A little pro bono advertising for my favourite distillery.

Hi all Geeks! As a proud owner of a piece of distillery land I recently received some great news from Malt Heaven (Laphroaig) . Hereby shared in the form of an extract from the email! /Geek



Dear Geek

www.laphroaig.com.

Robert Hicks, our master blender, decided to do a tasting of various barrels, and chose what he considered the best. As a result, this year's festival offering will be a special 1994 distillery bottling at full cask strength (non chill filtered of course). The good news for those of you who cannot come to the island is that we will put aside some of these bottles so that you can buy them online.

But that is not the only good news. As you know, Laphroaig is often winning awards - indeed, last year, our cask strength was voted 'The Best Single Malt in the World'. You may think it hard to beat that - but we have!
The Clean Sweep!
The San Francisco World Spirits Competition is considered by many to be the toughest and most prestigious of awards. The whiskies are all tasted by the panel of judges 'blind' so that there is no bias. We entered all our 5 main expressions: 30 year, 15 year, 10 year Cask Strength, 10 year and, of course, Quarter Cask. To give it away a little, there is a special award above the usual Bronze, Silver and Gold, known as Double Gold. This is reserved for when a whisky not only wins gold in its class, but is voted first by the whole panel of experts. Now the results:
30 Year old - Double Gold and winner of the of 'The Best Single Malt in the whole show'!
15 Year old - Double Gold!
10 Year old - Cask Strength - Double Gold!
10 Year old - Double Gold!
Quarter Cask - Double Gold!

And ... wait for it ... our distillery (sorry - your distillery!) was voted "Distiller of the Year" - one of the highest honours that can be bestowed on a distillery. We are so proud - as I am sure you are too!

Universal management principles!

Dunno why I do this since I am part of it too.... But this is good for laughs and applies not only here at Geeks Inc. but everywhere I'd say. ENJOY and have a Happy Easter! (Thanks Colin for sharing!)

Good management principles:

1. Rome did not create a great empire by having meetings...they did it by killing all those who opposed them.
2. If you can stay calm, while all around you is chaos...then you probably haven't completely understood the seriousness of the situation.
3. Doing a job RIGHT the first time gets the job done. Doing the job WRONG fourteen times gives you job security.
4. Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.
5. Artificial Intelligence is no match for Natural Stupidity.
6. A person who smiles in the face of adversity... probably has a scapegoat.
7. Plagiarism saves time.
8. If at first you don't succeed, try management.9. Never put off until tomorrow what you can avoid altogether.
10. TEAMWORK... means never having to take all the blame yourself.
11. The beatings will continue until morale improves.
12. Never underestimate the power of very stupid people in large groups.
13. We waste time, so you don't have to.
14. Hang in there, retirement is only thirty years away!
15. Go the extra mile. It makes your boss look like an incompetent slacker.
16. A snooze button is a poor substitute for no alarm clock at all.
17. When the going gets tough, the tough take a coffee break.
18. INDECISION is the key to FLEXIBILITY.
19. Succeed in spite of management.
20. Aim Low, Reach Your Goals, Avoid Disappointment

Backbreaking hobby

More friends... These ladies were caught trying to reinact an infamous swedish TV commercial. My only regret is that I can't share the sound effects with you.

Product testing

Let me introduce my friend Bismarck! Here's a shot from his recent enedeavour to test various brands of 'Invisible Tape'. Needless to say this product was rejected.

Geek's guidebook to a happier life. Chapter 1

Whenever I feel blue I take a look in my drawer!

No news I guess.... We're doomed!

Republished w/o asking..... /Wolfy

Mobiles to blame for all sorts of hang-ups, research finds

By Jade BilowolApril 4, 2006

Some people are so addicted to mobile phones that they are suffering anxiety and self-esteem problems akin to substance abuse, a researcher says.
A Brisbane-based consumer behaviour researcher, Diana James, said yesterday Australia's 19 million mobiles had become a "huge part" of people's social lives.
Users were experiencing personal problems ranging from agitation if forced to turn them off, to low self-esteem if they did not get calls or texts.
"Like substance abuse, excessive use of mobile phones can lead to personal problems," said Ms James, of the Queensland University of Technology's school of advertising, marketing and public relations.
"Because they can provide immediate pleasure, if you're not careful mobile phones can become as much of an addiction as snacking on junk food or smoking.
"Without their phone, people feel like they are out of the loop."
Preliminary research among 80 Queensland residents from different backgrounds, aged between 17 and 52, had found some were obsessed with their phones, becoming on edge if parted from them, she said.
"Some suffered withdrawal symptoms if they didn't receive calls or text messages, which could lead to anxiety and self-esteem problems," Ms James said.
"In some cases, some said they suffered sleep deprivation and even repetitive strain injury as they lay awake at night texting on their mobile." While she had conducted focus groups of university students, some "panicked" when asked to turn their phone off during discussion.
"They were afraid," she said. "They were quite agitated and were relieved when the session was over and they could turn their phone back on and check for messages.
Ms James said she hoped to attract 2000 participants to her online survey at www.mobile survey.com.au by May 31 to further analyse the "emotional, psychological, financial and social impact" of skyrocketing mobile phone use around Australia.
Tell-tale signs of mobile phone addiction included irrational reactions when away from a mobile phone, as well as huge bills, Ms James said.
AAP

Meaningless!

- Buy a new car!
- Take it to a dumpsite!
- Drive in the snow and mud!
- Get it stuck on a tree stump hidden in the snow!
- Pull it off ripping off parts of the underwork!
- Drive back to your starting point!
- Pay gas and repair!
- Laugh!!

Meaningless but Wonderful!