Crestock.com held a photoshop contest, the winner won a MacBook Pro. I wish I happened upon this in the beginning, not that my photoshop skills would have gotten me very far but I do love photoshopping. Check out the breath-taking creations. The one pictured on the left was the winner of the MacBook Pro.

The USPS transformed some of their blue mailboxes into R2-D2 across several cities, to promote up and coming Star Wars stamps, and Tampa happened to be one of the locations. So here’s my picture of the droid, we found R2 downtown today at the corner of Kennedy and Pierce. The force is strong with Danielle, as she spotted the mailbox from miles away.

Smart Room - “Your home should be a place where you feel safe and protected. With heightened concerns about bio terrorism and other security threats, more and more Americans feel vulnerable.”

Not only can you have them build one for you but you can order plans to build one yourself!

Here’s a few belated pictures from Frances and Jeanne. I have 3 albums to upload but haven’t setup the new gallery yet. More to come.

1. First picture was from Frances, after being frustrated being without power for several days.

2. Second picture is from Jeanne that just passed, a branch that was impaled into the roof of the front porch.

3. Third picture, also from Jeanne, was a branch that caved in the fence and tried to dismember our BBQ that’s hidden underneath it. Don’t worry, BBQ is fine

Ever wanted to be on a stamp? Maybe you’ve thought of something a little more creative than that. PhotoStamps allows you to upload a picture to create a custom postage stamp of anything you like.

Yes, they are usable.

I’m not sure how much a sheet costs, I haven’t tried it yet, but I think I might give it a whirl.

All great jokes start with Bush Quotes:

It’s just hard to resist reading Bush transcripts. He would have made a better comedian than a dictator.

• During his usual drivel of limiting frivolous lawsuits - “We’ve got an issue in America. Too many good docs are getting out of business. Too many OB-GYNs aren’t able to practice their love with women all across this country.”
• “Let me put it to you bluntly. In a changing world, we want more people to have control over your own life.” - Northern Virginia Community College Aug. 9, 2004
• “Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.” -“Aug. 5, 2004 (watch the video)

In Video - In George W. Bush’s Words: Bush’s words speak louder than actions. A nice video clip from The Daily Show. I Hope to see this being the next Bush ad on TV.

Latest Image of Hurricane Ivan (via Dave):

The Kodak CX6200 digital camera. This camera is hot for the price. If you’re just looking to get your hands on a simple, yet functional digital camera, this one is perfect. It’s very inexpensive and takes great pictures. It only comes with 8MB internal memory which isn’t very useful but I don’t know why you’d get a digital camera and not get a memory stick anyway. Miraculously, we managed to get a 128MB memory stick for a meager $25.00! The sales woman swore it was on sale for $25.00 and I mean, would you argue? Considering a 128MB stick is equal in price with the camera! The software bundled with this camera is lame, but I very rarely use software that comes with virtually any new device I get. This camera goes with me everywhere and I definitely recommend it to those who are just looking for their first digital camera.

Toy number 2: BUSlink USB 2.0 cd burner. I’m one of those unfortunate ones who must use an external burner for my laptop, unless of course, I wanted to dish out about $350.00 for one specifically for my laptop. I got this one for roughly $90.00, which isn’t too bad. My previous burner was a refurbished BenQ that I got for $60.00. That beast gave me a over 100 solid burns before it retired from it’s short career of burning and now just functions as an extra cd-player on my Linux box.

My last and final toy is a Philips DVD player that we acquired just last night. We are dvd-aholics. We tend to purchase about three DVDs a week. Our previous DVD player only played MP3 CDs and I’ve since wanted one that played other formats, or at least play VCDs. This particular player was on sale for $80.00 and it plays all of the abbreviations: DVD+RW, DVD+R, CD, CD-R, CD-RW, MP3-CD, VCD, S-VCD and Picture CD Formats. And it is a Philips to boot. It was a bit of a compulsive buy but makes for a nice companion to our new burner. It has a sleek design with a ton of options and preferences. So, instead of pooling the money for all of these devices together and getting a PS2 we opted for three new toys. Needless to say, we are far from disappointed. Besides, we’re very content with our 8 bit Nintendo.