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	<title>Randy Weber &#187; humor</title>
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		<title>The Sad Truth About Online Personals Sites</title>
		<link>http://randyweber.com/blog/2010/02/06/the-sad-truth-about-online-personals-sites/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 19:56:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randy Weber</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Facebook]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Match.com]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Having spent some time working in the online personals biz and having used most all of the sites both personally and professionally, I can tell you that the following joke ad from College Humor is dead on. It&#8217;s especially true for the smaller sites like the ones that have the racy ads on Facebook.

Your best [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Having spent some time working in the online personals biz and having used most all of the sites both personally and professionally, I can tell you that the following joke ad from <a title="College Humor - If People On The Internet Told The Truth" href="http://www.collegehumor.com/article:1800153" target="_blank">College Humor</a> is dead on. It&#8217;s especially true for the smaller sites like the ones that have the racy ads on <a title="Facebook" href="http://www.facebook.com/" target="_blank">Facebook</a>.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter" title="College Humor - Online Personals Ad" src="http://randyweber.com/images/personals_satire.jpg" alt="" width="450" height="305" /></p>
<p>Your best best is sticking with the major players like <a title="Yahoo! Personals" href="http://personals.yahoo.com/" target="_blank">Yahoo</a>, <a title="Match.com" href="http://www.match.com" target="_blank">Match</a>, and <a title="eHarmony" href="http://www.eharmony.com/" target="_blank">eHarmony </a>(personally I dislike eHarmony, but it works for a lot of people). Some of the niche sites are OK too, like <a title="JDate" href="http://www.jdate.com" target="_blank">JDate</a>.</p>
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		<title>Tom Jones Medic Alert Bracelet</title>
		<link>http://randyweber.com/blog/2009/02/19/tom-jones-medic-alert-bracelet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 03:54:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randy Weber</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was in Walgreens tonight and saw this:

It&#8217;s an ad for a Medic Alert bracelet.
Clearly the man has fans everywhere even today. The man is a great entertainer.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I was in Walgreens tonight and saw this:</p>
<div style="text-align: center"><img alt="Tom Jones Medic Alert Bracelet" title="Tom Jones Medic Alert Bracelet" src="http://randyweber.com/images/Tom_Jones_Medic_Alert_Brace.gif" /></div>
<p>It&#8217;s an ad for a Medic Alert bracelet.</p>
<p>Clearly the man has fans everywhere even today. The man is a great entertainer.</p>
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		<title>Maybe an E-Mail Etiquette Class Would Have Been a Better Idea</title>
		<link>http://randyweber.com/blog/2009/01/31/maybe-an-e-mail-etiquette-class-would-have-been-a-better-idea/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 01:25:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randy Weber</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In an effort to increase efficiency, Nielsen has removed the &#8220;Reply to All&#8221; button from Outook. From Techcrunch:
&#8230;Nielsen management, after years of research, has finally come up with an adequate solution to cluttered e-mail inboxes and inefficiency in office environments: control-deleting the reply-to-all button from the messaging software&#8230;
&#8230;In a memo, republished by Folio, Andrew Cawood, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In an effort to increase efficiency, Nielsen has removed the &#8220;Reply to All&#8221; button from Outook. From <a target="_blank" title="Techcrunch - Nielsen Removes Reply All" href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/31/nielsen-deletes-reply-to-all-button/">Techcrunch</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8230;<a target="_blank" title="Nielsen" href="http://www.nielsen.com/">Nielsen</a> management, after years of research, has finally come up with an adequate solution to cluttered e-mail inboxes and inefficiency in office environments: control-deleting the reply-to-all button from the messaging software&#8230;</p>
<p>&#8230;In a memo, republished by <a target="_blank" title="Folio" href="http://www.foliomag.com/2009/nielsen-disable-employees-reply-all-e-mail-functionality">Folio</a>, Andrew Cawood, Chief Information Officer for Nielsen Company, writes that the measure will “eliminate bureaucracy and inefficiency”&#8230;</p></blockquote>
<p>But is this really the reason for the change?</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8230;About half a year ago Mitchell Habib, Executive Vice President at Nielsen, managed to accidentally cc all Nielsen employees in a reportedly arrogant note to another employee, ending his e-mail with the now famous-in-certain-circles punch line “Who do you work for, and why do you think copying me on this is appropriate?”.</p>
<p>I suspect that particular blunder led to this strange situation.</p></blockquote>
<p>Perhaps an e-mail etiquette class and paying more attention to what you&#8217;re doing would have been a more graceful solution. Though as was stated in some of the comments, I&#8217;ve seen the &#8220;Reply to All&#8221; button bring corporate mail servers to their knees on more than one occassional even leading to a termination in one case.</p>
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		<title>Fisherman&#8217;s Wharf</title>
		<link>http://randyweber.com/blog/2008/12/24/fishermans-wharf/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Dec 2008 06:14:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randy Weber</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dad and I went to Fisherman&#8217;s Wharf today. It&#8217;s always nice to get fresh Dungeness crabs and clam chowder in a sour dough bread bowl. Yummy!

The sea lions were out making a bunch of noise at Pier 39.

And out in front of the In-N-Out Burger was The Bushman. This dude sits on a milk crate [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dad and I went to <a title="Wikipedia - Fisherman's Wharf" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisherman%27s_Wharf,_San_Francisco,_California">Fisherman&#8217;s Wharf</a> today. It&#8217;s always nice to get fresh <a title="Wikipedia - Dungeness crabs" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeness_crab">Dungeness crabs</a> and clam chowder in a sour dough bread bowl. Yummy!</p>
<div style="text-align: center"><img title="Fisherman's Wharf" alt="Fisherman's Wharf" src="http://randyweber.com/images/fisherman_wharf_12-23-08_web.JPG" /></div>
<p>The sea lions were out making a bunch of noise at Pier 39.</p>
<div style="text-align: center"><img title="Sea Lions" alt="Sea Lions" src="http://randyweber.com/images/sea_lions_12-23-08_web.JPG" /></div>
<p>And out in front of the <a title="In-N-Out Burger" target="_blank" href="http://www.in-n-out.com/">In-N-Out Burger</a> was <a title="Wikipedia - The Bushman" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Famous_Bushman">The Bushman</a>. This dude sits on a milk crate holding branches he cut off of a tree. He hides behind them and pops out to scare people walking by. He got us when we walked by. We wondered how he kept from getting his ass kicked. Turns out he hires a body guard. Claims to make about $60k a year. You can read about him at the link above. Pretty interesting stuff. He&#8217;s been doing this for years. It&#8217;s hilarious watching him. We sat in the In-N-Out burger watching him while we ate. BTW, In-N-Out Burger kicks ass!</p>
<div style="text-align: center"><img title="The Bushman" alt="The Bushman" src="http://randyweber.com/images/bushman_12-23-09_web.JPG" /></div>
<p><a title="Wikipedia - Alcatraz" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcatraz">Alcatraz</a> was just as impressive the second time around as it was the first. The island was opened up so we could walk around more. The place is much smaller than you&#8217;d imagine and the cells are depressing. They&#8217;re small, damp, and cold. Few get any sunlight. It must have been terrible to have been there so close to the city, being able to hear all the life going on around you, yet knowing you were stuck in your little cell on the island.</p>
<div style="text-align: center"><img title="Alcatraz" alt="Alcatraz" src="http://randyweber.com/images/alcatraz_12-23-08_web.JPG" /></div>
<p>After checking out Alcatraz, we saw the entire Miami Hurricanes football team waiting in line for their chance to see Alcatraz. They were in town to play Cal in the Emerald Bowl.</p>
<div style="text-align: center"><img title="Miami Hurricanes Football Team 2008 at Fisherman's Wharf" alt="Miami Hurricanes Football Team 2008 at Fisherman's Wharf" src="http://randyweber.com/images/Miami_Hurricanes_Alcatraz_12-23-08.JPG" /></div>
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		<title>Google and the Boston Red Sox &#8211; What Do They Have in Common?</title>
		<link>http://randyweber.com/blog/2006/08/18/google-and-the-boston-red-sox-what-do-they-have-in-common/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Aug 2006 19:26:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randy Weber</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why does googlesux.com redirect to the Boston Red Sox&#8217;s home page? Is there some inside joke that I&#8217;m missing?
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why does <a href="http://googlesux.com">googlesux.com redirect to the Boston Red Sox&#8217;s home page</a>? Is there some inside joke that I&#8217;m missing?</p>
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		<title>Visions of Larry and Sergey at Burning Man</title>
		<link>http://randyweber.com/blog/2006/08/05/visions-of-larry-and-sergey-at-burning-man/</link>
		<comments>http://randyweber.com/blog/2006/08/05/visions-of-larry-and-sergey-at-burning-man/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Aug 2006 01:17:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randy Weber</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Am I the only one that saw the Travelpod tent and thought of Larry Page and Sergey Brin? I can see them taking their new 767 to Burning Man and staying in something like this.  Of course, they&#8217;ll need to upgrade the bed.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Am I the only one that saw the <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/04/travelodge-trials-travelpod-tent-hotel-room/">Travelpod tent</a> and thought of Larry Page and Sergey Brin? I can see them taking <a href="http://valleywag.com/tech/top/sergey-and-larrys-google-jet-mapped-185809.php">their new 767</a> to <a href="http://burningman.com/">Burning Man</a> and staying in something like this.  Of course, they&#8217;ll need to upgrade the bed.</p>
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		<title>Finding the Pieces without the Puzzle</title>
		<link>http://randyweber.com/blog/2006/08/05/finding-the-pieces-without-the-puzzle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Aug 2006 15:44:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randy Weber</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is perhaps the best company motto I&#8217;ve ever seen. It belongs to online dating site Online Booty Call (definitely NSFW). From their latest press release:
Reaching the one million member mark with only a single reported marriage is a tremendous accomplishment. We don&#8217;t ask for your life story because we don&#8217;t care. We think online dating [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is perhaps the best company motto I&#8217;ve ever seen. It belongs to online dating site <a href="http://onlinebootycall.com/">Online Booty Call</a> (definitely NSFW). From their latest <a href="http://www.send2press.com/newswire/2006-08-0803-004.shtml">press release</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>Reaching the one million member mark with only a single reported marriage is a tremendous accomplishment. We don&#8217;t ask for your life story because we don&#8217;t care. We think online dating should be easy and fun and not a lot of work. We want members to party and have fun. Our motto is: &#8216;Finding the pieces without the puzzle.&#8217;</p></blockquote>
<p>I would never have found this if not for the efforts of <a href="http://dating.corante.com/archives/2006/08/04/online_booty_calls_failure_a_success.php">Dave Evans</a>. Thanks.</p>
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		<title>Tom Jones on Flickr</title>
		<link>http://randyweber.com/blog/2006/08/01/tom-jones-on-flickr/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Aug 2006 04:57:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randy Weber</dc:creator>
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tom
Originally uploaded by landotter.

I decided to see what other Tom Jones pics might be bouncing around on Flickr. This is what I found. It&#8217;s funny enough by itself, but when you look at the tags used to describe the pic it gets even funnier. Make sure to click through to see the tags.

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div style="float: right; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px"><a title="photo sharing" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/landotter/122738780/"><img style="border: #000000 2px solid" src="http://static.flickr.com/42/122738780_358e6c5287_m.jpg" /></a></p>
<p><span style="margin-top: 0px; font-size: 0.9em"><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/landotter/122738780/">tom</a></p>
<p>Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/landotter/">landotter</a>.<br />
</span></div>
<p>I decided to see what other Tom Jones pics might be bouncing around on Flickr. This is what I found. It&#8217;s funny enough by itself, but when you look at the tags used to describe the pic it gets even funnier. Make sure to click through to see the tags.<br />
<br clear="all" /></p>
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		<title>Yes, the Bubble is Back</title>
		<link>http://randyweber.com/blog/2006/07/31/yes-the-bubble-is-back/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Aug 2006 03:35:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randy Weber</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[1,000 pizzas at Google
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