Archive for November, 2005
Published on November 30, 2005
Needless to say, San Diego was a fantastic city. Those of you that live there (Brian and Erin), are very lucky. The weather was perfect and Thanksgiving couldn’t have gone any better. So, on my excursion to the wonderful place that is So. Cal. I took some pictures. They will be posted later tonight.
Update: [...]
Published on November 23, 2005
When the hurricanes hit in Louisiana, prices of gasoline soared to over $4/gallon in some places. A majority of it was gas stations gouging to make a quick buck, but when you think about it, gas prices at that level won’t be bad for America. Think about.
Published on November 22, 2005
5:15 AM: I rolled out of bed and threw on my clothes and got ready to go to work. I figured I would go to the local Wal Mart and buy the XBox 360.
5:30 AM: Arrived at the Wal Mart with 6 people camped out over night. Man are they stupid.
5:35 AM: They opened the [...]
Published on November 20, 2005
So my home back in Maine was named one of the top places to retire. CNN.com has a list of a bunch of places to retire and Brunswick made it onto Money Magazine’s list. You must take this with a grain of salt, but it’s a great place to live. Beautiful houses, great school system, [...]
Published on November 18, 2005
An amazing story where a mom was in a diabetic coma for a couple of hours. Supposedly, a son that was living in the Phillipines was “checking up” on her. Then he noticed that the mom was passed out on the couch not moving. Then he called his brother that was living in Norway and [...]
Published on November 15, 2005
Back in the 70’s there were 26” diameter hard drives and. They took up a lot of space and maybe even could have held a few MP3’s. But now we have a new use for these monsters, coffee tables. Joe Grand, who designed this table says that it’s one of a kind and will not [...]
Published on November 14, 2005
In years past, consumers have been able to get a gift for a loved one and he/she may not like it (or act like they like it), could return the gift and exchange it. That was the whole point of the gift receipt. Well in 2005, retailers are cutting back on frequent returns. JC Penney [...]
Published on November 11, 2005
On the heels of the latest 160,000 Toyota Pri(i?) recall, Wired Magazine decided to write an article of the worst software bugs in history. The Toyota Prius had a problem with the check engine light and the car’s gasoline engine stalling unexpectedly. They soon figured out that it was an embedded software issue. Read the [...]
Published on November 10, 2005
This company has finally come up with a way to import songs from a CD right to your iPod. This bypasses the iTunes or Winamp interface completely. With a little cord that plugs into your CD player to the Apple proprietary plug and you are all set. The iLoad has not been released yet and [...]
Published on November 7, 2005
There was an auction recently and there were items from movies and television. The auction house grossed about $6 million with all the movie artifacts that were sold. The most notable item that was sold was Luke Skywalker’s light saber that he used inthe movies. Obviously, it doesn’t work but, damn $200,000? I guess that’s [...]