Viva stencils forever!

I just love stencils, so my tip of the day is wicked orticanoodles.

UPS just made it onto my hatelist

I ordered a mac book a week before Christmas, it was ment as a Christmas gift to my husband and the people at apple was very helpful and tried to get all the paperwork done to deliver before Christmas. Unfortunately, the laptop wasn't sent until the 20:th of December and set to be delivered today.
When I called UPS, I was told that I needed to stay home all day to wait for the package. That's alright, I changed some meetings and worked from home. Half way through the working day, I called UPS to double-checked the address and name they where supposed to deliver to, not a problem, they had the correct address. I called at 16:25 cause it was supposed to be delivered before 17:00, I was told that "he has a whole 35 minutes left to deliver".
According to the trackingsystem, they had no accurate address or name, I called them to tripple-check it, and told them they had the right address. I also went outside and put up a big note for the driver on my door.

"To the UPS guy/gal, my name is GREEN, here is my doorbell"

Yet, I just received the notice that there was no accurate recipient at the address when they tried to deliver the package.
I have double and triple and quadruple checked the name and address on every invoice, in the UPS system and with the UPS custom service. It just happened to be late and it rained so the person delivering the packages decided to write it off as unknown address and go home to watch porn or something. Cause if the person was at the address given, no way you could miss the sign over the only doorbells there is.
And when I call UPS, they tell me that they have been here and that it is my fault and that I should stay home tomorrow as well to wait for them to deliver.
UPS just made it onto my hatelist.

When Egyptians go megalomaniacs

Egypt wants to pass a law that copyrights the pyramids and the sfinxs. Saying that this will protect all pharaonic sites, even the ones not looking like pyramids.

"The new law will completely prohibit the duplication of historic Egyptian monuments which the Supreme Council of Antiquities considers 100 per cent copies"

According to Zahi Hawass,the head of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities.

Sue me.

While I agree that the pharaonic history must be preserved, the money from preserving should come from tourism, museum funds around the world and the country itself.
This will only lead to less books and films about the pharaonic era. And less tourists.
But on the other hand, as an independent woman, It has always buggered my how rude the Egyptians are to unaccompanied female tourists. So, I settle for the British Museum if I'm to travel alone.

English article - Fox news
Swedish article - DN

Nerd time now; A Human Story of Computer Animation

Provided by the Computer History Museum, this is a lecture on computer animation, by some of the people who shaped the animation of today.

Brad Bird, Writer/Director, The Incredibles, Pixar Animation Studios,
Ed Catmull, Co-Founder and President, Pixar Animation Studios,
Alvy Ray Smith, Co-Founder of four centers of computer graphics excellence (Altamira, Pixar, Lucasfilm, New York Tech) and a Microsoft Fellow,
Andrew Stanton, Writer/ Director, Finding Nemo, Pixar Animation Studios,
Michael Rubin, Moderator, Author of Droidmaker: George Lucas and the Digital Revolution

This is a youTube viceo, meaning its loooong but if you like animation,
it's worth it.

Goodbye Ruby Tuesday

Goodbye Ruby Tuesday
Who could hang a brand on you?
When you change with every new day,
boy, I'm gonna miss you!

When Ruby Tuesday decided to update their restaurants, they decided to kill everything about the brand while at it. Ruby Tuesday will no longer be the American old sportsbar/restaurant with hamburgers so thick and juice you have to stick a knife through the whole burger to keep it together.

It's colorful, comfortable, warm and inviting. And we're pleased to say you'll be seeing it for yourself in the months to come, as Ruby Tuesdays across America get a fresh new look, inside and out.

The moment you pull into the parking lot, you'll know it's a whole new Ruby Tuesday. Inside, the pleasing, inviting atmosphere is inspired by the fresh, high-quality food we're bringing you every day, from handcrafted burgers made with the finest ingredients to our unrivaled Fresh Garden Bar.

Most important, every last detail of the new design - every knife and fork, painting and plate - is our way of showing and sharing the quality, passion and pride that inspires us to be your gracious hosts.
Welcome to your new Ruby Tuesday.

Ruby Tuesday - homepage

If I go to Ruby, i'll go for a burger and a beer, not a fricking salladbar.

Whopper freakout

It would be very interesting to see how the swedes relate to Burger King and McDonalds in that sense. Don't think they would be that upset, and definitely not start to quote the slogan "home of the whopper".

1000 frames of Hitchcock

Hitchcocks legacy is saved and kept for the future generations at the Hitchcock wiki. One of the projects is the "1000 frames of hitchcock", a virtual goldmine of screenshots from Hitckcocks films.