Because I am running a newer version of vBulletin, my old theme doesn’t works, so I went to vBSkinworks.com, and shoot them an email asking on information on how to run the x360 style on vbulletin 3.73.  I get an email back from contact@vBSkinworks.com, saying the theme is no longer supported but that they will replace it for free with one of their most recent skins, so i go and start browsing their site checking what new skin catches my eye, and I see one that  has not been released yet called “Battlegear” (see below image).

A couple of weeks pass and Battlegear is released, so I contact again vBSkinworks, I even purchase another skin for my Mac site, I am waiting calmly till the transaction takes place. And i get an email saying my paypal was charged and is just a matter of minutes while i get my ski and get to work on my site.  An hour later I get an email from paypal that the transaction was not completed and i got a full refund.

I tried getting the skin a couple of times, I even emailed vBSkinworks, they said it was a paypal issue.  I verified with paypal and everything was ok.  When I try for a last time, before the entire process is done, I get an email from someone in vBSkinworks, saying “you think we are stupid but we are not.  the stupid one is you…”, and shortly after my paypal account gets refunded.  I write back, and this “John” said that he knew zonaxbox.com was pirating his themes and that he was not going to sell me anything.  I responded to him that I didnt knew what he was talking about, that there was a confusion somewhere because i wanted the skin for my site, and that I was a long time client of his company.  He never replied back, when I went to his site, I was “Site-Banned”, so basically I couldn’t get to his page or email them anymore.  I wanted that skin for my site so bad, that I contacted a friend of mine,gave him the instructions and told him to buy it for me.  He went and got it, I transfered him the money from paypal, and in a couple of days i had the skin.  I uploaded it to my site and started modifying it.  This was a week ago.

Today I get this email from Dreamhost, my hosting provider:

“We have received a formal DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) notice
regarding allegedly infringing content hosted on your site. The specific
content in question is as follows:

“‘the vBulletin forum software GUI design “BattleGear”‘
located at:
http://www.zonaxbox.com/forums/

The party making the complaint (John C Simpson –
contact@vbskinworks.com), claims under penalty of perjury to be or
represent the copyright owner of this content. Pursuant to 17 U.S.C. §
512(c), we have removed access to the content in question.”

After thinking about it, I am not going to pursue this event, and I have removed the content and taken the loss of the purchase. I purchased a design from another company and I am continuing my project.

This is an actual job application a 17-year-old boy submitted at a McDonald’s fast-food establishment in Florida – and they hired him because he was so honest and funny!

NAME: Greg Bulmash

SEX: Not yet. Still waiting for the right person.

DESIRED POSITION: Company’s President or Vice President. But seriously, whatever’s available. If I were in a position to be picky, I wouldn’t be applying here in the first place.

DESIRED SALARY: $185,000 a year plus stock options and a Michael Ovitz style severance package. If that’s not possible, make an offer and we can haggle.

EDUCATION: Yes.

LAST POSITION HELD: Target for middle management hostility.

SALARY: Less than I’m worth.

MOST NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT: My incredible collection of stolen pens and post-it notes.

REASON FOR LEAVING: It sucked.

HOURS AVAILABLE TO WORK: Any.

PREFERRED HOURS: 1:30-3:30 p.m., Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday.

DO YOU HAVE ANY SPECIAL SKILLS?

Yes, but they’re better suited to a more intimate environment.

MAY WE CONTACT YOUR CURRENT EMPLOYER? If I had one, would I be here?

DO YOU HAVE ANY PHYSICAL CONDITIONS THAT WOULD PROHIBIT YOU FROM LIFTING UP TO 50 LBS? Of what?

DO YOU HAVE A CAR?

I think the more appropriate question here would be “Do you have a car that runs?”

HAVE YOU RECEIVED ANY SPECIAL AWARDS OR RECOGNITION?

I may already be a winner of the Publishers Clearing house Sweepstakes.

DO YOU SMOKE?

On the job no, on my breaks yes.

WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE DOING IN FIVE YEARS?

Living in the Bahamas with a fabulously wealthy dumb sexy blonde super model who thinks I’m the greatest thing since sliced bread. Actually, I’d like to be doing that now.

DO YOU CERTIFY THAT THE ABOVE IS TRUE AND COMPLETE TO THE BEST OF YOUR KNOWLEDGE?

Yes – Absolutely.

SIGN HERE: Aries.

You and me

And there you are,

sitting on your ass,

at your computer, reading jokes.

Nice. Real nice