Awaiting Inspiration

I had a dream last night about Captain America and we were whistling up and down this giant phone trying to sing the chocolate milk stain out of the lips and then Chris Farley showed up and said “if I only had a brain” while waving a flag with Lindsey Lohan and holding spaghetti in the other hand. It was weird.

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When I decided to start awaitinginspiration.com one of the first things I started to work on was hosting for the domain, since I was on a limited budget for the project I decided to host the domain myself rather then pay for hosting. The only thing I needed was a computer that I could use as a web server. Normally, getting my hands on a computer wouldn’t be a problem as I generally have at least one old system lying around. However, at the time my surplus of spare computers was limited; I had a couple of computers that I could have used but they were all dedicated to other tasks and I needed a dedicated system for the web server.
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If you were on AI at all today you may have noticed the strangeness that was the upgrade to WordPress 2.5. So far only one of the plugins failed to work after the upgrade but I was able to find a substitute. 2.5 is looking good, the admin is much better organized and the whole thing feels smoother. I’ll keep you updated on any developments.

If your trying to sell a product your going to need a gimmick. A big one. On wheels.

Like this Monster Energy truck that came by my place of employment. The people inside were nice enough to give free “Java Monster” energy drinks to the office (quite a few cans actually). Unfortunately, by the time I got to the fridge they were all gone; so I can’t tell you how well they work or taste. It’s probably for the best, energy drinks (if they work) tend to make me INSANE and I really don’t need anymore of that.

The fine folks at instructables sent me one of their patches as a a “thank you” for featuring my Zero Point Shelf project in their “Weekend Builder Newsletter.” Also in the mail was the copy of “Making Things Talk” that I ordered. Happy Day!

As you can tell, I run Ads on awaitinginspiration.com for no particular reason other than BECAUSE I CAN (fyi - I’ve not made a dime from them). So far, I have not see any Ads that bother me; but today while doing some house cleaning (on the site) I saw this Ad being displayed:

Most people are probably smart enough to realize that the above is an Ad and NOT awaitinginspiration.com endorsing a presidential candidate. But just so it’s crystal clear - awaitinginspiration.com does NOT officially or unofficially endorse ANYONE for president.