This post is more of “collecting” yet another example of a “free” and “helpful” browser toolbar that could be installed than a rant. I think that point was fairly clear the last time.
The interesting thing about this one is that Sun is offering to install the MSN toolbar. The last time I posted on this subject Sun was installing the Google toolbar. What gives? Why the change of heart Sun?
There have been too many entries on “comment spam” to continue reciting them all each time I add a new posting.
This one was just too funny. I mean, seriously, do they really expect that a blog that moderates comments is going to let something like this slide?
The image above is just a sampling of the comment. This comment had hundreds of lines listing certain name brand erectile dysfunction medications. The hope is that the robot or zombie that is spreading this garbage runs into a blog that automatically accepts all comments.
The eighth step is now complete. This step built the main sides of the center building.
This step took about 5 hours to complete. Four sections were completed at the same time. But, I was also moving slowly as I was distracted by the movie my wife was watching (The Muppet Movie) and later by dumb cheesey movie that was on SciFi (The Immortal Voyage of Captain Drake).
The last part of this step also resulted in the first “disaster” in assembling this model. The dark grey grill and tile work that surrounds the face of the alcove uses SNOT (studs not on top) construction. It is a very tight fit to get that assembly in place. On one I pressed too hard and blew the side of the backing structure off. Fortunately it was very easy to loosen things up a bit, get the blown out pieces back in place, and put the grill and tile work in place.
Darcie decided that she’d had enough of the ’98 Plymouth Neon. It was old, it leaked water into the inside, and had recently blown an engine (the replacement worked fine, though). So, we went shopping …
While she would have liked to get another Toyota Prius (mine is in the background) or a new truck to replace our aging Dodge Dakota QuadCab at the same time as the Neon, she decided that something with smaller than a truck, with better gasa mileage than a truck, and a smaller monthly payment would be a better idea. The Yaris fits that bill nicely.
She seems to be really happy with the Yaris.
The seventh step is now complete. This step added the main dome to the model.
This step took approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes to complete.
The next section is the main portion of the building.
The sixth step is now complete. This part was actually divided into a number of smaller steps to complete the walls of the dome. This entry is going to have a lot of pictures to show various stages of this rather complex construction.
This step required approximately 1 hour and 45 minutes to complete.
The fifth step is now complete.
This step took about 1 hour and 30 minutes to complete. It was made simpler by completing all four of the towers at the same time.
With adding the towers to the base it is starting to take shape.
The fourth step is now complete.
This step took 2 hours and 50 minutes to complete. Again, it was a lot of rummaging through bags to find the correct pieces. Building both copies at the same time helped substantially as the parts necessary for both sections were either in the same bag or similar bags.
This step completes the base or lower section of the structure.
The next step will be to add the corner towers.
It’s only four days into 2009 and it is snowing again. There isn’t much coming down right now. But it is snowing. My wife and I like it. Our son the college student isn’t very happy about it. Something about having to drive back to Wazzu in the snow in a couple of days …
The third step is complete. This step included building two copies of one of the corners of the base.
This step took 2 hours and 50 minutes to complete. Again, it was a lot of rummaging through bags to find the correct pieces. Building both copies at the same time helped substantially as the parts necessary for both sections were either in the same bag or similar bags.