Why is it that…

9 March, 2008 (19:48) | Lifestuff

…IKEA is the only place smart enough to put four casters on shopping carts instead of two? Being able to slide your cart sideways (and spin it in a circle, and push it forward at a 45 degree angle) is awesome! You’d think someone else would have figured this out by now, but [...]

Red Rings of Death

4 August, 2007 (20:13) | Lifestuff

So, I’ve scoffed at all the reports of Xbox 360 failures. I mean, ours has worked perfectly for over a year, surely we couldn’t be the exception? Well, it turns out, I scoffed prematurely. We, indeed, are not the exception, as we have now been graced with the red rings of death.
Due [...]

T-Mobile is awesome. AT&T sucks.

2 July, 2007 (23:27) | Lifestuff

Transferring my number to T-Mobile two years ago from Nextel took five minutes in store and the T-Mobile guy took care of everything. Not so with AT&T. I’ve been to three stores and called two 800 customer service numbers all to no avail. I’ve gotten five different answers and no solution yet. [...]

SunRocket. Great VOIP Deal Unless…

7 June, 2007 (03:43) | Lifestuff

…you actually want to talk to a person in a reasonable (less than 20 minutes) amount of time. Or you want to make changes to your account, because apparently their system is down… until next Sunday.
That’s right, you can’t make any changes for the next four days. In fact, they can’t even tell [...]

Please Say a Prayer for My Mom

10 May, 2007 (04:54) | Lifestuff

Through a series of unfortunate events, my mom ended up in the emergency room several weeks ago. While the doctors were doing an MRI to check for internal bleeding, they found a suspicious growth in her liver the size of a grapefruit. It turns out that it is cancer.
After several rounds of testing [...]

Child’s Play Charity

10 November, 2006 (01:54) | Lifestuff

It’s that time of the year and Penny Arcade has once again kicked off it’s Child’s Play charity drive. Over the last three years, the charity has raised over one million dollars in donations, toys, books, and games for children’s hospitals around the country.
Even if you can only afford a couple dollars for a [...]

How to Disgruntle an Employee

23 September, 2006 (18:28) | Lifestuff

Since you never can be quite sure who reads what these days, I’ll skip the specifics and post a general guide for employers who want to disgruntle their employees. This is a reflection of my personal views and does not reflect the views of anyone/anything else.
For the sake of clarity, the employee in the [...]

My New Theme Song

23 September, 2006 (17:09) | Lifestuff

So yesterday I was sent a link to the new Weird Al music video, White and Nerdy. I’ve always been a bit indifferent to Weird Al, some of his songs are good, some not so good, but this one is awesome. Check it out and you’ll see what I mean. :)
P.S. [...]