Ah, China... Your official at the UN Internet Summit in Athens reminds me of Baghdad ("There are no US troops in Baghdad! They are committing suicide at our gates!") Bob ( Read more... )

So I bailed from work early because I had signed up to help with the Ultimate Drive fleet transport ( Read more... )

Well, there's been a big uproar on the tubes yesterday and today about new licensing restrictions put on The Operating System Soon To Be Known As Vista ( Read more... )

I'm beginning to realize how horribly-run FedEx and UPS are.  Like most other people, I've been having them deliver stuff to me for years without major incident.

Unfortunately, now that I live in an apartment that lacks someone sitting around all day just waiting for deliveries, I'm finding out how bad these companies are.

Of course they attempt to ( Read more... )

Peter: It says... Audi!  Sweet, I won an Audi!

Lois: No, Peter, that says Audit.  The IRS is going to audit you.

Peter: No, Lois, it's German.  The 'T' is silent.

I added my sister's apartment to my placemarks in Google Earth, and figured, what the hell, let's get directions.

Apparently it is considered a shortcut to drive through another country to get there.

I was following the directions up until "Take the I-69E/I-94E ramp to Canada."

good times, Google Earth, good times.

This is an interesting entry on Growlaw ( Read more... )

So it's fleet week in SF, and the Blue Angels are in town. They buzzed the building we were in on Thursday, so on Friday I bought my Nikon and the 200mm lens to take some shots from the roof of the building.... but it was freezing and cloudy. I didn't think they'd show at all, but they did.. 30 mins late, made a few passes, and went home. And I' ( Read more... )

You know who I hate?  The effing idiot who designed the SOLO coffee lids used, among other places, on Starbucks coffee.  I think these pieces of crap are the #1 reason I always drink iced coffee instead of hot.  Well, that, and the hot coffee always takes 15 minutes to cool enough to be drinkable ( Read more... )

We're all very happy that you like your hybrid, and can understand that you cannot fit in "watts" with two T's in the confines of the 7-character license plate you chose...
However, it shouldn't take Nikola Tesla to tell you that your "G♥TWATS" license plate just might be misunderstood.

- reid