I heard something really infuriating in passing on the News Hour a couple nights ago. The good folks at PBS did an interview with a cross section of Americans who had lost their jobs and were now receiving some form of government assistance (I know, depressing as fuck). Lots of common themes between all of […]

Simple task: update wireless drivers after flaking connections are ruining my intardweb experience.
Seemingly other simple task: locate proper drivers.
So I go to the linksys site and look up drivers based on “PCI Wireless-G” that identifies my wireless card in my device manager. Not good enough, I need the model number. This requires popping open my […]

Bikers around the bay area did their typical critical mass schtick on Friday night, organizing hundreds (possibly thousands) of bikers to take over the streets of San Francisco.
Critical Mass is a monthly bicycle ride to celebrate cycling and to assert cyclists’ right to the road.
Humph. Now if you ask a CM rider what they’re all […]

So Jill and I are exploring options for me to fly back to the mid-west this summer to be her car buddy on the way out to California. While looking up airfares, I happened to come across this little gem:
Northwest Air-unfairs:
Rountrip, SFO to ORD: $350
One-Way, SFO to ORD: $700
How does that make sense whatsoever? I […]

I hate airing out dirty laundry in public. But at this point, so many people are doing it (even in non-SI classes) that maybe this will balance it out. I’ve had a great experience at SI, it’s been the best thing to happen to my career.
I started writing this because of mounting frustration with my […]

It’s been awhile since I made the angry post about the Cubs signing Jaque Jones to a 3 year contract back in February. Following that post, I had my loyalty to the team questioned and kicked around. Well here we are in June and I’m still following them, and still excitedly turning on Pat & […]

I like the McLaughlin group, they’re the PTI of political talk, in that it’s one of the few “people yelling at each other” shows that I particularly enjoy. Like PTI, I haven’t really figured out why I like it so much. If I were to take a stab at it, I think its one of […]

Folks, after spending the last several months studying interface design, usability, and all that wonderful stuff, nothing prepared me for this:

This is taken from a well known tech company’s job site. I’m very sad to report that are 850+ items in that box, and I must browse three at a time. To reach the bottom […]

Ok, a lot’s been going on, but thanks to a recent brainstorming session with Matt involving a blue gradient, three stars and a stretched picture all unexplicably mashed into a word document, I’ve been on a fireworks trip. Oh yes, all my free time has gone into making shiny crap like this:

So that’s why I […]

Ok, here’s the situation. You’re sitting in a public study lounge reading quietly and a guy sits down across from you and starts using his laptop. He starts playing really annoying music that you can’t drown out with your own headphones because of the odd pitch (its traditional Indian music with some guy wailing away […]