ÏóêÎìúΙ¨Ìܧ φúÏùºÏû•Î°ú͵êÌöå (those are improperly displayed Korean characters if you just see gibberish.) Edmonton Korean First Presbyterian Church rocks. I don’t know the first thing about what a Presbyterian believes, and I certainly can’t speak Korean. But Dammit, if People ask what church I go to, that’s the one. I biked by there and my stumbler alarm went off. That’s right boys and girls, Wireless access for Dean. It’s totally sweet. There’s even a little sheltered area with steps and stuff to sit on and check your e-mail n’ stuff. I’ll have to swing by late tonight and see if it’s just a daytime thing.

I think I might head back to Vegreville for the weekend, If Veg’s covered in Wireless too, I’ll be a happy camper. That’s the real litmus test of this kind of technology I guess. Does Vegreville have adequate coverage?

Edit: http://www.digitalweb.net/wireless.shtml HOLY CRAP, I’ll say Vegreville has adequate coverage. There’s some sort of insane Super tower thingy covering ALL of Vegreville.

-Dean

When you purchase items at Safeway, the cashiers tend to read off your airmiles/safeway card and say stuff like
“have a good day Mr/Mrs _____” as you’re leaving, to give the shopping experience a bit of a personal touch I guess. Anyway, today the Safeway cashier was kinda flirting with me, and when She picked up my Airmiles card she says,

“Toyangel Corporate?” (Airmiles sent Steph these corporate cards for when she did the toy store thang) “So do I say, Good night Mr. Corporate?”

“I don’t know, I kind of look like a Mr. Corporate. don’t I?” (I’m wearing a shirt with a big mushroom on the chest [a Mario Brothers 1-UP mushroom mind you, not a drug thing, but I doubt your average person would pick up on that] I’ve got my dreadlocks, a las Vegas hat, Carrying my skateboard, have velcro shoes, wearing big skater baggy leg pants.)

“oh most definitely.” she says with mock gravity and a wink.

“At Toyangel Corporate we like to think outside the box and establish new paradigms by touching base with free thinking envisioneers. We’re Synergistic thanks to our extensible repository of plastic knickknacks and things that collect dust” Doing my best to belt out some corporate jargon.

She kinda laughs and then says “well you have a good day Mr. Chan.” (With a bit of an emphasis on Chan, I assume it’s an cue for me to fill in the blank with my real name.)

“Thank you, you have a fine night as well” I say as I pack my stuff into my bookbag.

She looked a little confused. I don’t know… I kinda look like a Mr. Chan too don’t I?

-Dean

I added a phpBB forum to the site, just because I can. Sign up and post something if you want, I doubt anyone will use it, it’s mostly novelty.

-Dean

Geek Post Warning: Did a little WarBiking! I downloaded some software called “NoSleep” that alters the OSX Kernel so that i can close my iBook and the screen will shut off, BUT the system will still run. THEN I downloaded MacStumbler, turned it on, and set the alert sound to speak out names as It found networks. I closed my laptop, stuck it in my Fancy targus laptop bag, hopped on my bike and rode around the block and BOOM found two wireless networks RIGHT ON MY BLOCK! Sweet.

I figured “well… those networks must be password protected or something.” so I hopped off of my bike and tried to connect. THEY’RE NOT! Theoretically, if I was suddenly homeless, I could just wander around and sponge off of other people’s net connections and outdoor power outlets so I’d still be able to do all my geeky web stuff. Awesome. This is a great age for me to live in.

Dean’s iTunes is belting out:Mustang Sally from the album “The Commitments” by The Commitments

-Dean

Album\’s up. Click on the \”Gallery\” Link to the left for more photos.

Or Click Here for a direct link to the thumbnail Gallery

See, I really did post from a payphone

-Dean

Ever since that movie came out, that\’s all I\’ve been hoping for, this is my dream come true.
(I\’m not sure Spammers have the same perception of reality as the rest of us.)

-Dean

NEAT!

Sitting in the Las Vegas airport, saw the liberache museum, that was uh… pretty Fabulous (Spoken with a bit of a flourish.) Shot an MKII submachine gun. (I’m not the best shot with a submachine gun. Kept pulling left.) I did some blowdarting into a stuffed Spongebob (that, I won in a claw game), that was pretty neat he seemed.

Hit the Apple store. It was kinda small and sad. The worst arcade in Vegas is the biggest arcade, Gameworks sucks. They did have Virtua Cop 3, so that’s something going for it. (Even if i didn’t get to play it.)

Dave won 76 Bucks on the first $10 bill he slid into the slot machine. “Enchanted Unicorn” is what the machine was called. I’m pretty sure I broke even. I only plugged about $10 bucks into the slots and I think I made about that much back. This wasn’t high stakes gambling by any sense. Saw the mirage volcano thingy again. that was neat, Saw the atlantis dude at ceasar’s Good animatronics.

Hotel casinos I was in. Ceasars, Luxor (we stayed there, the best thing about it was the “INCLINATOR” because the luxor’s a big pyramid with the rooms along the outer shell. so the elevators have to go up on an angle, so they’re INCLINATORS!) Bally’s, Tropicana, MGM Grand, Paris, Bellagio, Aladin, some places downtown with that cool light roof thingy. (I’ll see if I can find links when i come home.) Probably some more but I’m tired now.

yeah, I’ve been sitting on this post for a couple days now, I may as well put it up as is and not finish all the stories, just to have a post. I have to be up early for the colorist breakfast tomorrow, so, night night all.

-Dean

Happy Day! I can finally upload blog posts. I think my typing is keeping my roommates up though, so I’ll tell you about Vegas tomorrow.

-Dean

I’m on a layover in seattle for the next hour. I’m going to try to sniff out a wireless connection in a few minutes here (after I get a giant pretzel.) In Edmonton the PA announced “We’d like to remind you to keep an eye on your luggage at all times, and not to let anyone you don’t know handle your luggage.”

In Seattle I swear to god it said “UNATTENDED BAGGAGE IS A SECURITY RISK, BAGGAGE FOUND UNATTENDED WILL BE DESTROYED” I wish I was kidding.

Now what was I saying about Pretzels?

-Dean