Be Careful What You Bet On...
[ Posted Thursday, July 5th, 2012 – 16:29 UTC ]
Since it's the day after a mid-week holiday, we're going to take it easy today, and run a photo sent in by one of our faithful readers, for everyone's enjoyment.
After losing a bet made in these very pages, "Michale" humbly wore the following shirt all day long at his place of business:
Wear it with style, Michale, and in the future be careful making such rash bets...
Heh.
-- Chris Weigant
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Wear it with style, Michale, and in the future be careful making such rash bets...
Yea, like THAT will ever stop me!!! :D
Michale.....
Hahahaha!!! I finally got a GOOD shot of that tee-shirt. But I miss being in your store, Michale!
Yea, I had to take that shot from around 0430hrs EDT.. Once the sun came up, it was too bright to get a decent still... :D
I'll have it open for the weekend.. Promise. :D
Michale.....
I do have to say I was awfully impressed by the camera setup. Guessing you did all the work for this yourself, Michale.
Might have to pick your brain in the future.
My latest investment is the new Nest thermostat. Don't know if you've seen these but it looks amazingly easy to install and you can also operate it remotely online. It should be in tomorrow and I can't wait to begin experimenting
http://www.nest.com/
-David
p.s. And no ... I'm not a spokesperson for Nest or in any way associated w/ the company. It just looks so dang cool :)
I do have to say I was awfully impressed by the camera setup. Guessing you did all the work for this yourself, Michale.
I did.. During my military service, my specialty was surveillance..
Here's a screen shot of the entire Flea Market system I set up.
http://sjfm.us/temp/sjfmcam1.jpg
I can monitor that from anywhere in the world :D
My latest investment is the new Nest thermostat. Don't know if you've seen these but it looks amazingly easy to install and you can also operate it remotely online. It should be in tomorrow and I can't wait to begin experimenting
WOW!! That's frakin' awesome!!! :D Funny, the wife and I were just talking about having a WiFi equipped thermostat. We don't like to leave the AC running all day, cuz it will be like 95 in the house when we get home. Would be nice to log in to our thermostat and get things going and check things out. :D
Eventually, I want to put every appliance we have on the Net :D
Michale.....
WOW!! That's frakin' awesome!!! :D Funny, the wife and I were just talking about having a WiFi equipped thermostat. We don't like to leave the AC running all day, cuz it will be like 95 in the house when we get home. Would be nice to log in to our thermostat and get things going and check things out. :D
I thought the same thing. The amazing thing is that they tell you all the installation instructions on their site (including how to know if your existing system is compatible). I didn't think I could do this, but after reading the instructions, it looks easy. And it saves $100-200 in installation costs.
I didn't realize, but it's designed by the dude who made the iPod. Nest is his new company. And he wanted to re-engineer the thermostat from the ground up.
I've been trying to convince my girlfriend to get a programmable thermostat to lower the temp during the day while she's at work. She wouldn't even think about it until I showed her how cool the Nest looked :)
-David
"to lower the temp during the day"
Err ... raise the temp during the day ... lower the cost ... grr
Anyways, can't wait to play around and will keep you posted. End of diversion :)
much respect, michale. i can only imagine the sort of effect it might have if i wandered into school one day with a shirt espousing the virtues of bush/cheney. heck, i might do it one day anyway just as a social experiment.
~joshua
much respect, michale. i can only imagine the sort of effect it might have if i wandered into school one day with a shirt espousing the virtues of bush/cheney. heck, i might do it one day anyway just as a social experiment.
If you do, you just HAVE to get one of those kewl WiFi Glasses Cam so we can view the reactions of everyone around you.. :D
Michale.....
So, do we have a pic with Michale wearing a big ole grin on his face to go along with the nice tee? You know, something that looks like he's having some fun ...
:-)
So, do we have a pic with Michale wearing a big ole grin on his face to go along with the nice tee? You know, something that looks like he's having some fun ...
Oh, I rarely smile... :D
"No, not really. I can't back that up."
-Dr Evil, AUSTIN POWERS
:D
Michale.....
Why am I not surprised by this? :)
Michale: Here's a screen shot of the entire Flea Market system I set up.
Holy crappola, Michale, that is one heck of a setup. Remind me never to rob your store.
Holy crappola, Michale, that is one heck of a setup. Remind me never to rob your store.
hehehehe You'll get tagged six ways from Sunday! :D
Michale.....
We're live, CB :D
Michale.....
I had so much fun in your store, Michale. I think you have just the neato-est setup. It's my fantasy shop. Just the right size; just the right amount of traffic. I must have been a shopkeeper in a past life, because I so relate to this.
Feel free to choose a laptop :D You can pay by PayPal and I'll even cover shipping. :D
Michale
I am even carrying Tablets now.. Give any Weigantian a helluva deal! :D
Michale.....