The One-Man Tivo
Jun 26, 2009 in Otherwise Uncategorized
Have you noticed how many shows Gordon Ramsay has these days? For weeks at a time it seems like we watch nothing but his shows: Kitchen Nightmares, Kitchen Nightmares UK, Hell's Kitchen, you know the story. The thing is: they're all good. Gordon Ramsay makes for good TV! And now he's got a new show (well, new in the US): The F Word, and I seem to be watching that one every night too. Read on...
Won't Somebody Please Think of the Hangers-On?
Jun 25, 2009 in True Life Stories
I have this vision that Michael Jackson has spent the last few years surrounded by people who had no interest other than diverting as much of his money as possible towards their own support. Despite all the schadenfreude I felt over the King of Pop's many scandals, I also always felt sorry for him, robbed as he was of any pretense towards a normal life at any time. All of which is a little weird since he wasn't just King of Pop, he was King of the Whole World while I was in Elementary School. Read on...
Two Engaged People and a Cup
Jun 24, 2009 in Otherwise Uncategorized
So this wedding thing has been pretty much a full-time job. Ceremony, reception, DJ, flowers, dress, tux -- the list goes on and on. There's so much to get done, we haven't even gotten to pick where we're going for our honeymoon. Fortunately, we got one important thing done: we've set up our registry. Read on...
Hulu; or, My Finest Hour
Jun 3, 2009 in Tech
I got home from a recent week-long trip to find no cable. Worse, it had gone out just after I left, so I got home from a recent week-long trip to find a Tivo full of nothing but "Just a Moment, this Channel Will Be Available Shortly." Time Warner took two whole days to come out and fix it. I could almost hear the babies crying, such was this tragedy. My poor, empty Tivo! Read on...
Here's a survey for those of us who are no longer teenagers...
May 30, 2009 in Memememe
Tired of all of those surveys made up by high school kids? (no offense). Here are questions for the people who are a little older. Copy and paste into your own note, then answer the questions. Finally, tag your friends including me, please! Read on...
Getting Productive on the Mac
May 12, 2009 in Elsewhere
I'm a big systems guy: I think that, if you're doing something repeatable and everyday, you should make it into a system that makes it easy to do over and over again without actually having to think much. I had such a system on my PC. Remarkably, despite the plethora of pretty brilliant task- and information-management applications on the Mac, it's only now that I think I've gotten an equal-quality system on the Mac.
Read on...Incident at Bedford Falls Bridge
"John: Favorite movie? Casablanca.
Berg: Searching for Bobby Fischer.
Chris: You know mine, It's a Wonderful Life. And the other --
John: Gotta say, once you realize George Bailey dies in the middle, it's a totally different movie.
Chris: ... what?"
Mar 15, 2009 in | Comment
How Do You Iron Chef?
"Food Network is asking Iron Chef America fans: How do you Iron Chef? From videos of you in Japanese costumes to your latest home-hosted cooking competitions - we want to see it all! Upload your videos and tell us why nobody Iron Chefs like you do! If your video is picked, you could appear on Food Network in all your Iron Chef glory. " Who's up for a little cooking competition?
Feb 24, 2009 in | Comment
TravelRest: The Ultimate Travel Pillow
I have this great travel pillow that works perfect 'cause I can put it on DJ L'il Bit's shoulder and lean on her while I sleep, but the TravelRest is designed so that the pillow itself gives you something cozy to lean on -- awesome!
Feb 24, 2009 in Consumer Lust | Comment
Pepsi Introduces Sugar-Sweetened Pepsi, Mt. Dew Throwback
"The pricepoint for both of these products will be the same as regular high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) sweetened Pepsi and Dew. Their availability will be from April 20-June 13, which gives you just 54 days to enjoy sugar-sweetened goodness in these beverages." A brief substitute for expensive, imported Mexican Coke?
Feb 23, 2009 in Consumer Lust, Food | Comment