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[Steam McQueen]

A booze related blog. Well, this one is going to be for the wine.

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To answer some of the things you have raised here let me start by saying that we are going to have a similar blog for Crystal Head up and running by the end of September and the Crystal Head team and I will address questions about Crystal Head there so please ask your questions on that blog and let’s keep this blog to wine questions.

Dan Aykroyd Wines

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[TakkunEG]

Hmm, and an upcoming Crystal Head blog as well. Hmmm...well, at least that's a start!

My only question is this: Who came up with the sh!tty font for the wine website? I thought I was going even more blind...then I enlarged the text (ctrl+wheel) and realized it was just crappy.

I just wonder why nobody's posting a schedule for signings of either product. That seems to be the one thing everyone's excited about (even off this forum) and asking for. Is it really so hard? He has a PR team to set up the meets, but nobody can post a damn schedule without an act of congress?

[Steam McQueen]

takkuneg said:

My only question is this: Who came up with the sh!tty font for the wine website? I thought I was going even more blind...

Lol, do you mean this ... ?



The same thing happens when I take pics of the wine bottles. I've looked at some of the pics thinking, well, everything else is in focus, am I experiencing selective double-vision here? :o

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[Jim Ridgeway]

Canadian whine? "Quit spilling beer on my parka!"

[TakkunEG]

Steam McQueen said:

Lol, do you mean this ... ?



The same thing happens when I take pics of the wine bottles. I've looked at some of the pics thinking, well, everything else is in focus, am I experiencing selective double-vision here? :o

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No, I mean the text for the website info itself.




I haven't seen a font choice this bad since our middle school decided that all our papers should be typed in COMIC SANS. DX

[theologica]

Font looks fine on my end, Takku-San. o.O

At least it's not Times New Roman. *Shudders*

(This said -- I thought Danny didn't like computers? Maybe he's having someone transcribe stuff onto the blog?)

The videos are kinda cute, though. <3 I enjoyed both sets -- the Canada and the USA ones. I don't drink alcohol, but the videos definitely instil a sense of appreciation for the wines, and the work they're doing. Though towards the end of one video, as he did the, "and remember..." line, I was half-expecting him to give the dad-talk about enjoying it moderation, and then he didn't. *Grins sheepishly*

[Steam McQueen]

takkuneg said:

No, I mean the text for the website info itself.




I haven't seen a font choice this bad since our middle school decided that all our papers should be typed in COMIC SANS. DX

I actually thought about this today. I figured if you meant the label you would have said so (The label still gives me double-vision lol). The font thing must be a setting on your computer?? This is how it looks for me ...



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[TakkunEG]

Hrmmm....

[Steam McQueen]

takkuneg said:

Hrmmm....

Here's a better capture of my screen, (thank you, PrintKey) just so you know I didn't type the previous one myself, Takku-San!



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[bbcentral]

takkuneg said:

No, I mean the text for the website info itself.




I haven't seen a font choice this bad since our middle school decided that all our papers should be typed in COMIC SANS. DX

The font is actually Lucida Sans, it looks fine on my monitor but it's possible that you don't have that particular font installed. Or perhaps your browser is overriding it, I'm not sure really.
I had a broken version of the Helvetica font installed once, and it made a whole load of websites unreadable, just like your screenshot. I deleted the file from c:\windows\fonts and everything started looking nice again.

The exact line from the CSS code is:

font-family:"Lucida Sans",arial,sans-serif;

(If Lucida Sans isn't installed, it will just kick over to arial).

I'm an Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, Times, Sans-Serif fan myself

[Steam McQueen]

No updates but lots of viewer comments. The good, the bad, the ... flirty LOL.

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Hi Dan! Great to meet you at Whole Foods in Los Angeles on the 8th! Please call if you need an assistant or helper in your projects! best of luck! Yours truly, Ariane 310-866-****

Ariane Von Kamp

:o

[Mr Mercer]

Steam McQueen said:

No updates but lots of viewer comments. The good, the bad, the ... flirty LOL.



Ariane Von Kamp

:o

I could use her for a few projects !
Or just take her Kamping .

[MaryAnneBlues]

Is the site down? I can't seem to view at this time...

[Steam McQueen]

MaryAnneBlues said:

Is the site down?

Hmmm ... looks like it is. The olde ...
HTTP ERROR: 440

* I might have changed that a little.

:o

[Steam McQueen]

Looks like everything is up and running again!

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[vicious]

his own wine... ooh i already love it

[Steam McQueen]

Nothing new from Dan here. The girls are still dropping by ...

Date: December 8, 2009
Name: Melissa

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I'm sooo excited to see you tomorrow in Tustin! I can't wait to try your Wine, but I don't think I'll want to drink anything that you've autographed, I hope I'll get the chance to shake the hand of such a wonderful entertainer!

Her will stipulates that she's to be buried with that bottle! :o

Dan Aykroyd Wines

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[Jo_Pierce]

Steam McQueen said:

Her will stipulates that she's to be buried with that bottle! :o
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In a Y shaped coffin?





(Sorry. I don't even know her... Couldn't resist.)

[Steam McQueen]

No updates from Dan.

The fan comments are wild sometimes, but there's also new fans starting web pages dedicated to Dan. Here's a comment from Feb. 5 ...

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Hi Danny! I'm a big fan of your works and you're my favourite actor..I have a forum about your legendary career and if you want you can visit it, of course :-P Bye Man!

From Italy ...

Dan Aykroyd Forum

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[TakkunEG]

Okay, my main beef with the website at the moment is that the "Purchase from Winery" and "Retailers" function does nothing when you click them. Does anyone else have this problem?

Second, in the video, Dan says the rest of the Dan Aykroyd websites "are just bogus." Um, is he having a little humor on us, or did nobody explain the concept of a fansite to him? None of the ones I've ever run across ever claimed to be official or affiliated with him. (EDIT: Now the myspaces/facebooks/twitters on the other hand...)