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Technical Pet Peeves

Tuesday, June 19th, 2007

Couple of things that have been annoying me lately

Landline phones with Caller ID functionality.  Say you get a call from somewhere that is long distance.  You select the # in the caller id and then you hit the dial button.  Phone dials!  Success!  Not.  Stupid phone doesn’t add the 1 first.  My current phone from [...]

Google AdWords and AdSense

Monday, March 26th, 2007

I call on Google to change their AdWords billing process so that I only have to pay for the ads I buy once my account reaches $100, just like they only pay me once my AdSense account reaches $100. As they say, what’s good for the goose, is good for the gander.
I know it [...]

Rats run wild in KFC-Taco Bell in N.Y. - Yahoo! News

Friday, February 23rd, 2007

Rats run wild in KFC-Taco Bell in N.Y. - Yahoo! News
I would bet they taste like chicken, so what’s the big deal? 

Programmers to blame for hard-to-use software - Yahoo! News

Tuesday, January 2nd, 2007

Programmers to blame for hard-to-use software - Yahoo! News
Uh, buy a Mac? Doesn’t solve all the beefs of this article, but I long ago stopped worrying about configurations and advanced options (unless I want them) and wondering where things are in the menus and, for the most part, software that sucks. Apple just [...]

No Santa for Hazleton

Wednesday, December 20th, 2006

No Santa for Hazleton
Gotta love politics on the Internet. This site is hilarious.

Mmmm, Godiva Caramel Ass

Saturday, December 9th, 2006

As seen on this very site just moments ago:

I guess Godiva has expanded into non-chocolate foods…
I promise, this is exactly how the ad was displayed straight from Amazon on this site.