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| Photo: Local Chicoans discuss with concern
the shootings, DUI's, tubing, and downtown vomit over the weekend at
Labor
Day barbecue. Breaking News: The crack CI investigative news team has determined that several Chicoans were not shot over Labor Day weekend. A number of them also did not go tubing. If that's not a rare enough occurrence a subset of those already mentioned were also not arrested for DUI during the 3 day community "rave". When interviewed David Thunderballs, a local construction worker, said "Yeah, I had a little too much to drink on Labor Day, but my wife drove me and the kids home. All in all it was a fun day." When asked if he vomited downtown he answered "no". Thunderballs' neighbor, Jack Somersault, admitted to not being shot during any festivities. "I think I'd know if I were shot, who are you and why do you have a tape recorder at our party?" Somersault continued when questioned in detail. It's unclear how many people did not go tubing, or did not get arrested for open containers, over the weekend. But more and more people are coming forward with stories of mundane weekends. Trudy Bucksaplenty described a short trip to Wal-Mart and purchasing some perennial flowers at Home Depot as the most extensive activity she took part in. Trudy explained "I cleaned house a little on Sunday, but mostly just hung out with my kids." Here at CI were not entirely sure what's causing this counter-culture behavior from some Chico locals. Some have suggested adulthood might be to blame, others fear it may be a result of a Planning Commission gone crazy. One thing is certain, if this trend continues Chico will lose its hard earned Party Town image. |
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CI Challenge: Can you guess what it is? Winner(s): D. Erickson and Anthony Watts, see comments below for the answer. |
Breaking News - Fewer Shot Than Expected!
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Lon
About Me: Fasten your seatbelts for an exhilarating trip through Chico's public policy; I guarantee it's marginally better than public access TV.
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its the corner of a flatbed photo/sheet scanner that wasn't shot this weekend.
The colors look very much like an Apple product. Is it an iMac?
Tom,
That would be an iDon'tthinkso.
Lon
Anthony,
I can confirm that what's shown in the CI Challenge was not shot this weekend. But it's not a scanner.
Lon
Would it be the George Forman grill? With the optional blue cover over the bun toster?
Ah well then it must be the George Foreman USB powered grill, which has taken to doing iMac like colors.
Like I want to draw that much current through my USB port.
D.
I'm going to have to give this one to you with co-ownership with Anthony. It is the George Foreman USB powered iGrill.
Here is the product description...
The low-fat, high-bandwidth solution to your networked cooking needs is finally here. The George Foreman USB iGrill conveniently connects to your home or office PC using USB 2.0 technology, and provides a sophisticated web-based cooking interface.
Download recipes, enter in the type of food, weight and desired degree of doneness, and the iGrill handles the rest. Did you know that a medium rare 1/4 lb. hamburger made from 80% lean beef takes 1 minute and 45 seconds less cook time than an identical patty made from 95% lean prime Black Angus? The iGrill does. As your meal cooks, the subtle glow from under the unit increases brightness and pulses faster until your meal is perfectly done.
Running late at work? Need to get dinner on the table? It is easy to warm up the iGrill from any internet connection. With a little advance planning, your meal can be ready when you get home!
Using the USB current to directly charge high voltage capacitors, the iGrill does not require any additional power supply, making it perfect for dorm or office cooking.
Lon
Lon, you should design a USB powered Frisbee disc, with camera and GPS nav interface to seek out "friends" and take photos. You could call it, ahem... "the USB flash disc".
Puns aside, here is a company that will print discs with logos like "Disc Golf in Chico is fun".
http://www.dollarimprint.com/my-flying-discs.htm?gclid=CN6XmrSxqo4CFQZmYQodq2RjSw
I'd be printing up a 500 or so to give away at the farmers market.
Anthony,
Those aren't golf discs. But they might work as a promo since they're a lot cheaper. Custom stamped discs are a minimum of about $8 each.
Here's a disc golf manufacturer with some examples of custom stamps.
BTW: I want to stamp some discs and give them away to kids when CARD gets the Hooker Oak Kids course up and running. And it seems like that project is moving ahead even with the elderberry. If only I knew of an artist who could create cool logos...
http://www.discraft.com/dgcustom.html
Lon
Yes I know the ones I listed aren't high quality for target accuracy, but they would do just fine for promos.
I have no idea who you could get for logo design, maybe you could outsource the job to India. I hear they have some excellent artists in Punjab.
Outsourcing the logoes to India could work in theory, but there is one major problem: NO ONE IN INDIA IS TALL ENOUGH TO CREATE A GOOD LOGO.
I don't know how you get around that problem . . .