I’ve got a Posterous.com account that I’ve not yet fully embraced. It’s got some great features and really excels at post-by-email. Not only does the service let you email an update to your posterous.com account, you can post by email to Twitter, Facebook, etc., though them. (That’s damn generous, if you ask me.) WordPress email posting is also an option. And since this is a WordPress blog I thought I’d give posting-by-email a spin.
Update: Posting by email worked like a charm.
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Where the owner of an Urbana, Illinois, business displays the trophy his team won in a charity golf outing:
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Roller coaster tidbits I found on Wikipedia:
» Looking for the coaster with the biggest drop? You want Kingda Ka at Six Flags Great Adventure in New Jersey. It’s got the biggest drop in the world: 418 feet.
» Looking for speed? Currently the fastest coaster on the planet is Kingda Ka at Six Flags Great Adventure in New Jersey. It tops out at 128 miles per hour.
… In July (2009), Ring°Racer opens in Germany (Nürburg, Ahrweiler). It’ll top out at 134.8 miles per hour. Ring°Racer is a Formula 1-themed roller coaster with a pneumatic launch that will accelerate from 0 to 134.8 miles per hour in 2-1/2 seconds.
» Looking for the longest ride? Then get to Japan (Kuwana, Mie) for an 8,133 foot ride on Steel Dragon 2000. That’s a little over a mile-and-a-half.
… The longest ride in the U.S. can be found at Kings Island in Ohio. It’s a wooden coaster called The Beast that’s 7,359 feet long.
» Looking for a lot of coasters in one place? That award goes to Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, with 17. Next up is Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California, with 16.
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… your coworkers get a caffeine buzz off your breath.
… you can thread the sewing machine while it’s running.
… you get a speeding ticket even when you’re parked.
… you start skiing uphill.
… you go to AA meetings just for the free coffee.
… you want to be cremated just so you can spend eternity in a coffee can.
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Never give up.
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At Walgreen’s the other day my wife grabbed a box of Milk Duds. I hadn’t had a Milk Dud in probably 10 years. As I chewed away I looked at the box I thought, Could a company launch a product today with the word ‘dud’ in it?
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The professional golf, baseball and Nascar seasons are off and running. And this weekend Lawn Mower Racing returns. The newest season of the U.S. Lawn Mower Racing Association starts this weekend in Avon Park, Florida. Mowers can reach speeds of up to 60mph.
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Ballpark food:
At Wrigley Field the “Northside Twist … is a 4-pound pretzel served in a pizza box with three mustard dipping sauces; it feeds three to five fans.”
Going deep on Chicago ballpark food with the Chicago Tribune.
And last week we learned of the $20 burger a minor league ballpark will be serving up this season:
“The West Michigan Whitecaps are selling a $20 burger that has five beef patties, five slices of cheese, nearly a cup of chili and liberal doses of salsa and corn chips, all of which are stacked on an 8-inch bun.”
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A few of the many I’ve found online today…
- The website SitePoint.com announced that the Internet would be rebooted. Around the world there would be a 1 minute Internet outage.
- Travel website Expedia announced Flights to Mars from only $99.
- Hotels.com said it was offering rooms on the moon.
- Computer magazine PC World announced the upcoming release of a new model of TiVo DVR called SuperAdvance which can record not-yet-broadcast programming.
- The cellphone website DialAPhone.co.uk announced it was selling a new coin-operated cell phone with a slot in the top to accept your change.
- iStopover.com was promoting a room for rent in the White House.
- The site HowStuffWorks.com had a story about ReBubble rechargeable chewing gum — a candy you can enjoy over and over again without ever having to buy another piece. The secret lies in ReBubble’s ReCHEWvenation Chamber which uses a special recharging station to restore gum to its unchewed state.
- NewsLite.tv posted the fake news story that said researchers had discovered that MP3 players like iPods get heavier depending on how many music tracks they contain. The difference between a empty iPod and a full one is only 4/10ths of a gram, according to the study team.
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What I’ve been waiting for! Google has unveiled Gmail Autopilot.
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Happy birthday, Al Gore, born today in 1948. Which is older, Al or these inventions? (Click and drag to highlight answers.)
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A lot of sports venues now give fans the chance to ‘tattletext’ on the crazed, moronic fans sitting near you. Real tattletexts, according to Rick Reilly’s post at ESPN.com:
Lady in turquoise tank is flipping people off and cursing sec 235 row 14.
Section 446 Guy is trying to fight everyone — send someone to remove him please.
This is ridiculous. We are being spit on from the 254 section.
Drunk guy passed out in my seat & can’t wake him up sec 442.
Guy in black jacket is exposing himself to people. Section 408 row 4 seat 7. He has spikey hair.
Then there are the prank texts:
Please fire coach! And the players too!
What kinda call was that. My kid could see that coming.
Fans not cheering loud enough in sec 203.
More at ESPN.com
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From Reader’s Digest - Things Your Pizza Guy Won’t Tell You:
My other line is ringing, so choose the toppings before you call. Remember: It’s a pizza, not a lifetime commitment.
We know when kids are prank-calling us. They can’t mask their voices very well. The smart ones block the phone number. The dumb ones don’t.
If I drop your pizza on the way, sometimes I’ll shake the box to get the cheese to slide back on right.
Patience, please. It takes about 20 minutes to go from raw dough to fully baked pizza. And then I have to drive to your house.
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New York Times: Some runners are using caffeine to boost their performance:
Caffeine, it turns out, actually works. And it is legal, one of the few performance enhancers that is not banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency.
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Midwest born and raised, I'm a tech geek who runs, cycles and eats Mexican food as often as possible.