MSNBC: PERTH, Australia – A man who auctioned his life — his house, his car, his job, even his friends — on eBay said Monday he is disappointed with the selling price.
More proof that we couldn’t have “advanced” as a species without having first invented the Internet.
To BillG: so long, and thanks for all the bits.
Xbox.com: Transferring Content Licenses to a New Console – Got a new Xbox 360® console? Great. But maybe you downloaded games or other content from Xbox LIVE® Marketplace onto an older Xbox 360 console, and now you want all that content on your new system. Well, now there’s a way to do it. With the license transfer tool, you can transfer the licenses of all your previously downloaded content from your old console to the new one.
This freakin’ rules!
Gizmodo: Why I Still Use Windows Despite the Peer Pressure
I can empathize – the Mac in my living room isn’t there to be a computer as it’s a DVD-enabled version of AppleTV – and it’s an entertaining read either way…
The Root: Although I didn’t think it was possible, the latest Don Imus controversy is almost as ridiculous as the first one. Imus recently made an off-hand remark on his radio show about Adam “Pacman” Jones’ string of arrests, noting that “Pacman” was black. “There you go,” he said. “Now we know.” Some people chose to infer that Imus meant that Jones’ blackness lay at the heart of some inherent criminal proclivity. Suddenly people are up in arms, ready to gather a posse, fire the torches and go after Imus. Again.
Add to that the FCC’s latest move – the one where they fine ABC for a five year old NYPD Blue show for showing a naked ass cheek – along with the fact that they’ve yet to post guidelines of what is (and what is not) offensive and… well.
I miss Howard on terrestrial radio.
Decided to go to the Fremont Fair with some friends this weekend… shot for Saturday but after circling for parking for a while (and still not finding a place to park within 1.5 miles) plans changed to Sunday. Parking still sucked but we ended up taking a bus outta downtown – made me miss subways but it was still very handy. Good fair and food, too, but what was surprising to me was the amount of political people running around there, registering voters, pushing agendas, and shmoozing for donations… I mean, on the east coast, they conduct government issues as our founding fathers intended: in backrooms with no visibility, no explination, and with as many donations as possible.
I was pretty surprised to find a Republican booth there – and without any remnants of a tar-and-feathering or lynching tree – shocked, really.
Carnage from the hallway…
Today, I spent over $100 on gas… yes, this is one of the pain points having of having two cars: they can sometimes cycle together and you have to hit the gas station twice in one day. The Jeep was $51.05 and the Mini was $54.40. I have little to say about that, actually. I mean, sure, gas is priced higher than before, but… well… I feel like we’ve been getting away with it for a while, considering the price of gas in Canada and the EU. Especially if you adjust today’s prices for today’s inflation – gas never really tracked along with our countries cost of living; this is the bounce back of that and if you opted to buy stock in oil companies, you probably aren’t complaining much at all either… just the other day someone made mention that gasoline is worse now than it was during the shortage in the 70’s – I had to plug my ears so my brain didn’t ooze out. I’m old enough to remember the “original” gas crisis: lines a mile long and simply no gasoline to be had. The crisis wasn’t that it was nearly $2/gallon – the crisis was caused by the fact that no matter how much money you had, you still didn’t get gas. There was a shortage rather than a price hike. Rookies.
What does piss me off is the quiet “oops, we just went to a 9% sales tax in King County” bill passage… maybe it was because of the conference or the trip to CT, but I knew nothing about it… and WTF? Nine percent? That has got to be a US record…
Maybe they plan to help with the roads around here by making nets out of money under all of the elevated structures?
Totally missed the WWDC… yes, I said I was looking forward to it – in hindsight, I don’t think I missed anything, but you see… I’ve been in training for the last four days. And not just like “10am-2pm” training. Sessions started at 8am. Finished after somewhere between 10pm and midnight. And you stayed at the hotel that the training happened at. Never mind that I live 15 minutes away – they expected people to walk out of the meeting centers and crawl into bed only to come back down in the morning…
Very intensive. Very draining. Very tired of thinking.
Boy, do I need a nap.
Weird… for the first time in at least a few years, I’m actually actively curious and excited for this years WWDC…
I blame the iPhone.
Obviously, there’s been a gap in posting…
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This is where I was today, saying good bye to an old friend…
I’ll be much closer to this very building in a year from now.
By the way, does anyone have the address for Safeco Field? I feel that I should drop the M’s a thank you note.
*g*
True, it’s the middle of May and I’m sweating in my house. Yes, yesterday was supposed to be the hotter of the days this weekend. Indeed, the forecast screwed the pooch again, seeing as it’s 94 degrees in Redmond right now, and it was only 80-something yesterday; tomorrow is supposed to top out at 70. Of course, this leads to this traditional Seattle-newscast-styled headline this morning: “Coping with the heatwave!”
Obviously, if more than an inch of snow makes for a blizzard then one day of excessive heat will absolutely make headlines as a heatwave. Wonder what a CT or NY run of 14+ days above 90 would be called here – the End Days?
The better question is this a preview of summer or is this summer in it’s entirely?
Yeah, well, most of my free time has been spent trying to get through the campaigns of GTA IV – that has eaten into blogging time… writing anyway: I don’t have all that much to say these days, I guess. Oh, there are a few blog posts lurking in my head… just not in the mood to write them up, I guess. And reading blogs – the busy times at work has negated that as well! Nature of the business.
That said, GTA IV is more than enough to snag my attention for long periods of time – a rather engaging game and I look forward to the multi-player aspects of it…
Liquor for a night of drinking: $54.60
Cab ride to your home: $25.00
Leaving your car at the bar because you’re too drunk to drive: Priceless
Catching a co-worker having sex in a random car while waiting for their cab: Freakishly Hysterical