My Day Off

Recently attended a Katy Perry concert downtown LA November 23, 2011. So it was necessary to take the entire day off from work. Earlier in the day I brought the old nineteen eighty three Fairmont to the smog test place and it passed. The new catalytic converter is holding up well, three years in. So I was tremendously relieved and happy before noon already. Nothing could possibly ruin my day after that.

Of course I had to shop for food, since the stores are closed today. Note to immigrants: Not all the stores are closed, the Azerbaijani store is still open and they are wondering where all the customers are? The food is good but there is no "Eat-or throw out" date on the packages.

The day moved along quickly so instead of making a lot of phone calls I simply dressed and fled the suburbs. Driving in on the I-10 going in to town was easy and skipped the 101. Laughed at everyone in the outbound traffic jam for twenty miles Nothing could possibly ruin my day after that.

My pictures of the concert came out blurry so I will have to wait for the "DVD" which I hope will be a real Smell-O-Vision DVD or Odor-Free Smell-O-Vision DVD, but it will probably be on bloo-rae disk instead.

My fave song was E.T. but the crowd sang along to most of the songs. The crowd sang flat. I hope that the crowd-singing-along-off-key music is mixed out from the DVD audio portion. Here is the big picture again in smaller resolution.

And smaller.

The crowd's fave from the DJ music was Foster The People, Pumped Up Kicks and the crowd sang along on key. The crowd sang along with the DJ music. The crowd sang so much that they got tired and sang flat of key, toward the end of the concert.
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My Computer Upgrade

I tried to upgrade my computer using instructions from the hallowed electronic temple of the internet.  Downloaded files from the sacred automatic updates web site, which didn't work.  I had to downgrade my computer, to get back onto the internet again.  This downgraded computer seems to be working just fine as proven  if this blog post went out. 

Later in the day I was talking with a friend about the "Occupy Madison Avenue" movement.  Or "Occupy Google Plex".  Should we protest on planet Alberran or planet Naboo?  I don't own this picture and don't know where it came from. 

Protest on planet Earth?  No one will pay attention to that. 
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My Neighbors

Gotta love 'em.  My neighbors next door.  In the gravel pit that goes down four hundred eighty feet.  A sink hole was opening up and was making ready to swallow my beloved industrial building with cubicles and corner offices...

Tractor to the rescue.  "Confined Spaces Tractor!".  This tractor can functiom where other tractors fear to tread.  Two pivot links including a vertical power-lift.  Codename: Vertical Power Lift Arm. 

We can only imagine how many extra controls are necessary in the cockpit, to control both pivots along with you average twelve ton digging arm. 

These heroic tractors are filling in the gulley that resulted from "Throwing and airplane into the gravel pit".  Motorsailer is a poor translation of the word "Motor Glider",  Such as Hörton motor sailer:  That means Airplane. 
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My Foolish Purchase

Another one bites the dust.  Well, two really.  Spent money on this useless, defective RCA product again! RCA RS2767IFE  Go ahead and sue me RCA corporation, this product doesn't work for long.  Our good old AIWA CD boombox from 2002 was faithful for seven years.  This not-so-good RCA CD boombox RS2767IFE didn't last one year!  Yours truly would not buy another one of these.  If you see one of these in the store, Do Not Buy it!

RCA used to be a good name.  That was then and this is now.  There is something wrong with this boombox design.  This main circut board is not supported, and it is heavy.  There is provision to attach this heavy circuit boar to the rear panel, though alas! the circuit boar was shipped out in this product, unsupported. 

This article was supposed to be, "how to repair yor RCA boombox!."  No amount of do-it-youself home repairs have been sufficient to repair this music box.  Because the metal parts of the circuit board have been subjected to stimulus that has resulted in metal fatigue.  Metal Fatigue!  On the assembly line.  On the fork lift.  On the truck.  On the sea voyage to the USA from China. 

We re-supported the circuit board.  We replaced the capacitors that were smooshed by a robot, because the circuit boaerd was warped (..long story).  We supported the cirsuit board that went unsupported during the long sea voyage from China.  This RCA product was destroyed by the long sea voyage.  Because of metal fatigue, on the ship to this USA from China bobbing back and forth, back and forth, for months at a time on the high seas.  The delicate innards became corroded. 

Our engineer manual states, "The circuit board must have supports."  This blog says, "use one-half inch PVC pipe 6 and 3/8 inches long to support the circuit board."  But it's too late because the circuit board is already broken.  For the long sea voyage from China, resulting wherefrom months spent bobbing around at sea.  The results are: a broken circuit board.  From  "A Man In the Factory, Far Away" to here in the USA and now, where the circuit board is already broken before the boombox is presented for your purchase in the store or on the internet.  Fact: This boombox doesn't work once it gets here to the USA, or this boombox quits after one year of service.  Fact: This RCA product RS2767IFE  has been downgraded from "Do Not Buy" to: "Goes Straight To Landfill". 
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My Walkabout

During my recent vacation I came across a huge building under construction.  Here are some pictures of skyscraper bones ascending into the San Diego skyline. 

These pictures were taken with a smartphone on July 22, 2011. 

These pictures were taken with this smartphone which is rather remarkable.

Had a good time getting sunburned and hanging around on the streets ogling TV producers, people in costumes, and a bunch of well-disciplined motorcyle policemen! 

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While we were havin' fun at Comicon 2011, Mother was cleaning out our rooms..
A bunch of toys were found out back in the trash!  There were many items.  Not kidding.  The top photo is a Smartphone size picture of the epic booty, if it's yours send an e mail.

Regular size picture.
My epic booty.

Removed the battey piles before they had a chance to leak!

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My Telecommuting

UPDATE August 28, 2011  The internet is actually working a little bit.  Even so the rant below was relevant when it was posted three weeks earlier in August 2011. 

On the internet, these blogs are being phoned in.  We can send in pictures, storyboards, we can make our best cartoon voices.  On the telephone.  What do we recieve in return?  A message from the internet that reads, "Please wait".  Most of us are telecommuting and we don't appreciate the new, improved internet that simply does not work.  Yours truly is blogging from planet Earth for now.  What is going on here?  You would not believe!  These Earthlings have a new improved internet-that-doesn't-work, yet they get ISO 9000 readings that are beyond one hundred perercent! 

While the actual content is BLANK and the sidebar reads, "Please wait", "working", or my favorite "Done But With Errors On Page".

We are getting nothing from the Internet, and the fat cats get a bonus because the "new improved internet" told the fat cat's stock holers that the download was "DONE" even though we are seeing a blank screen, and the internet browser tells us "Done But With Errors On Page".

How can the download be done!  My content page is empty, obviously empty. 

Someone is getting paid money because the internet says "Done But With Errors On Page" while at the same time (I, Me, and You) are getting nothing because that internet tells us, "Done But With Errors On Page".   The keyword is "Done".  Somene is getting paid for this ripoff and it isn't me!  I am going to drastically cut down on my usage of the new, improved internet as of now.  Someone is getting paid big bucks to make us wait for nothing!
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