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Blingo Search:

“How Blingo works:

1. We pick a bunch of random winning times.

2. Search at the right time and you win. No registration required.

3. Then tell us where to send your prize.”

Join now at Blingo and you too could win prizes just for searching. It is the same as a Google search, but with your first 10 searches of the day, you are eligible to win prizes (Sony Playstation, Apple Ipod, Movie Passes, a years worth of Blockbuster movies, etc). Go ahead and sign up, then start searching.

It is also a referral based system, so people that sign up under your link also give you prizes (if I win a prize, James Archer also wins a prize, so good luck James!). And if you sign up under my link, if you win I win. It’s a win-win situation.

AppleInsider | Apple Retail offering $59 iPod battery replacements [Update]: this is only for qualifying Ipods, but if your is anything like mine, it qualifies.

I felt like I had to share this article after my earlier rant about my Ipod and how the battery sucks. I think it is safe to say that mine no longer holds a 50% charge. In truth, it is closer to a 0% charge. There is enough juice for it to tell me there is a low battery when I try and reset the thing, so I know that the Ipod itself still works.

And please don’t get the impression that this is a Mac or Apple site. It just happens that these two stories had to be put up, since they are near and dear to my heart.

The Avalanches: Frontier Psychiatrist:

One of the websites that got me through the slow and painful days at my old job was Milk and Cookies, and I would spend a goodly amount of time there just searching through the archives.

Well, I checked in today, and what did I find? The music video to a song that is amazingly sweet, The Avalanches’ “Frontier Psychiatrist”. If you haven’t heard it before, I recommend that you watch the video, and then also go out and get the song somewhere since the sound isn’t the greatest on this video.

On the bright side, I now know half of the words that they are saying trhough the song that I didn’t before.

Oh, and by the way, the song is sweet. Did I say that yet?

Does anyone know how to fix Ipods? Because mine is broke, flat broke.

I don’t know why, but the battery will no longer charge up through the adapter. And I know that the adapter is working, through various other tests that I have run to try and get the damn thing working again.

What I’ve got is a 3G 10Gig piece of…er, Ipod. And I got it off Ebay, so I can’t get the Ipod Settlement battery replacement.

Or, on the other hand, if only two more people sign up for a Free Ipod under my referral link, this whole point will be moot and I’ll just toss the damn thing away.

Or, and this is where things get interesting, a contest of sorts. For the next person that signs up and completes an offer under my referral id#, I will send you a $50 Gap gift card. The gift card is real, and I’ll do everything that I can to prove that to you if you need it. And for the person that signs up and completes an offer after that, I’ll give you a $25 Gap gift card, and the old Ipod (I’m sure this has some value to someone, just not me), complete with charger and earphones. I may even have the original instructions, operating CD with iTunes, and everything else that came with it that I will throw in as well.

I’m sure you are wondering about the Gap Gift Cards, well here’s the story: they are from the place I used to work. They were a parting gift for my years of service when I finally quit. I’ve meant to use them, but every time I go to the Gap I can’t find anything that I want. Basically, they are real, they will work, and you can have them.

If you have any questions, please post them in the comments. Thanks.

When I was 14, I had to go the the Emergency Room on the 4th of July. It had nothing to do with fireworks, or any sort of interesting story at all (I fell off the top of the monkey bars at a playground and broke my arm), but I did hear a pretty good story while I was waiting for my x-rays to get back.

It turns out that the guy in the curtain next to me (the one with the boxing glove bandages on) had been trying to make something go boom. He had taken apart multiple fireworks and made a pile of black powder on a stump in his back yard the size of a small anthill. After fruitlessly throwing matches onto the pile from a distance (which I assure you doesn’t work, I’ve tried it too), he decided that a lighter was what he needed.

And I think that you can tell where this story is going, and yes, it is third degree burns over 95% of his right and left hands.

But I couldn’t help but feel for the guy, mostly because I’m a pyro just like him. Well, not just like him. I’m not stupid. I enjoy blowing up apples, empty two litre bottles, the occasional pineapple, and etcetera, but I don’t enjoy lighting myself on fire.

The biggest problem with this is that the last three years, I’ve played at a frisbee tournament on the 4th of July, and one that doesn’t allow fireworks of any sort. Which means that I haven’t had the opportunity to employ my “skills” in about 4 years.

And I’m itching to burn things.

I think that I may have to plan a trip to go see my brother, who is also a pyro, and always ready to get into any sort of fire fight (roman candle wars, throwing black cats at each other, concocting elaborate bombs that make incredibly loud noises, etc). If I live through it, I’ll try to get pictures and stories to share.

And if anyone knows how to turn ordinary fireworks into something extraordinary, please feel free to write me and let me in on the secret.

DJ Z-Trip - “Breakfast Club”

Kings of Leon - “Four Kicks”

Beck - “Que Onda Guero”

Snow Patrol - “Run”

Smog - “Say Valley Maker”

Jim White - “Still Waters”

Gorillaz - “Feel Good Inc”

Mountain Goats - “You or Your Memory”

Kaiser Chiefs - “I Predict A Riot”

As you may have noticed, I’ve changed my blogging habits as of late. I have moved away from a strict “this is what happened to me” style of blogging, and into more of a “wow, check out this cool stuff I’ve found” sort of blogging. I still add in the occasional post about parties that I’ve been too, and I still post the pictures that everyone wants to see, I just add other stuff now too.

Of course, I have been running into the issue of Quality vs Quantity lately with my posts. I went through a day or two with quite a few posts, and then slowed myself down as I looked back and realized that some of the stuff that I posted wasn’t all that interesting (I’m going to leave it though, as a learning experience). I think that it stems from my efforts to try and draw in a bigger community to this site. I’ve added a wider variety of posts in hopes that a wider variety of audience will find the Party Season blog, like it, and stick around.

Unfortunately, I went a little “post crazy” for a while. Partially it was due to the w.Bloggar that has made posting so much easier, as well as the “Blog This” feature of the Blogger Blogs, but mostly it was me being post happy.

I’m not entirely sure what the future of the Seattle Party Season blog will involve. I have some ideas about where I want it to go, and what I want it to be, but I’m not sure what road I am going to take to get there. On the bright side, with my limited readership I don’t have to listen to that many opinions when I make a choice that isn’t that great.

I think that I just have to listen to my heart…

Pokemania:

My Pokename is Drowwhirl:
Evidently, I live in the rivers of Sweden, and my diet consists mostly of meatballs, cows and kerosene (you’d be surprised how close this really is).

Characteristics (Combat and Non-combat):
I can puke hot death. I can throw acid. I have ten-inch claws. I can shoot rocks. I have cool shades. I can swim in air. I have a fear of sand.

My natural enemy is Lochu.

Go ahead a see what your Pokename is, you know you want to…

This past weekend served up another year of Potlatch, the biggest Coed ultimate frisbee tournament in the United States. Bringing teams from around the country, and even some international appearances, it is always a fun time with some fun people. This year had Team Canada (the Canadian national team chosen to compete in the World Games at the end of July) beating out the Vagabonds, a Portland area team in the A-pool finals.

I admit that I wasn’t my usual photographic self, and I only ended up taking about 45 pictures. Fortunately, there are many other photographers that make the journey to the tournament, and you can catch some better pictures at their sites. Here are a couple:

Ali and Cedar’s Page

Rathbone Images

Bil Elsinger’s Photos

And I’m sure that there will be more to come…

Pizza: “There are a few ’secrets of the trade’ in making your own pizza; once you know them, it is not hard to make your own and it takes very little time.”

I will admit that this is a ridiculously thorough guide to making pizza, from what kind of baking supplies you need, to how messy your counter will be, to what kind of cheese is best.

On the other hand, I don’t really know why a web designer felt the need to put all the work into creating such a thorough “how-to” for making pizza on his business site. Things that make you go “Hmmm”.

10 Tips to Create Greater Balance at Work: “Be calmly active and actively calm: this is the secret to success at work”

Probably the best advice that I’ve heard about being productive. I remember times that I’ve seemed to work at an intense level for a short period of time while angry, but I can never seem to manipulate that situation to occur again. It is always something that just happens. For the rest of the time, the best advice I can give is stated above.

The rest of the 10 tips aren’t bad either.

For help on how to get enough sleep, check out this article by Steve Pavlina on how to become an early riser.