Elastic Park

Thanks for the support

Larry Moss — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 01:31:10 +0000

For the second month, the Elastic Park project has unfortunately not come out high enough in the voting to receive a Pepsi grant. Voting has started over again from zero. Many of our supporters have let us know that they’re exhausted from the requirement to vote every day. Who can blame them? It’s time consuming, and fighting an awkward voting system on a site that hasn’t worked reliably from the beginning gets more frustrating every day.

We appreciate all the support everyone gave in our effort to win a Pepsi Refresh grant. Looking at our web stats, our YouTube stats and just talking to so many of you, we’re truly convinced that we had more unique votes from individuals than almost all of the other projects. With 13,000 people viewing our video so far, we know we got attention and quite a bit of interest. According to the rules Pepsi established, we are automatically re-entered in the voting for the month of April, but we simply refuse to stretch this out any longer. We want to say “Thank you” to Pepsi for the opportunity. We think it’s great that they’re offering money and supporting many worthwhile projects. However, it’s time for us to step aside and not annoy our supporters any longer with requests to vote. There are much more productive things all of us can do with our time at this point and the last thing we want to do is harass people that are trying to help us out. Thanks for all of the votes. We’ll go back to more traditional means of fundraising and will make sure that Elastic Park happens some day.

You’ll hear from us when we have some news and maybe a better plan that you can help us with to get funded. We’ll even keep up the dino info, jokes, cartoons and whatever else we can find as time permits. It’s been fun so far. We don’t want to lose the momentum we’ve already got going. We respect your time and just want to use it more efficiently than asking you cast votes every day.

Thanks everyone.

Sorry we’ve been MIA

Larry Moss — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 17:27:29 +0000

Sorry about the missing reminders

Rexy is a bit of a dinosaur when it comes to using technology. He doesn’t do real well when depending on mobile devices to keep connected. At least, that’s the story I’m sticking with. Sorry about that. Kelly and I were both at a conference (PMA Blur) for a few days and we were focusing on the project we were working on – a ten foot tall balloon cash register. We’re back on track now. Only a few more days left of this.

ROOOAAARRR! – More jokes

Receptionist: Doctor, there’s an invisible dinosaur in the waiting room.
Doctor: Tell her I can’t see her!

Q: What do you call a fossil that doesn’t ever want to work?
A: Lazy bones!

You can still cast your VOTE FOR ELASTIC PARK 3 more times this month.

Spread the word. Get more people to vote with us every day.

PLEASE NOTE: Logging in does not cast your vote- you must still click the white VOTE FOR THIS IDEA button! If you’re not sure whether or not your vote registered, check the counter at the bottom of the page. If your vote was successful, it will now show a large “9 votes left”.

Oooh, send me more!

If you got this note second hand from a friend, you may want to sign up to receive it directly from us each day. Just visit http://elasticpark.com/elastic-park-reminder/ and we’ll add you to our list. Past entries can be found on our Elastic Park blog.

Thanks to our friends at GlueDots and Pioneer Balloon for supporting us.

ROOOOAAAARR!! (@Rexy sends his love)

Let’s Vote

Larry Moss — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 13:25:26 +0000

ROOOAAARRR! – More jokes

Q: What do you call Tyrannosaurus rex when it wears a cowboy hat and boots ?
A: Tyrannosaurus tex!

Q: What do you say when you meet a two-headed dinosaur?
A: Hello, hello!

Q: What do you do if you find a blue Ichthyosaur ?
A: Cheer him up!

You can still cast your VOTE FOR ELASTIC PARK 10 more times this month, starting today.

Spread the word. Get more people to vote with us every day.

Oooh, send me more!

Thanks to our friends at GlueDots and Pioneer Balloon for supporting us.

ROOOOAAAARR!! (@Rexy sends his love)

a few days left

Larry Moss — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:23:09 +0000

ROOOAAARRR! – More jokes

Q. What did dinosaurs use to make their hot dogs?
A. Jurassic pork!

Q. What dinosaur could jump higher than a house?
A. All of them. Houses can’t jump!

You can still cast your VOTE FOR ELASTIC PARK 12 more times this month, starting today.

Spread the word. Get more people to vote with us every day.

Oooh, send me more!

Thanks to our friends at GlueDots and Pioneer Balloon for supporting us.

ROOOOAAAARR!! (@Rexy sends his love)

It’s voting time again …

Larry Moss — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:19:07 +0000

ROOOAAARRR! – Laugh with us

Q: What did the dinosaur say after the car crash ?
A: I’msosaurus
Q: What do you call a tyrannosaurus that talks and talks and talks …?
A: A dinobore!

You can still cast your VOTE FOR ELASTIC PARK 14 more times this month, starting today.

Spread the word. Get more people to vote with us every day.

Oooh, send me more!

Thanks to our friends at GlueDots and Pioneer Balloon for supporting us.

ROOOOAAAARR!! (@Rexy sends his love)

More funnies

Larry Moss — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:26:32 +0000

ROOOAAARRR! – Dino cartoons

Looking for dinosaur cartoons? I found this site that’s loaded with them.

I just ordered Night at the Museum from Netflix. I’m looking forward to seeing dinosaurs roaming around museums. Now if only they were made of balloons, the movie would be so much better.

You can still cast your VOTE FOR ELASTIC PARK 15 more times this month, starting today.

Spread the word. Get more people to vote with us every day.

Oooh, send me more!

Thanks to our friends at GlueDots and Pioneer Balloon for supporting us.

ROOOOAAAARR!! (@Rexy sends his love)

a pet peeve

Jenny Herdman Lando — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:54:30 +0000

ROOOAAARRR! A Pet Peeve.

Apologies for the late posting today. Daylight savings time always messes with me for a day or so.

Anyway, here is one of my biggest pet peeves.

I’ll be a good educator and use it in a sentence.

There are no four legged dinosaurs. There are no four legged terrestrial vertebrates. None. Not a one.

There are however four limbed dinosaurs and other animals (quadrupeds).

Recall that hip we discussed last week? That’s right. The forelimbs connect to a shoulder.

Perhaps that will clear up the idea in your mind about how I stated that dinosaur legs went straight down from their bodies? Well, the quadruped dinos could have elbows bent out to the sides a bit. (Triceratops)

What is your pet peeve?

You can still cast your VOTE FOR ELASTIC PARK 17 more times this month, starting today.

Spread the word. Get more people to vote with us every day.

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Thanks to our friends at GlueDots and Pioneer Balloon for supporting us.

ROOOOAAAARR!! (@Rexy sends his love)

Dinosaur Ballet – Be sure to vote today!

Kelly Cheatle — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:44:07 +0000

ROOOAAARRR! Happy Monday folks-

I’m always amused how many artists are inspired by dinosaurs. Check out this fun little animation “Dinosaur Ballet” (be sure to watch it through to the end!) and vote for Elastic Park!

You can still cast your VOTE FOR ELASTIC PARK 18 more times this month, starting today.

Spread the word. Get more people to vote with us every day.

Oooh, send me more!

Thanks to our friends at GlueDots and Pioneer Balloon for supporting us.

ROOOOAAAARR!! (@Rexy sends his love)

dinosaur hatching

Jenny Herdman Lando — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:45:45 +0000

just a quick note to suggest you watch this webcam feed. Hummingbird, 2 eggs, hole in one egg. Enough said.

http://phoebeallens.com/

It’s time to change your clocks AND VOTE

Larry Moss — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:42:07 +0000

It’s daylight savings time …

I’m not sure why I’m being told to change my clocks. I like the clocks that I have. But I suppose if I need new ones, it’s a chance to get some of these dinosaur clocks and watches.

You can still cast your VOTE FOR ELASTIC PARK 18 more times this month, starting today.

Only fourth in the Arts & Culture catgory

Still holding steady. It’s a weekend. Other people are probably forgetting to vote. This is our chance to move ahead!

Spread the word. Get more people to vote with us every day.

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Thanks to our friends at GlueDots and Pioneer Balloon for supporting us.

ROOOOAAAARR!! (@Rexy sends his love)