Updated to WordPress 2.3.2

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Today yielded a quick WordPress release to take care of some bugs that could expose your drafts and supresses some error messages that could give away some information about your database table. You can check out the release notes on the WordPress 2.3.2 annoucement. Atomac has already under gone the update process and everything should appear just as it was before. I think I am getting better at minimizing down time and updating quickly. Some people might think I am nuts for going for the updates to various applications and CMS’s so quickly (I do realize the problems that can occur when an update goes awry), but never fear, I always do a complete backup before attempting any such upgrade. And with that we are now back to our regularly scheduled programming.

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We’re Back and Full of Sleep

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It’s late and we are back in Flagstaff. The trip went really well. We of course have tons of new gadgets and stories to tell, but that will all have to wait for a well rested Skunkie. Hope you enjoyed the little holiday post about commercials from PolyVector. Sorry we didn’t get a chance to post more during our little break. it was an extremely hectic few days. We did manage to get MasterStillie’s new project setup for him. Let me just say shopping for anything related to electronics the day after Christmas is a huge no no! Of course I detest shopping any day of the week at a mall, but sometime you have to work with what’s available to you. If Stillie gets any pictures of his new setup posted I’ll try and get a link going over here as well. The few pictures we did take during the setup process are a little messy and have us in them. Anywho, I think I am done rambling for the night. Hope you all enjoyed your various holidays and Atomac should be back to a regular schedule.

A Commercial Chimera-cle

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Dear <Company Name>,

With all the craziness this holiduh season, it’s easy for us consumers to forget the people who think up those clever words that become an integral part of our lives. The ability to combine two existing words into something new and innovative, without falling back on that horizontal crutch known as the hyphen, is a gift that few others are able to proliferate on such a massive scale. If you didn’t spew words like “cabinocity” or “crumbelievable” into our homes every commercial break we simply wouldn’t know what to spend our minimum-wage Taco Bell money on. Since Christmunk is a time to give back I have decided to contribute definitions to your vocabularious cause.

Rondoism - A relatively new religion formed around the worship of Ron Popeil. Young followers often have a Ginsucision® performed in which their mouth is widened to look more like Ron.

Giddyupins - A neurological disorder that occurs when Restless Leg Syndrome spreads up the spine and into the brain. The sufferer tends to dance sideways as if riding an invisible horse. Also known as Canttouchinsons Disease.

Cabinocity - A congenital form of extreme cabin fever in which the sufferer runs around wildly out of boredom. Often triggered by commercials on every channel at once, this disorder can theoretically be cured by a working Xbox 360. However, until one is discovered researchers will continue looking for realistic alternatives.

Steerology - The study of herd formations in an attempt to predict things about you that also apply to everyone else. ie. “The Spork, while highly functional, should be avoided at all costs on the 35th of Smarch.”

Holiduh - The term for any Rondo holiday. It was first coined by a Ginsucised® Rondoist attempting to pronounce “Holiday” with their oversized mouth.

Nougatocity - The phsyical attribute of a substance in which scientific uncertainty is quantified in a number ranging from 0.0(water) to 1.0(nougat). Grits has a rating of 0.37nog due to some confusion over the ingredients, while Nougat is rated a full 1.0nog because nobody knows just WTF it is.

Christmunk - The most important holiduh on the Rondo calendar. Every January 1st, the start of the fiscal year, Ron Popeil is said to ride a chipmunk-drawn sleigh into town throwing toys into the gaping mouths of Rondoists. The bigger you can open your mouth, the more As Seen On TV crap he can fit in there.

Crumbelievable - *cringe*… You’re on your own.

I hope you find these definitions to be a useful addition to your unimaginatively asinine words. Enclosed you will find a delicious Pizone as a token of my appreciation.

Best Regards,
L. C. Denominator

Edit: The following is the most completastic list of bullshit commercial words ever. Comment with any you’ve heard and I’ll add it to this List-o-Shame. I’m leaving out product names (like Pizone) because they are inherently fake/composite words… I have a word of my own, it’s called “morphologicide”.

List-o-Shame

  1. Nougatocity - Snickers
  2. Hungerectomy - Snickers
  3. Peanutopolis - Snickers
  4. Substantialicious - Snickers
  5. Satisfectellent - Snickers
  6. Rondoism - Kia
  7. Giddyupins - Kia
  8. Cabinocity - Kia
  9. Steerology - Kia
  10. Crumbelievable - Kraft
  11. Expureience - Kraft
  12. Pampure - Kraft
  13. Purefectly - Kraft
  14. Pureka - Kraft
  15. Purepare - Kraft
  16. Supureb - Kraft
  17. Holiduh - Alvin and the Chipmunks (Movie)
  18. Christmunk - Alvin and the Chipmunks (Movie)
  19. Shrimply - Rubios
  20. Crispalicious - Rubios
  21. Chewphoria - Wrigley
  22. Fourdoorsy - Jeep
  23. Fritalian - Dunkin’ Donuts
  24. Phenomenoil - GNC
  25. Protectify - Snapple
  26. Thinnovation - Apple
  27. Thrillicious - Sobe
  28. Optimiom - Soyjoy
  29. Youtility - Honda
  30. Will Ferrellicious - Semi-Pro (Movie)
  31. Creatiolutionism - Spore
  32. Organify - Wild Harvest
  33. Saludablicioso (Translation: “Healthalicious”?) - Cheerios
  34. Stroft - Scott
  35. Cinnsation - Cinnamon Toast Crunch
  36. Originale - Budweiser
  37. Milktastical - California Milk Processor Board
  38. Nailscratchical - California Milk Processor Board
  39. Sweetsippical - California Milk Processor Board
  40. Lushlippical - California Milk Processor Board
  41. Teethtacular - California Milk Processor Board
  42. Milkazuma - California Milk Processor Board
  43. Rockupation - California Milk Processor Board
  44. Rocksody (possibly “Rock City”, but I doubt it) - California Milk Processor Board
  45. Deliciosity - ??? (forgot)

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Seasons Greetings

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PolyVector and I would just like to wish everyone out there a wonderful winter season! And whatever holidays you might celebrate may they be merry and bright.

Tomorrow we leave for California and so this might be my last post for a little bit. I have stacked up a massive To Do list for my self in preparation and hopefully we’ll be able to get out of here pretty soon after we wake up and get some coffee in us tomorrow.

Don’t worry everyone, if any adventures are to be had I am of course bringing my digital camera and I suppose I do a bit of posting while we’re away anyways even if we’re just sitting around watching movies. So be prepared for an onslaught of Holiday Uselessness from yours truly (I can’t believe I just said that).

Anywho, looks like that’s it! We’re off duty officially for the next week! Adios!

Zoidberg’s Small beginnings

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Being the Futurama fan that I am I just had to share this with my faithful readers. I happen to spot this article first on TUAW, but I will be I referring the original source they got this nifty tidbit from.

it seems the co-creator of Futurama David X. Cohen was once upon a time an assembly coder for the Apple II. And what does all this have to do with Futurama? Well easy! Cohen created a game called Zoid. You can check out the article on TV Squad and see if you have the guts to help Cohen out getting Zoid off his 5.25″ floppy!

I just had to share this despite the lack of really insightful journalism here. But hey, that’s not really why you come to Atomac anyways.

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