Are Chargers fans fair weather fans?

There have been articles recently saying that fans of the San Diego Chargers would only come out in good weather, but that was proven wrong in a recent game when it was raining. However, this post isn't about that type of weather. This is about fans that wear the Chargers colors/gear only when they are doing well. In the past week, we've seen people wearing Chargers jerseys, have bolts on their cars, fly Chargers flags, etc. This is not normal for San Diego. There are some rabid fans that always have their Chargers stuff around, most fans don't. It is only when they're doing well that people come out in full force with their support for the team. Wouldn't true fans fly the Chargers colors in good times and in bad?

Stairs to nowhere

I've been to the Handlery Hotel in San Francisco at least twice, but kept forgetting to take a picture of "the stairs to nowhere". I finally snapped a picture. It always makes me chuckle when I pass by it.

You know you're in trouble when...

you step onto an elevator and there is an employee that says "count to 3 and hope this goes up". Well, that's what happened today when we were out at the San Diego Wild Animal Park today. We go on their new elevator (today was the first day that it was open), when it wouldn't go up. The employee hit the button a few times and after the door opened and closed, it eventually went up. Also, the employee had a radio in case it got stuck! As we were leaving the park, I heard over one of the employee radios that the elevators (one was already out of operation when we were there) were not working. Not a good opening day for the elevators!

MacHeist, another round of cheap software

MacHeist is back with another bundle of software. In case you're not familiar with MacHeist, it is a really well developed series of games that when you solve gives you free software and at the end of all the "missions" you get a discount on the full bundle. The free apps are an interesting marketing tool. Most of the developers that put their apps in give one version of the software that isn't upgradeable. Most of the software, I had no use for, but a few apps caught my eye, including 1Password which has changed how I browse the web! I wasn't planning on buying the current bundle, but I needed a graphics app and while I think the UI of Pixelmator is awful, and the bundle price was less than a normal license, so I bit. I don't have a whole lot of use for most of the apps, but they donate 25% to charity and I might find some utility to the apps.

I used to have mixed feelings about the deal as it is a great deal for consumers, excellent revenue generator for the people behind it, donates to charity, but the developers only get a small portion of the profits. Last year there was some debate over this. After talking with one developer this past week, he indicated that when they do these types of deals, the sales on their own site doesn't decrease! I've seen similar trends when I've done the MacZOT! promotions. Those people that know about these deals is very small and if the deals spread the word, then how bad can they be?

Kudos to MacHeist for another job well done and for putting together an excellent way for developers to get their software known.