Today a glass cup broke while I was washing it. Initially I didn’t think it was that bad. That was until I pulled my hand out of the cup and blood started immediately spewing all over the place. I could see the flesh was pretty mangled. So I grabbed some napkins, wrapped my hand and drove to the Immediate Care.

After numbing my thumb they had to cartalize some of the vains to slow the bleeding. And after doing some inspection of the laceration they were worried that I had damaged some ligaments and muscle. I was able to move the thumb as normal, just with a little more pain than usual (of course). They again wrapped it up and sent me on my way to the ER at Enloe.

For anyone who has been to Enloe in Chico, CA its a pretty long wait to be seen by a doctor. By this time the numbness was going away and the pain was getting pretty intense. After waiting for about 30 minutes bleeding all over I was eventually seen by a nurse.

They (again) gave my thumb multiple shots to numb it and the nurse cleaned it out. The doctor “eventually” came in to check on the ligaments and muscle. He stated there was very minor damage to the muscle and it won’t take that long to heal. By the time he actually was ready to stitch it up the medicine had wared off and he again had to give me multiple shots to start suturing it.

Eight stiches later I was good to go! Well, except for being in a great deal of pain.

Click here for pictures of my thumb.

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While my friend Eric and I were driving south down Forest Avenue I saw a car that looked identical to this making a left hand turn on Springfield Drive. I suggested we followed it but by the time the light had turned green it was pretty far away and we both had though their fleet of cars were all VW Bugs.

I guess we will have to wait to see if it was an actual Google Streetview car.

Gizmodo - Google Streetview Camera Car Fleet Set to Invade America

osCommerce 3.0 Alpha 4 “Lebkuchen” is the second release to be made available to the public, where the first two alpha releases were made available to Community Sponsors only.

Alpha releases are made to showcase the new features being worked on and to generalize a version specific for testing to help fix and improve subsequent alpha releases for a final, stable, secure, and production ready 3.0 release.

The framework for 3.0 is still under development and will change in subsequent alpha releases. No upgrade paths will be provided between alpha releases and are therefore not recommended for production use.

Some of the new features that are made available in this release include:

* New object-oriented framework (alpha 1)
* New installation routine (alpha 1)
* register_globals and magic_quotes_gpc compatibility (alpha 1)
* New template structure implementation (alpha 1)
* Search-engine optimizations (alpha 1)
* Service modules (alpha 1)
* Checkout procedure cleanup (alpha 2)
* New language definitions implementation (alpha 2)
* Updated payment modules with post-transaction actions (alpha 3)
* Catalog front-end, administration tool, and installation routine combined (alpha 3)
* XHTML/CSS based default template layout for the catalog side (alpha 3)
* Multiple product images implementation (alpha 3)
* New action modules (alpha 3)
* Administration Tool access levels (alpha 4)
* Administrator Log (alpha 4)
* Administration Tool batch action capabilities (alpha 4)
* HTML Editor for product descriptions (alpha 4)
* Full zone entries for most countries (alpha 4; Anders Pamdal)
* Language injection feature for similar languages (alpha 4)
* GeoIP Modules for the Administration Tool Who’s Online section (alpha 4)
* … and more! (application_top.php has never been so clean!)

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New, never used 7 bold AWD aluminum flywheel. FID 161731

For more information: SlowBoy Racing

Price: $150 shipped

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Daimler Chrysler needed an event website for their upcoming first annual Summer Auto Festival. I came recommended from previous works with DubStar Universal on their multiple event sites.

The site was done completely in flash to produce the eye catching animations throughout.

GoFast Sports is a nationwide energy drink manufacturer widely known for their outrageous stunts and sponsorships.

They wanted to create a site to sell some of their after market automotive parts. The site was created with osCommerce and customized to create the look and feel they wanted.

Shopping cart can be viewed at http://gofasttuner.com/catalog

Scrubbs Hand Wash and Detail Center is new to Chico, CA. Priding themselves in being the only true hand car wash in the area.

I was responsible for all of their print media including flyers, business cards, deli order forms, and detail order forms.