Aug 14 2009
Over at XKCD, a recent comic describes me a bit too accurately. Take a peek, and substitute Spanish for French, and either books or video games for dreams.
Oddly, I don’t discuss my own dreams that much. Few stay with me beyond waking. But I do love good stories, and in addition to a good book, I love a video game that tells a real story.
Which reminds me, I hope Assassin’s Creed II is out soon…
Aug 05 2009
Been seeing a lot of conservatives poking at the recent Cash for Clunkers program. Our govt, of course, underestimated the appeal and $1 billion in funds expected to last four months only lasted a week. There is, understandably, much to poke fun at here.
What I don’t entirely get, however, is this chain of thought: I keep seeing pundits ask, “why did we pay people to buy cars? Why not…” washer/dryers, sofas, pizza, etc.
Call me dense here, but I figured we were going for stimulus, right? Maximum economic impact? So, I buy a new car, saving over $4 grand, I’m pretty happy. I’m going out to drive around my new little car, eating out more, seeing movies, generally being a good little consumer.
You pay me to buy a new washer/dryer? I’m…doing my laundry. Nice and all, especially if I don’t have a washer/dryer now, but the likelihood of it changing my spending habits is pretty low. Oh, I might buy detergent now. The makers of Tide are happy.
Cars are major purchases, and the Cash for Clunkers is a significant rebate…enough that, in my humble opinion, recipients are more likely to redirect that back into the economy than $150 off a washer/dryer or sofa.
Aug 03 2009
Some hours after wrestling with the daemons of LiveJournal, I peek at my blog to discover my epic failure. In having to delete and recreate my LJ, I’ve inadvertently spammed anyone who had me on their friends page.
I honestly never expected reposting entries back dated to last year would show up in friends lists. I sincerely apologize to everyone affected by this, I hope I fall off your lists soon.
Aug 03 2009
Yeah, real fancy on the titles there, I know. Well, if you’ve been watching the craziness this afternoon, I’ve been blowing up my livejournal real good. That’s because of two things:
So….after much loss of brain matter, I’ve merged old comments from LJ over to the “core” website, inkernet.com. And, I’ve now set it where thats the only place to leave comments. I hope this doesn’t scare away any LJ or DW people, there’s no registration needed! Just click the link at the bottom of each post, and you’ll be at my site. A name, e-mail (which stays hidden), and your comments are all you need. This is all to protect my sanity in the long run, but it may kill comments entirely…I tried this in the past, but had actual user registration running over at inkernet.com and no one posted. I think it was just too much for anyone to take. So, I turned that off and I’m relying on akismet to keep the spam off me. I will just have to try and post such witty, such incredible, such wonderful content you won’t have any choice but to come tell me how spiffy I am. Failing that, cute kittens:
Aug 03 2009
Whether it’s me or the other guy, I’ll let you decide.
A side link on Digg led me to the article Seven (More) Reasons to Ditch Your iPhone. I’ll point out now, for full disclosure. I own a cat. Oh, and an iPhone, too.
So far as I know, the cat is not impressed by my iPhone.
Anyhoo, the author of said article has lined up his reasons why we should be throwing the torches and pitchforks Apple’s way, and abandoning ship for a cheaper, more friendly cell phone & carrier. Although, he’s directing his ire at Apple, not AT&T, but I digress. I’ve read the article, and I have to call “crap!”
Let’s look at his points, shall we?
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