Raving Amicks

And also because I have a lot of free time at work again, I was reading this fascinating article about Google twins (people with the same name found via Google searches) in the Seattle Times. In the article, there is a link to a website that calculates how many people share your name in the U.S.: www.howmanyofme.com. Of course, I couldn’t resist (I dare you to resist).

The results…drum roll

HowManyOfMe.com

There is 1 person with my name in the U.S.A. How many have your name?

But rather than feeling very proud, I feel a bit sheepish. This means that every time someone wants to Google-stalk me, all the results will be me and only me. And that’s a little weird, especially when I see some of the links out there. Like, some supposed teacher used my poem (a quick little exercise poem, no less) for their class in February? Or that strange new age place that jacked one of my articles, making it look like I wrote for them. And then there’s that Pirates of Dark Water petition to release my beloved cartoon to DVD…um, ha ha ha!

I guess I’m mostly wary because I’ve already had one problem after being Google-stalked before a job interview last year. The interviewer found my biography on my portfolio website and completely and utterly misconstrued an innocent sentence about how I was much happier when I switched from being an art history major to an English major; she somehow thought that I loathed the University of Washington. I can only imagine what that woman thought about my Pirates of Dark Water for DVD release petition: “This person advocates software piracy!”

But on the flip side, at least I’m not an emerging writer who shares the same name as someone who writes sleazy romance novels. Sadly, such is the fate of my fellow contractor:

Rick got this from a co-worker. Interesting reading. I need to learn how to take pictures from Mindy.

The Knuckles Light is the product of many collaborations with my group members to completely rethink the flashlight. The design is based on the classic brass knuckles. Our motto is “illuminate the dark while you protect yourself.” The switch was to large for the pocket we designed for it in the part so we had to break away some of the plastic to correctly fit it in. The light fits right into your hand and the switch is located right by your thumb.
-The last picture is the design I ended up submitting for the t-shirt contest.

no if and’s or buts, this is the final design, though the shirt color is negotiable.
Also a pic of my group’s brass knuckle flashlight working!
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Watch this. It’s-a funny. Apparently that’s a Californian accent too. It teaches you about nuclear warfare–very educational.

So the guy that hacks together the USB Missile Launcher software has put out another update. I’m not sure if it really fixes any bugs, but hey, newer is better right?

One new thing the driver does do is support an entirely different USB Missile Launcher made by a company called DreamCheeky. Go ahead and click on “Products” > “USB Missile Launcher” to see it. ThinkGeek calls it a “USB Rocket Launcher” (it looks like they carry the same model launcher that I got you guys too).

This new launcher even shoots farther than the original, so if your friends need revenge for past missile strikes, they can try this one out.