Phasor Burn

I’m starting to receive email brochureware from companies I haven’t heard from in years. They are trying to peddle their wares. I’ve never bought from most of them, although I do remember getting quotes or other information 2-5 years ago from most of them.

Seems like they must be starting to feel the pinch and are reaching into their contact database as far back as possible for the hope that someone might throw some $$ their way.

On a similar but different note, the jobs in my area of expertise are a bit fewer in number on the career websites, but also those jobs are going wanting.

I have had head hunters with a 5 year old copy of my resume pestering me every week or two recently. They’re looking for people to fill 1 year contracts as opposed to some of the 3 month or 6 month contracts I have been called about in the past.

The head hunters certainly are scraping the bottom of their resume barrel to dig up such old contacts, and only have longer term contracts ( == may as well be employee ). This tells me all the more fresh people they had on tap are already busy with work. They are probably in hunker-down mode, possibly as employees somehwere, to ride out this downturn.

Interesting combination of data points.

I’ve noticed this in more than one location, that Google Maps often places parks on the wrong block.

Compare their map

with their satellite imagery

Is this due to bad geo data? If so, Yahoo gets their map data from another source as they have it correct.

Maybe this error is form of copyright protection by such that if anybody copies their data they can then be caught? Sort of like how the phone books are said to have extra entries sprinkled throughout for the same purpose.

moar funny pictures

Our old kitty was getting on in years and couldn’t really groom herself properly anymore.

Rather than fill up the house with fur from brushing her (and all the time it would take), my dad would just take her out to the front deck and use the built in central vacuum on her.

She really didn’t mind it at all.

Photo credit - Judy Miller

Photo credit - Judy Miller

Yes, this is LOL cats material.

I’m uploading these to icanhascheezburger.com.

LOLz1, LOLz2

Last January I posted this photo of a 1937 Pontiac 224

Winter Slumber

Which my aunt used (and her own visits, pictures, drawings of same) as reference material to create this piece of art (oil painting) :

Hibernation

I rather like it.

Her original oil painting as well as cards and giclee reproductions available at MaureenFlinn.com.

Check it out, there’s a range of subjects and print types availble.