-=Hooray for the iphone!=-

Good Afternoon, this is Sir Jacob, reporting live from my brand-new iPhone!
I am so happy! I think every one needs one of these devices, Go Apple!


-=Best Regards=-
Sir

-=A Bit of Perspective=-

This is for all the whiners People {with legitimate complaints} who complain about the iPhone and its faults,

let us just think back to the days of analogue, and meet what I like to think of as the iPhones "Crazy Uncles," {you know, the interesting relatives}

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For calls, you would have to use one of these Bad-Boys:

An Actual Telephone,
no TeXTing, no touchscreen, nothing. {and if you wanted to add another phone, that would be another line, and workmen in your house all day attempting to hook it up}
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For music:

A Record player.
not mp3s, mp4s, or some electronic circuit, but actual, Physical. Records. {which, I might add, only holds 1-8 songs per record}

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For TeXTing, or, as they called it when I was young, Letters:

A Brother "Portable" Typewriter.
{loud, heavy, slow, and no internet capabilities, and if you wanted MMS, you would have to use an actual paperclip.}

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For pictures,

A 0 megapixel falcon junior model, Film Camera.
{not even a view screen. you would typically have to wait till you got home to develop, and subsequently find out, that you forgot to take off the lens cap during the landing of those aliens in the parking lot behind the office.}

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For movies:

A Bell and Howell 252, an 8 millimeter film movie camera.
{no zoom, no instant gratification, same time delay problem as the camera, and you have to use scissors to actually, physically cut the film}

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And if you ever feel just too weighed down by the iPhones 4.8 ounces {135 grams}

Imagine trying to carry all this in your pocket:

That's way more than 4.8 ounces.

More like 12.7 Pounds.

Just something to think about before you go off to complain about the iPhone on your tweety-birds, and your face-toobs, or whatever it is you kids use today {on the Elektric Ætherwebs.}

-=Best Regards=-

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Sir Jacob D. Fredrickson Esq.

Chief Executive Officer of Early Bird Industries, Inc.

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The Continuing Weekly Adventures Of Dr. Zachary Smith H.M.O.

Today's episode:

The Looming Fortress, Perhaps of DOOM.

then again, Perhaps not.

Here we join Dr. Zachary Smith, about to set eyes on the looming fortress of, DOOM. 

or, not. the point is, it's a fortress, and it's looming.  You Of course remember last week, when Dr. Smith set off down an abandoned riverbed, then got distracted by the fortress, and left the Path of DOOM! {could we stop with the doom? please? thanks.}

any way, the only thing standing between Dr. Smith, and his DOO- er right. Stopping now. is a tall wooden wall, a wall that could either be holding something out, or, {go ahead} IN. MWA HA HA HA!  good, you got that out of your system? and the story goes on.

At the top of the wall Dr. Smith sees the fortress, and { psst, swing the camera around}
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George. Swing the camera around.

what do you mean the camera controls won't respond? here, give me that…

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-=PLEASE HOLD FOR TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES=-

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see, I told you it wasn't broken, you just need to give it a good whack, like this, 

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*WHACK!*

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-=PLEASE HOLD FOR TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES=-

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Right, got it, no more helping.

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This is the fortress, of DOOM! No it is not!  Stop that! Dr. Smith sees no indication of anything DOOM-related, so decides to investigate the fortress further.

what will he find? 

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no, not doom, I see you winding up to that.

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join us next week for our next exciting episode entitled, 

The innards of the fortress of NOT DOOM.

-=Best Regards=-

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Sir Jacob D. Fredrickson Esq.

Chief Executive Officer of Early Bird Industries, Inc.

-=JakobRikeILuften=-

I, Sir Jacob .D. Fredrickson Esquire, Formerly of the United States of America, and the entire crew of His Majesty's Zeppelin the Peregrination do hereby secede from the land based countries, forming our own country hitherto referred to as "JakobRikeILuften"
our laws are as follows:

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General Rules:

1. Sir Jacob .D. Fredrickson Esquire and whosoever he chooses as successor is "the Boss", what he says goes.
2. We will not participate in any war{s}, ground-based or otherwise.
3. "När du är Osäker Sväng Vänster" will be our national motto and creed, by which we live our lives.
4. All uprisings, overthrowings, and/or mutinies, need to submit a legal form, asking "the Boss" for permission, before any and all, uprisings, overthrowings, and/or mutinies.
5. There will be no smoking, drinking of alcohol, or illegal substances in JakobRikeILuften. Anyone possessing any of these things, will be given a fair trial, and then shot. If "the Boss" decides to take mercy on your soul, you will merely be deported and restricted from entering JakobRikeILuften in your lifetime.
6. JakobRikeILuften will be pronounced: Ya-Kob-rike-E-luften.

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Rules Regarding Citizenship:

1b. Anyone can become a citizen, regardless of race, gender or religion, as long as you agree to all Rules.
2b. Any would-be citizen should not be running from any sort of police force, {as would incur General Rule #2.} unless "the Boss" agrees that the cause is unjust, and allows you on board.
3b. Stowaways should follow rule #2b. {Regarding Citizenship.}

As "the Boss" I welcome you to JakobRikeILuften, and I hope you enjoy your stay, please sign below or leave a comment for citizenship, then report to the ætherdocks, first thing tomorrow.

-=Best Regards=-

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Sir Jacob D. Fredrickson Esq.

Chief Executive Officer of Early Bird Industries, Inc.

"the Boss" of JakobRikeILuften

-=Coffee!=-

Another day, another sponsor!

now, Coffee does not Directly finance our operations here, but without it I would still be asleep, and we would not be here on the elektric ætherwebs, so to Celebrate that fact, I have made, not 1, not 2, but 3 new posters for coffee!

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-=Best Regards=-

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Sir Jacob D. Fredrickson Esq.

Chief Executive Officer of Early Bird Industries, Inc.

-=Oh Well=-

Alright folks, I am sorry to announce that WE may have, uh accidentally deleted the poll data

For the record,  its not my fault, well, it is, I did hire that guy, but he's gone now. Shame too, he was a good worker.  Wait a minute, why is he the admin on all my websites?  Got to fix that… Any way, if you submitted data to my "Hats" or my "how would you rate the website?" Polls, please re-submit your answers.

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Thanks!

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-=Best Regards=-

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Sir Jacob D. Fredrickson Esq.

Chief Executive Officer of Early Bird Industries, Inc.

-=Signature=-

I am testing out a new signature, What do you think?

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-=Best Regards=-

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Sir Jacob D. Fredrickson Esq.

Chief Executive Officer of Early Bird Industries, Inc.

-=Woah=-

Alright, this has nothing to do with anything, but I really like it,

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-=Zemanta=-
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It is a free firefox plug-in, and I can not think how I lived without it so long!
It's a free image searching thingy,
{technical term} it puts a little sidebar, right in blogger, {and gmail, and other stuff which I have yet to test} with pictures that relate to your post, right there. it also reads all the stuff you type, and suggests links! {Mostly to wikipedia}

Thomas .R. Marshall, Image via Wikipedia

It also does the same thing with tags, awesome.
I am a bit discombulated, but, you will love this program, free, loads right into blogger.
I used to keep a blank tab open so that i could use google images, but this is about ten times faster because it's right there! oh, about Thomas .R. Marshall, I was retroactively checking it {Zemanta} out on an old post, and this guy came up! I thought he just looked so silly, I had to Post him.
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Something I just noticed, roll over the image, and a little credit pops up!
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Is that not awesome!

-=Best Regards=-

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Sir Jacob D. Fredrickson Esq.

Chief Executive Officer of Early Bird Industries, Inc.

-=Some Random Thoughts=-

-=Intro=-

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Here are some semi-random thoughts that have been bouncing around {in} my head for awhile, here they are, in no paticular order.

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-=Pilots=-

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In my many and varied adventures, I have come across quite a few pilots, mechanics, and airport hobos, {Bums}. And I have noticed that they all are a very friendly sort, and have sort of developed their own community, or sub-culture, if you will. A sort of, "Solder, wire, and duct-tape" mentality, born out of the outragous prices of æroplanes, and æroplane parts, I suppose.

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Just a thought.

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-=Movies=-

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Oh, another thought, In American movies, British people are {stereotypically} the 

"bad guys"

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But in British Movies, are Americans {stereotypically} the "bad guys"?

If not, who is? I know I have Readers in Britannia Major, so I am waiting for answers.

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And I expect them.

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-=309 Deaths by airship.=-

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Ever. 

{According to Wikipedia}

That's less than how many people are killed by Automobiles, in every minute.

I guess, I dont know the exact number, But since Automobiles are the most popular mode of transportation in the world, It's a pretty safe bet.

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so why aren't Zeppelins more popular? 

Or Blimps, or Hot-Air/Gas Balloons, the point is, they are so much safer!

Sure, there was the Incident back in '39, but that was hydrogen,{flammable} just use helium and we should be good!

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-=And We End With a Quote=-

"Movies are a fad, what people really want  to see is actors on a stage"

-Charlie Chaplin

-=Best Regards=-

Sir Jacob D. Fredrickson Esq.

Chief Executive Officer of Early Bird Industries, Inc.

The Continuing Weekly Adventures Of Dr. Zachary Smith H.M.O.

Today's Episode:

AHA! we're back! back to work.

Here we join Dr. Smith at his campsite deep within the jungle, …of the …yard.

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Dr. Smith? DR. SMITH! I know you are here Dr. Smith. Show yourself!

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GEORGE! Conduct a sweep…

*grumble grumble why does this always happen to me…*

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-=PLEASE HOLD=-

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Alright, we found him.

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We are not exactly sure why Dr. Smith left the campsite, but it may have something to do with the impending sense of doom hanging in the air, and the advancing weed-whacker.

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George, que the weed-whacker.
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GEORGE!
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forget it, just cut to the next scene.

After traveling for a couple of hours, {or was it days?} {it was hours.} {I know, I was being dramatic.} {Oh.}

Like I was saying, He came to what looked to be a dried-up river, and decided to follow it to its delta, but about halfway through, he got distracted by what looked to be a fortress, looming on the horizon, having never seen a vampire film, or any film for that matter, he went to investigate.

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join us next week for our next exciting installment, entitled,

The Looming Fortress, Perhaps of DOOM.

then again, Perhaps not.

-=Best Regards=-

Sir Jacob D. Fredrickson Esq.

Chief Executive Officer of Early Bird Industries, Inc.