K-Squared Ramblings

All it Needs is an iPod

Seriously: this Starbucks VIA stand-up looks like it could use an iPod #

Squee!

Apparently, someone’s managed to bottle and sell it. You can now buy Squee! in a tube.

Eye See You

Eye See You, originally uploaded by Kelson.

I think the picture says it all.

I took one other picture that’s framed better, but doesn’t have quite the same creepiness factor.

Venti Schmenti

So what do you think…

Would it be a bad idea to bring this travel mug to Starbucks? #

(On another note, the sound of gardening tools outside the office is blending with the computer fans for really weird harmonics. #)

USA^WAR

Spotted this on a street near the corner.

Underground cable maintenance markings, or political statement? You decide!

Elf Storage

ELF STORAGE, originally uploaded by conradh.

A decade ago, Katie saw a self storage place with the first S missing from the sign. She didn’t get a picture, and has been looking for another sign with the same failing ever since.

Last summer we spotted a sign with the S broken. It turns out that the S eventually did fall off the rest of the way.

OMFG & 2010

• Funny: Logo for mfg.com looks like it says OMFG.COM #
• Can’t believe it’s less than half a year to 2010. It seems even more like “the future” than 2000 did. (Well, I guess it is.) #

Quantum Shipping

Delivering light at the speed of packages! Er, packages at the speed of light!

The only problem is, their tracking system is pretty limited. It can tell you where your package is, or what direction it’s moving, but not both.

Once I even logged in and it had two status notices, one telling me my package had been delivered and one telling me it hadn’t!

I would have called about that, but they would have just directed me to Heisenberg in customer service, and he’s never certain about anything.

(Okay, it’s really the loading dock at an old Quantum warehouse, but what’s the fun in that?)

World of FoodCraft

I wonder if the FoodCraft van delivers to Blizzard. #

Do Not Climb on Mickey

Presented without further comment.

Strange Sights of San Diego

Seriously, doesn’t this chair look like it was made of the material they were trying to find a use for in the first episode of Better Off Ted…and turned into a chair so irritating that it increased worker productivity because people couldn’t get comfortable? (You can see it — and the explanation for the post title — in the middle of this 10-minute preview.)

It was the chair in our hotel room (the converted bank office with the impressive lobby). Fortunately it wasn’t nearly as scratchy as Viridian Dynamics’ “Focus Master.” (Incidentally: more Better off Ted episodes are starting up in a couple of weeks for the summer!)

Some graffiti on plywood in the Gaslamp District area:

And then there was this “You Are Under Surveillance” sign. Something about the combination of the sign, the stairway, and all the posters on the walls just looked interesting.

BOB This Way! & Reality Bytes

• Sign taped to light pole: “BOB →” #
• This doesn’t look good: major data breach claimed at T-Mobile. #
• One day, someone will take a collection of popular songs from the 1990s and turn it into a nostalgia musical. #

Joghurt

Okay, I remember the days of Heidi’s Frōgen Yōzurt (the company that, as far as I could tell, touched off the frozen yogurt craze in the 1980s and then was forced out of its own market by competition), and I’ve studied German, so I know that this name is supposed to be pronounced roughly the same as yogurt…

But seriously, I can’t help but read it as “Jog Hurt.” (Sounds like someone needs more exercise…)

Your Daily Dose of Iron

Those must be some big pies!

Three Fads in One!

It’s not quite at the level of ranch-flavored clear toothpaste with oat bran, but I’ve seen spam for all of them

Okay, maybe not for granola.