3 Simple Bathroom Rules at Work
I don’t know about your office… but the bathrooms here are thankfully pretty clean. For the most part anyway. But every now and then I’m witness to disgusting acts by otherwise pretty normal people. I thought I’d just post up a quick note about how we can all make our bathroom experiences better… 3. Don’t be gross. If you like to pee in the stall, lift the seat. If I have to go in there and drop a log later in the day, I don’t want to have to clean up your piss from the seat before I sit down. …
DO NOT BUY: Mophie Juice Pack Air for iPhone 3G/3GS Review
I just submitted a review for the Mophie Juice Pack Air on Amazon… since it is not visible yet (waiting for approval), I thought I’d copy/paste it here for people to read. Suffice it to say that I’m REALLY disappointed in this thing… especially for its price. Here’s my review… I’m going to be going on a long flight soon and wanted a little bit of extra life to my 3GS. Figured why not get that in a full case that I can turn on and off as needed? Great in theory… One MAJOR flaw though. You lose all kinds …
I Don't Understand TV Stations
Why do I need to watch the same exact commercials at every commercial break? If I’m watching a show – be it a half hour or many hours long – there is no need to show me the same damn commercials at every break. If I didn’t buy the shit you’re advertising during the first break, I’m sure as hell not going to buy it in the second commercial break. I understand brand identity and that sort of thing and trying to get your name known, but it is ANNOYING. Would it really be that hard to just alternate commercials …
New Picasa Spam?
A while back I got a weird email that appeared to be from Google’s Picasa service. It honestly looked like spam. The account name was some random website and I didn’t even bother to read the rest. I actually assumed that it was some phishing attempt and marked it as spam in Gmail. Then I got another one. And another one today. It’s not phishing… but appears to be random spam via Picasa. Somehow these accounts can show up in your Picasa Favorites as if you were following them – even if you have never added them as favorites. I …
Dear Netflix, HURRY UP!
What is going on with Netflix? Do they just hate me? Do they not want to send me the movies I want? Am I watching movies too fast? The top 4 movies in my queue are either Long Wait or Very Long Wait (3 of them are the latter). Yes, they’re recent movies… but come on. You can’t tell me THAT many people still are watching Funny People. It came out like 3 weeks ago! What is going on? This reminds me of many of the rumors in the past that Netflix would start staggering your movies if you watch …
Windows 7 Freezing Problem
I suppose this is a follow up to my Windows 7 install and initial thoughts… I have been having a problem. I initially mentioned it here. Situation is this: After the system has been idle for a period of time (I don’t know, 20-30 min?) and I move the mouse, I’m unable to click or do anything. The mouse moves but that’s it. CTRL+ALT+DEL doesn’t work. CTRL+SHIFT+ESC doesn’t work. I can see a consistent and repetitive blink from the hard drive activity light but it doesn’t seem to be actually doing anything. If I leave the system alone for a …
This Doesn't Make Any Sense
Please someone correct me on this if I am wrong… but are not the “bulk” and “self serve” kind of areas in a grocery store supposed to be cheaper than regular sized items? I mean, is that not the purpose of buying in larger quantities? Turns out this is not always the case. I was stocking up on Reese’s Pieces the other day (YUM!) to snack on at work and found the pound-ish bags. They were something like $3 a bag… figured I’d check out the bulk candy section to see how much I could save. Not much apparently. They …
Stupid Fucking Kids
I know a lot of people have the “kids these days” mentality… but holy shit I might just ring someone’s neck. Sitting here in the living room, my car alarm goes off. Strange b/c there are no trees or anything over it and it is LITERALLY right outside the window. I turn it off and then go out to look at why… there is a ROCK sitting on my windshield… about the size of a small bouncy ball – and two marks on my windshield. WTF?! I look up and there is a group of 3 kids about 30 yards …
Why Bother?
Dear Kraft Foods, Why do you tempt me so? Why include a Push Here to Open option when it does not open anything? I have purchased your Kraft Macaroni & Cheese (spirals) for many years and not once do I recall ever been able to open your box in that way. It should be simple. I should be able to press the (supposedly) perforated area and it should open the side of the box and enable me to pull the top off… exposing all of the macaroni goodness I would soon be enjoying. But no… I press the designated area …
Enough Michael Jackson Already!
Yes, he was a legend. I won’t debate that. But his light burnt out YEARS AGO… and since then he has done nothing but become a total freak. The skin bleaching-whatever he’s done. The accusations of little boys. He became nothing more than a sideshow attraction. Fitting I suppose that his “ranch” was a theme park of some sort… but also fitting that it was shut down. His time passed a long time ago. The music from back then is still pretty good (who doesn’t like to hear Thriller every now and then?) but the person he became lately was …