutch/bike part stool today. The “upholstery” ended up being done with a piece of foam, a thin piece of plywood and a few inner tubes stretched across the top. I wanted it to be suitable for outside and to maximize recycled materials. I spent about $8 making this and perhaps 4 …
Stool prototype
Stool prototype Originally uploaded by zieak Here’s my first shot at making a stool with crutches and bicycle wheels. I need to figure out the upholstery portion. The legs adjust in height while the spacing from the seat to the foot rest remains the same.
Using Google Trend Labs
In my work on trying to bump Tonka Seafoods up in search results for key terms i decided to look at search engine trend logs. Google Trends can show some fascinating information. Currently, Tonka Seafoods ranks number 4 in the non-sponsored search results for “alaska smoked salmon” which is fantastic – but Google Trends doesn’t …
Skate park structure
Two temporary employees have been working on a skate park at the ball fields. Today the frame for the structure started to go up.
Sorry for the incontinence
Some typos in emails are worth doing a screen capture to share with everyone…
Australia’s Dazed & Confused magazine interested in the cart bike
More cart bike interest from the print media…. Hi Ryan, My name is Gabriel Knowles and I’m a journalist working for Dazed & Confused magazine in Australia. We would like to run a half-page feature on the Shopping Cart Bike in our Eyespy section. We were hoping to run the article in our December/January edition. …
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