Prohibited

Posted on February 11, 2007 by John

I’m way behind on uploading photos to Flickr, and also behind on any number of things that need to be done in the new house (getting some curtains up is my main project at the moment).

Somehow though the weekends seem to fly by, and before it seems possible, it is Sunday evening again and I don’t seem to have made much progress on anything. Where does the time go?

Today we went out for lunch (Luka’s Taproom & Lounge), and then spent some time shopping with friends. This sign was just outside of Luka’s, on the lamp-posts. It just amused me to see a sign prohibiting signs.

Slow Construction Zone

Posted on October 30, 2006 by John

Not necessarily the sign you want to see, especially if it is on a road you use every day. One has to wonder whether they have a faster construction zone somewhere else 🙂

Seat Down

Posted on September 12, 2006 by John

Taken in one of the mens’ restrooms at San Francisco Airport.

Don’t Be A Potato

Posted on September 11, 2006 by John

The other half of the billboard I posted yesterday further confuses the issue by telling you not to be a potato. Problem is that on the left side of the billboard (see yesterday’s post) both the gym and the martini recommendations came from potatoes, so now I should do neither to reduce my stress? Very confusing!

Relieve Stress

Posted on September 10, 2006 by John

The left half of a billboard in San Francisco advertising a gym, I think. The options in this half of the sign make me wonder if they are really operating a martini bar though.

Plant On Premises

Posted on August 17, 2006 by John

One can only wonder how important the plant must be to warrant its very own neon sign in the window of this store announcing that it was on the premises 🙂

BART Pirates

Posted on July 30, 2006 by John

Seems that BART is now catering to pirates too. Not the modern kind that “steal” music, videos or software, but the more traditional kind that wear eye patches and walk on wooden legs.

In case any of these pirates take over the train and need to get rid of some of the passengers in a hurry, there is an emergency plank that they can be made to walk. The sign on the door shows very clearly where it is located, and which direction victims should be made to walk. Captain Jack Sparrow and his fellow pirates should be very happy that BART took their needs into consideration 🙂

Amusing, but sad

Posted on July 21, 2006 by John

Take a look at the photo and see if you can tell what type of computer is being used there to create a cool photo book at Yophoto. It is clearly a Mac, although they have airbrushed out the Apple logo. Why would anybody do that?

Simple, the online user guide for the software that you must download and install before you can create one of these photo books says this:

Please note that unfortunately the software will not work on an Apple Macintosh.

So, the Mac was cool enough to use in their home page photo, but not actually cool enough for them to support with their software. And what is with the software anyway? Why is this not a web service that I upload my photos to, or something built on top of another photo site like Qoop? Shame because the books look like they’d have made nice gifts.

Magnets

Posted on May 23, 2006 by John

My ever increasing collection of magnets. The top three were acquired in the magnet store at the end of Pier 39 in San Francisco. The two Devicescape ones are from Cafe Press.

Delay Due to Customer Service

Posted on May 12, 2006 by John

Schedule changed due to customer service? What does that mean?

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