Don't use Network Solutions for anything.  In my opinion, they are sneaky folks that will force you to buy a domain from them should you ever make the mistake of searching the availability of a domain via their web site.

See these articles.

What happens - You search for a domain.  If it is available, Network Solutions registers the domain via something called domain tasting - thus preventing you from registering the domain with anyone other than Network Solutions.   This is really bad when a client comes to you wanting to register a domain, but the client originally searched for it via Network Solutions and thus inadvertently locked it down.  Oops! 

To me, this sucks donkey balls.

Thankfully, they are not the only game in town.  The market will punish these knuckleheads within an inch of their lives.

I hope each of you has a great holiday and gets to enjoy a good meal and spending time with friends and family.

After eating all that food, I suspect that many of us will turn into Thanksgiving zombies.  Groaning, and moving slowly about with distended bellies.  Heh heh.  These zombies are safe however, they have already had their fill of turkey, taters, and whatever else happend to have been on the menu.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Zombie Wrangler

A co-worker sent me this link - Worth 1000 is have an undead photo contest:

Your job is to show a typical day in a world where the dead rule. Don't simply create a zombie or vampire - show them doing something, like reclining in their coffin waterbed, enjoying a family picnic in the cemetery, or shopping for brains at the local supermarket. You can also show products that would be popular with the life-challenged, like vulture repellant or sun block SPF 5000.

Lots of undead goodness to be seen.

Hat tip to Alonzo

I'm a full time web developer/graphic artist.  It is usually a nice job.  I get to deal with good people and I enjoy the creative process.  However, some projects are sent straight from hell to torment me for ages.  If I was freelance I could tell these folks to stuff it and move on, but I'm not a freelancer and thus must work on the projects that come in.

Here is a bit of advice for folks getting into web development. (Actually, I'm sure this advice is applicable for folks in almost any field.)  Make sure any project you accept has a single clearly defined leader/decision maker.  In my experience, projects by committee suck donkey balls.  The project will remain an amorphous blob, never taking shape…always shifting.  It will become an albatross around your neck, consuming more time and resources than it is worth.

I write this today because I'm in that very situation.  I am in the middle of a project that never seems to move forward, but consumes ever larger amounts of my time.  There must have been hundreds of content changes by now and an untold number of graphic and layout changes because there are at least 8 people making decisions.

Sometimes I think a zombie outbreak would be welcome as it would free me from this hellish project.

If you are going to have a zombie party then you may want to check out some of these items from Anatomical.com under the Halloween section.

They have gelatin molds for human brain, heart, and hand!  Imagine you and your zombie friends diving into jello brains!  Honestly, it grosses me out a bit.  Heh heh  Still, they seem wicked cool and I will probably buy some.

They also have a lot of other items that could be used for decoration and such, but these items caught my eye since every good zombie is always hungry!

Well folks it is that time of year again - time to decorate the house will all sorts of gore and scare the crap out of trick or treaters. Muhahahaha! 

However, the question remains - Will I be too lazy to do anything? Heh.

The plan is to watch some classic horror movies, visit "haunted" attractions and build a kickin' new fog chiller to replace the cheap one I put together a couple years back.

Hopefully, I will be posting, details of my fog chiller experiment, details about my decoration setup, and some reviews of those "haunted" attractions.

Holy smokes!  This giant spider web reminds me of the movie Kingdom of the Spiders except William Shatner isn't there being lecherous and the spiders aren't killing people...so far!   More here.

Not zombie related - just some real life horror!   Muhahahaha!