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Good Night, Internet

I Spent a good long time messing around, trying to get the guy in the center right. 

I Finally got him good enough, but the picture was boring. 

And it was nighttime in the desert. 

And I own a great camera, and a tripod. 

So about twenty 30–15 second exposures later I got this one picture I liked, and one that was decent, and a picture of the moon I didn’t completely hate, which was weird for me. 

I combined the two star pictures that weren’t terrible, {Blend modes!} added a vignette, and decided to be done because I didn’t hate it, and I knew that If I kept messing around with it I would ruin it. 

So yeah. That’s supposed to be me, by the way.  In the center there, behind the computer. 

Charon

Charon is the one afterlife myth I can believe in.

  Take the Egyptians, they beleived that after you die, you get to keep all your stuff.
 But you'll need it, because dying is just the beginning, once dead you embark on a huge odyssey of trials, tribulations, tests, trickiness… Et Certera. In fact, so much, you need a guide book filled with the answers, and maps, and cheatcodes. And even if you do make it to the end, there's also the final test, where you heart is weighed against the Feather Of Truth.
A feather.
I don't don't know about you, but my heart isn't coming out on the better side of that deal.
And if you fail that one, crucial test, your soul is eaten by Ammit the Devourer.
 Game over.
And even if you do win, in a weight test, against a feather, their afterlife isn't too much better than what we have here.

Then take the Christian way, and allow me to put on my southern preacher voice here;
A–fter you die, THE A–ngels come DOWN from above, and bring you Up, Up Up! To the pearly white gates of heaven.  WHERE YOU wait inaline to be judged by HIS HO–LINESS the Archangel Wossname, And when it IS your turn, he READS his ledger, and says unto you: Sorry bud, you're not on the list. And Then he PULLS the giant red LEE–VER of rightiousnees, and Puh–Lunges your soul Down, Down, Down!  To BURN in the fires of HELL for all ee–ternity.

Not for me, personally.

But the Greeks, they had it down.
See, at this point, they were still simple farmers, mostly, that newfangled ‘Fancy Math’ stuff was still just getting started, but they had coins, and a system.
 They believed that after you die, you wander about in the fog for a bit, avoid the three-headed-dog {I can do that, Dogs are easy} and eventually come to the river Styx.
  Waiting at the river, is a ferryman. Charon. You pay the man your coins {Or on some cases, coin} that you were buried with, and he takes you to the other side of the river.
    Simple.
  And what's at the other side of the river?
      Well, you'll just have to find out when we get there.

Disqus

I am implementing a new social-commenting system called Disqus.

Try it out in the comments below, tell me your reactions. 

Is it Cool? Too Hard? Failing?  Did you like the old way better?

I'm talking to you, Seth, Louise and anyone else who reads this blog whose name I don't know.

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Hey folks! 

 Do you live in the Alaska area?

   Have you ever wondered how the espresso in your area stacks up  on the SLOG scale? 

 Wonder no longer!

Alternatively, wonder a little longer because I probably haven't gotten around to your coffee place yet. 

   If you are impatient, {Understandable} I'm open to suggestions.

We Gotcher Icons Right 'ere

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Art Deco Icons Vol. 1

Contains Over 39 Icons!
all in the simple round style I enjoy!
Contains a nice wooden dock!
Built from a the finest mahogany! {Texture From Here: [link]}
Contains a striped Wallpaper!
Textured to perfection!
Contains Several Icons which you will never find a use for!
And doesn't include some you wish it did!

TECH SPECS:
To implement these properly you'll need CandyBar {Free: [link] }
But if you don't want CandyBar or have a PC, these will still work. I Have included both the PNG's and straight folders of every icon provided along with a blank .PSD file for those DIY types among you.
Not a DIY-type but find one Missing?
Leave a comment and I'll release a supplement later.
NOTICE:
Supplement has been released, and is available at this link: [link]

Art Deco Icons, Volume 2

This premium set of deluxe icons is meant to supplement my previous set {[link]}
Which after using it for awhile I realized was severely lacking.
Included:
Over 29 Icons!
{Also, folders and .PNG's}
Of many common applications, such as safari, and Adobe Illustrator!
Pride of ownership of these fine, free icons!
Nothing else!
{For more, see the Vol. 1, It includes a dock, wallpaper, and a blank .PSD for you DIY types.}

-Jacob

Art Deco Icons, Volume Blue

New Hits!
Old Favorites!
This set includes one shiny new dock, striped, and all previous icons in a pretty new blue.
Winter is right around the corner, get ahead of the rush with these fancy new icons!
Included:
Al Previous Icons, plus some new ones, in PNG, Straight folder, & iContainer
One Fancy new dock
A beautiful new wallpaper, featuring snow!
Requirements:
Mac {CandyBar} or PC.

All Image subtitles link to the Icon's DeviantART Page,
There's a download link there, off to the right.

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New URL

Attention!  This is important. 

 The Blog has changed its url to http://stcroiss.blogspot.com/

This should show up in your RSS feeds, but I'll leave a burner blog at the old address for those lost souls. 

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Chief Executive Officer of Early Bird Industries, Inc.

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Thorough Linking

I Have just finished linking together the entire Continuing Adventures Story, to each other and to this fancy new webpage:  http://STCroiss.blogspot.com/p/zachary-smith.html

To progress through the story click #1, {or wherever you left off} and at the bottom of the story there should be a link, or in the newer ones a picture like this: 

Click it and it will instantaneously take you to the CWA advertised.

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Chief Executive Officer of Early Bird Industries, Inc.

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New Blog Theme

The Blog has changed themes, once again, hopefully to a size smaller screens can handle, with no custom fonts or sidebars, just the blog.
Hope you like it.

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Chief Executive Officer of Early Bird Industries, Inc.

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Test!

This is a Test Of my new "tweet this" Button. 
I hope that you Will enjoy it and use it often, reader.

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Chief Executive Officer of Early Bird Industries, Inc.

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This week's top Seller:

This week its the:
"Think Different Mr Einstein" 11 oz mug!
 A quality product at a fabulous price!

Pick yours up today!

Buy in bulk and save!
$5 of every purchase goes to benefit the Save The Croissants foundation.
The rest goes to printfection, our retail partner.

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Sir Jacob D. Fredrickson Esq.

Chief Executive Officer of Early Bird Industries, Inc.

Holiday Gift Guide Vol. 1

I Have Been Afraid of posting lately, mostly out of shame from the catashtrophe that is my errant sidebar.

But in the Mood of the season, I have Decided to bring you a few of my favorite ideas for Christmas/other Holiday that incorpoates gift giving/anytime.

All of these items I can personally vouch for the quality, and/or own myself.  I'm not getting any from the sales of these itmes, although that would be awesome. The images are links to the product's page.

1.  A Book.

Everyone loves Books!  I Have used this particular one as an  example as Mr. Pratchett is my new favorite author,  and this one was Christmas-Themed.  Some people may swear by those newfangled e-readers, but I have tried them in the stores and such, and they are Quite lame.  Really, you can't beat the classics.

Generally USD$8.00 or so for Pratchett books, but price will vary by book. 

2. A Hat.

This Particular Hat is My Daily, I have crushed it, Packed it, stuffed it inside my coat to protect it from high winds, worn it thoroughly, probably sat on it and even used it as a pillow once, and as it is a Crushable it still retains its shape.  But Be warned,  it can be wet. but if it is raining torrentially, bring a brolly.  In Heavy Rain It Shrinks, see.  But it has a Puggaree {Sweatband}  so  only the crown shrinks, giving it a strange lopsided look. But thorough soaking could perhaps turn it into a whole new hat entirely… But to protect your invstment always Bring A Brolly.

USD$49.00, but black is on sale for USD$24.00.

3. Any Apple Product.

Everyone loves apple, {Right?} and with the diverse range of Apple Products, there is a Product for every Budget. I would go with an iPhone or Macbook Pro. {they have 13" Macbook Pros Now!}
iTunes USD$free.
Other Apple Products: USD$59.00-$3,299.00

4. LEGO®

I Personally love LEGO®, and they  come in all sizes, but for this holiday season I Would recommend the advent calender.  I Have Been Opening a door every day, and it has been shaping up nicely!

USD$29.99

5. Umbrella.

This is my umbrella, manufactured by the Totes Co. of Cincinnati Ohio.  It Is not the most Sturdy of Brollies, but with a lifetime {Yours, not its} guarantee you could have an umbrella forever, for only $12.99. But only if you are alright with Not having an umbrella for two to three weeks at a time as they repair/replace it.  available at Targets® Everywhere. {Although I Can only vouch for the U.S. Targets®.

USD$12.99

That's all I Can think of at the Moment. But look out for More posts along a similar Vein soon.

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Sir Jacob D. Fredrickson Esq.

Chief Executive Officer of Early Bird Industries, Inc.

 

PostScript:  I Do Not get paid y any of the products advertised here: But I do enjoy them.

Oops, Almost forgot

Oops, I almost forgot, I have instituted a new "theme", Christmas! not really a "theme" but more a header, I enjoy making the headers. Best part of the blog, really.  If you are not Christian/Catholic/other religion that employs Christ?  Well then don't sweat it, you can still enjoy the blog. It's really just a celebration of the season.  Besides, this is the season when even the least religious of us indulge in an acceptable amount of Christianity.

Happy Holidays!

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Sir Jacob D. Fredrickson Esq.

Chief Executive Officer of Early Bird Industries, Inc.

Why not for Hats?

As we sit here in the midst of the upheaval of this blog, I took a break from pulling my hair out over the D--- Sidebar to read some of Andy Ihnatko's {A Tech Journalist from Boston Chicago Apparently he lives in Mass. but exports his writing to the Chicago Sun Times.} Tweets

http://twitter.com/ihnatko

and I Came across this link:

http://www.onthedash.com/docs/obama.html

here is an excerpt:

Watch collectors are different. We watch movies, read magazines, and study videos -- not for the usual type of entertainment, not for the intended content -- but to see which watches the stars and celebrities are wearing. Whether we are looking for Steve McQueen with an "orange hand" Rolex, trying to identify Jerry Seinfeld's vintage Heuer Autavia, or seeing whether Paul Newman is wearing a "Paul Newman", we focus on the watches.

So why aren't there any people out there like that, but for Hats? There are just as many variations of Hats as there are of watches, and many hats have a Watch counterpart.  {Exempli Gratia: the Black Topper and a classy pocket watch} so where are you {as the "Hip People" say} my Brothers?

  Where?

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Sir Jacob D. Fredrickson Esq.

Chief Executive Officer of Early Bird Industries, Inc.

Where'd the D--- Sidebar Go!?

This really bothers me.

My Right-Sidebar has moved itself all the way to the bottom of the post page, with out consulting me first. I really think that it must be a fault in Blogger somewhere.

My Code is sound.

If anyone out there knows how to fix this problam, please help me.

PLEASE!

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Sir Jacob D. Fredrickson Esq.

Chief Executive Officer of Early Bird Industries, Inc.

Happy ThanksGiving!

Well, It's A bit early, but the christmas movies are already out, so why not a Thanksgiving Theme? Well, Not really a Theme, more a new header. And Of Course Some Sidebar art.

Happy {early} Thanksgiving!

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Sir Jacob D. Fredrickson Esq.

Chief Executive Officer of Early Bird Industries, Inc.

Updated Tragedy

The Actual Car {In "Real Life"} Was broken into. I Carry Dr. Smith and a couple of other Lego® things around in a bag in the car, just in case inspiration strikes.

I'm Looking into purchasing new parts from Bricklink. {that Includes a New Dr. Smith} Technically new, but physically the same.  But I only have Weekly adventures scheduled up to the 10th {With another weekly adventure in the works for the 17th}

I am very sad.

I hope the police catch the ________!

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Sir Jacob D. Fredrickson Esq.

Chief Executive Officer of Early Bird Industries, Inc.

Dr. Smith's Halloween Costume. Fixed.

This Time Without Rights Issues!

Warehouse picture from Here Released Under This License 

Take that Ensky.Com!

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Sir Jacob D. Fredrickson Esq.

Chief Executive Officer of Early Bird Industries, Inc.

Helium Road and the Peregrination

I Worked so hard on that "Invisible Zachary" Picture, It's too bad I can't find a good Warehouse Picture anywhere. But Dont wory Folks! I am looking, and it should be back sometime. Probably in a new post. But Until then, here is this DeskTop Wallpaper I Made from a Picture I Took:

It Is formatted for widescreen Macboo– I Mean, Computer screens.

That Is An Actual road in Amarillo Texas.

Photo released in accordance with the Legal Disclaimer, scroll down.

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Sir Jacob D. Fredrickson Esq.

Chief Executive Officer of Early Bird Industries, Inc.

Halloween is not Just For Humans

CUT!

PRINT! 

THAT'S A WRAP. 

TAKE FIVE EVERYBODY.

 Here at The Office, The Crew of Dr. Zachary Smith's Weekly Adventures were working all through the holidays, but everybody who could dressed up in the spirit of the holiday, one of the highlights is Dr. Smith's Costume, he went as the invisible man:

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Continued here. 

Happy Halloween

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Sir Jacob D. Fredrickson Esq.

Chief Executive Officer of Early Bird Industries, Inc.