The sad state of affairs…(but a pretty funny image nonetheless)
A while ago, I started to upload all of my photos to Yahoo! Photos in order to preserve them and share them with everyone. Unfortunately, Yahoo! Photos sucks, and storing my photos there wasn’t really a good solution. Then of course there was the great computer Crash of 04 (definitely not one of my better days) in which I lost quite a lot of my saved photos (and quite a lot more too). So, the whole online photo album project kind of got put on hold for a while.
However, I’ve recently been able to pick up this project of mine and find a much better place to host all my photos (and videos as well). For the past few months, I’ve been testing it out and while I haven’t made it official yet, some of you have already discovered it. So, while I haven’t gotten around to uploading all of my saved photos and videos yet (I’ll hopefully be able to finish this soon), I figured I might as well let everyone know about my new:
To access the Online Photo/Video Album, use the link above, or browse to http://pictures.marcbressman.com.
The photo/video album is being hosted by MyPhotoAlbum.com (with some of the videos hosted by ZippyVideos.com – soon to be transitioned to MyPhotoAlbum). MyPhotoAlbum offers a lot of little goodies, such as
- the ability to rate (vote) photos
- the ability to post comments on photos
- the ability to tag photos (adding searchable tags/keywords)
- searching
- purchasing hard copies of photos in numerous different ways
- slideshow capability
- full-size downloads of all photos
- and much much more…
Feel free to look through the new Photo/Video Album and use some of the new features (and check out the videos available on some of the albums too).
By the way, can’t you tell how much I love the little flashing “new” graphics 
May 062006
By Tom Gross
Published: April 11, 2006, 1:11 p.m.
Outrage and disbelief as world soccer body condemns Israel, not Hamas
Israel is used to being singled out for unjust criticism and subjected to startling double standards by the United Nations, the European Union, much of the western media and numerous academic bodies. But now FIFA — the supposedly non-political organization that governs the world’s most popular sport, soccer — is getting in on the act as well.
FIFA has condemned Israel for an air strike on an empty soccer field in the Gaza Strip that was used for training exercises by Islamic Jihad and the al-Aqsa martyrs brigade. This strike did not cause any injuries. But at the same time FIFA has refused to condemn a Palestinian rocket attack on an Israeli soccer field last week which did cause injuries.
Courtesy of Jewish World Review
I can’t personally say that I know for a fact that this entire story is 100% true, but even if only a portion of it is true…
Sent to me by Tracie…really damn funny!!
May 062006
What do you call a lawyer gone bad?
Senator.
Lawyer: Do you know how far pregnant you are now?
Witness: I’ll be three months on November 8.
Lawyer: Apparently, then, the date of conception was August 8?
Witness: Yes.
Lawyer: What were you doing at that time?
Lawyer: When he went, had you gone and had she, if she wanted to and was able, for the time being excluding all restraints on her not to go, gone also, would he have brought you, meaning you and she, with him to the station?
Opposing Counsel: Objection. That question should be taken out and shot.
Lawyer: Gary, all your answer must be oral, okay? Now, what school did you go to?
Gary: Oral.
Three Lies Judges tell
I’m overworked.
I’m underpaid.
I was a great trial lawyer.
It was an outstanding case in a small western mining town. Joe was brought in on an assault charge. The state presented the weapons he used: a huge telegraph pole, a dagger, a pair of shears, a saw, a gun and a Civil War saber. Counsel for the defense produced the weapons used by the alleged victim to defend himself: a scythe, a hoe, an ax, a shovel and a pair of tongs. After deliberating, the 12 men of the jury filed in slowly and the foreman read the verdict? “We the jury would give $5 to have seen the fight.”
What happens when you cross a Critical Legal Studies Deconstructionist with a Mafioso?
He makes you an offer that you can’t understand.
Jury of Lawyers
A judge in a semi-small city was hearing a drunk-driving case and the defendant, who had both a record and a reputation for driving under the influence, demanded a jury trial. It was nearly 4 p.m. and getting a jury would take time, so the judge called a recess and went out in the hall looking to impanel anyone available for jury duty. He found a dozen lawyers in the main lobby and told them that they were a jury.
The lawyers thought this would be a novel experience and so followed the judge back to the courtroom. The trial was over in about 10 minutes and it was very clear that the defendant was guilty. The jury went into the jury-room, the judge started getting ready to go home, and everyone waited.
After nearly three hours, the judge was totally out of patience and sent the bailiff into the jury-room to see what was holding up the verdict. When the bailiff returned, the judge said, “Well have they got a verdict yet?”
The bailiff shook his head and said, “Verdict? Hell, they’re still doing nominating speeches for the foreman’s position!”
An attorney was sitting in his office late one night,when the Devil appeared before him. The Devil told the lawyer, “I have a proposition for you. You can win every case you try, for the rest of your life. Your clients will adore you, your colleagues will stand in awe of you, and you will make embarrasing sums of money. All I want in exchange is your soul, your wife’s soul, your children’s souls, the souls of your parents, grandparents, and parents-in-law, and the souls of all of your friends and law partners. The lawyer thought about this for a moment, then asked, “So what’s the catch?”
Well…I know all of you immensely enjoy reading all the stupid things I post up here, and now, not only can you view them on the site, but you can be instantly notified whenever I post something new! That’s right, you can now subscribe to my site and receive an email with the contents of each and every new post on this site.
To subscribe to my site and receive email updates, simply browse to Mailing List Control Panel and subscribe, and you will soon be receiving utterly moronic (though highly funny) posts by email.
Please let me know if you experience any problems with this new system. Thanks, and enjoy!
May 052006
For a long time now, when browsing to my site (regardless of what URL you used), you would see a page informing you that the URL for my site had changed and the new URL was www.marcbressman.com. I’m hopeful that at this point everyone is using that new URL address to get to my site. As a result, I’ve removed this reminder page, and now browsing to www.marcbressman.com will take you directly to my site. Let me know if you experience any problems. Thanks.
Looks like my industry might be heating up…
By Tom Krazit
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
Published: March 1, 2006, 4:00 AM PST
Technology is a wonderful thing, when it works. Just as cars run reliably but lawn mowers never start, many people wonder why humans are capable of creating amazing technology but can’t make PCs that average people can understand.
As a result, demand for PC support services is booming even as retailers and PC vendors pare down their standard warranties. Fed up with pleasant but unsatisfying support answers, PC users are increasingly willing to pay for support from those companies. Third-party PC support is becoming big business, with Best Buy aggressively promoting the services of the Geek Squad and vendors like Dell jumping to provide their own touch.
Courtesy of C|Net News.com
I also can’t resist a bit of shameless self-promotion here If you are in need of any sort of PC/Computer Support or Services, please check out Falcon Computer Consulting
Talk about ridiculous…
By Graeme Wearden
Special to CNET News.com
Published: March 10, 2006, 10:56 AM PST
HANNOVER, Germany–A USB memory stick coated in gold and studded with five diamonds has been launched.
The glitzy memory stick, shown at the CeBit trade fair here this week, comes with up to 2GB of memory and can be coated in either 14-carat or 18-carat gold. The diamonds are optional.
Pricing varies depending on whether customers need the full 18 carats of gold or opt for the sparkly version. A 1GB version with 14-carat gold coating and five diamonds costs in excess of 2,000 pounds (about $3,500).
Courtesy of C|Net News.com
May 042006
For all of those who have gotten Lasik eye surgery (like me), or have been interested in getting it….or just want a good laugh, check out this site: LASIK@Home.
Pretty ridiculous, and even more so is the fact that I imagine some people would actually think this is a real product