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Click Here and input 94117. This is where Patrick lives now. Then input 92506. This is where we grew up. I now live in 92504, which is a little better than 92506, because, well, it's poorer. Check out your neighborhood.

Thanks to Patrick for showing me this.

posted by Doug 1:22 PM

NEATO.

I was going to blog today about how a high-school girlfriend (over a year-long relationship) got married on Saturday and how odd that was, and how nice it was to see old friends (Warren has a Prius too!) and all that.

But check THIS out! Dude, it's a Catdoor (see above picture), that uses image-recognition to determine whether Flo (the cat) is carrying something in her mouth, and if so, whether to let her in or not. I can't tell you how many times I have had to chase Belle's catches around the house (mostly rats/mice).

How rad is that! Holy cow. Man. I love it. I. Love. It. Here is a picture of Flo and her Cat-Door (Left) and Belle and my index finger (Right)

posted by Doug 8:12 AM

Three Cheers for Alice!

About a week ago, Alice and I had a long conversation about voting, about where the candidates stood on what and most importantly about the importance of voting at all. Alice is going overseas for a couple years pretty soon here and didn't see the point. It's not that she was Republican or Democrat or anything, she just didn't see the point. We had a long talk and she said she'd think about it.

Today, the deadline for registering via the mail, she IMed me the following:

Alice: okies i'm gonna go to the post office to mail this off~~
Auto response from Alice: going to become a voter~~ at the post office~~

She's been harped at by other people in the "You're not voting?! What is WRONG with you?" fashion. But I guess when it comes to undecideds, the best way to go about it is to ask what issues she cares about, and explain where the two candidates stand on those issues. Nothing like information to make a responsible citizen.

Alice, hats off to you! This blog is dedicated to you today.

posted by Doug 2:32 PM

The Pepsi Challenge 2.

So apparently, Coke provokes spikes in your brain waves and Pepsi doesn't, just from the corporate logo. These folks were given a double-blind test in which first, they were told to choose a Cola based on taste in the style of the original Pepsi challenge. Then they were told to choose a cola based on taste when shown the logo and 3/4s of them chose Coke. WTF? Apparently Coke's marketing has so embodied itself in our minds, that we prefer it just for being called Coke. I know this is true with me, and probably why they can charge $0.25 more on the bottle than competitors.

Interesting tidbit of information: Prior to Coke's Christmas-time marketing, Santa wasn't relagated to one particular color: It was only after decades of Coke-Christmas themed ads that Santa became associated with the color Red.

CRAZY.

posted by Doug 9:11 PM

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