Anti-Zen

2009-02-24T10:26:00.001-05:00

In Massachusetts I've come across a traffic device I'd never seen before: the flashing green light. I know that flashing red means "stop", flashing yellow means "use caution", I can only assume that flashing green means "floor it"...

2008-12-01T16:32:00.002-05:00

My Technology Predictions:
1) IP Convergence - TV, phone, radio, etc. will all be IP-based and available through your broadband connection. VOIP is already commonplace and Internet radio, TV, and movie downloads are beginning to take off.

2) Wireless everything - it's already happening (cell phones, bluetooth, wi-fi). Soon all broadband will be wireless as Wi-MAX and other technologies allow for fast, easy access to all your IP-based technologies wherever you go across all your devices.

3) Consolidation of data access - The current model is redundant and forces consumers to pay multiple times for data access: cell phone data plan, cable/DSL, DirecTv, XM/Sirius, land-line phone, 3G wireless cards, Wi-Fi hotspot access, etc. In the future, these will be consolidated and access will be shared across all your devices.

2008-01-22T18:13:00.000-05:00

Upon reading through the various features of this sweet LED flashlight, I noticed a show of patriotism gone stupid. I had no idea that China waved the Stars and Stripes! Go big Red(&white&blue...)!

2008-01-17T16:03:00.000-05:00

My first published photo! I was published in AutoWeek May 7, 2007. I spotted this car in Harvard Square in Cambridge, MA.

2007-12-05T16:07:00.000-05:00

Want to know how walkable a place is?
Check out Walkscore
My Walkscore is 83/100.
My favorite famous place: President Bush's Crawford Ranch - Walkscore = 0/100 (shocking I know!)

2007-02-24T16:24:00.001-05:00

My D-link wireless router stopped functioning after 4 months. I created an RMA request for a replacement router with D-link on 10/13/06. I decided not to return the product until after I received the replacement to ensure that I returned all required items shipped to me. The product was temporarily lost by UPS and was delayed several days. It was supposed to be delivered on Friday, 10/20 but was not received until Monday 10/23. I work out of town during the week and installed the replacement router when I returned on Friday 10/27 and shipped the defective router the next day on 10/28 via USPS (since I didn't trust UPS). Router was received by D-link on 11/14, 2 days beyond the 30 day limit. The D-link's "Cross-Shipment Agreement," does not define a critical element to a contract: the price I would be charged if it was not returned within the 30 day window. The CSA states that I "...will be charged one hundred percent (100%) the value of the replacement unit(s)..." No where in the contract does it state how the value is to be determined. I originally paid $64.99 for the router in June. It is unconscionable that D-link would attempt to charge $149.99 for defective version of the same product. I made a good faith attempt at expediently returning the defective product. I have attempted on multiple occasions to resolve this with D-link to no avail. I am currently disputing this charge with my credit card company.

2006-10-15T11:01:00.000-04:00

I just recently started seeing Pepperidge Farm cookies with the pink breast cancer support ribbons on the package. I think it is ironic that cookies (a significant contributor to the obesity epidemic) are somehow supporting a cure for breast cancer since obesity is one of the leading causes of breast cancer.

2006-02-03T10:28:00.000-05:00

Here is a zz430 Chevy crate engine. It is basically what I have in my 81 Trans Am minus the nifty valve covers and waterpump.

2005-05-02T14:52:00.000-04:00

I bowled the two best games of my life this week: 172 and 169. (Just wanted that info out on the net...)

2005-03-08T16:25:00.000-05:00

Three years ago, the Supreme Court announced that the United States would no longer execute the mentally retarded. Last week they announced that the United States would no longer execute children. The United States: a shining example to rest of the world...

2004-06-04T15:05:00.000-04:00

I visited Paramus New Jersey over Memorial Day weekend. It's less than 10 miles from the biggest city in the country (NYC) but you wouldn't have known by talking to the people there.

Me: "What's the best way to get into the city?"

Hotel Clerk: "What city?"

The thing that really got me though was the fact that it is illegal to purchase non-food items on a Sunday. In Paramus you can't purchase paper towels on a Sunday but if you travel a Just few miles east you can purchase a hooker any time!

2004-04-27T16:19:00.000-04:00

I've recently seen a number hybrid cars with special Virginia plates that read "Clean Special Fuel." Since hybrid cars run on gasoline, I guess my 430hp Trans Am that gets 9mpg also runs on "Clean Special Fuel."

2004-03-11T11:14:00.000-05:00

So I went to a Sushi bar for the first time last night. The place was upscale and yuppie and I think it may have been sponsored by IKEA. The sushi tasted kinda fishy...

2004-03-11T11:06:00.000-05:00

Do the people that work at Phillip Morris get discounts on cigarettes? Are frequent smoke breaks looked upon favorably? Do employees get fired if they smoke a competitor's brand? Perhaps ironically, they make it extreamly challenging for smokers indulge in their habit. Oh the conflict of interest...

2004-03-11T10:39:00.000-05:00

Sometimes new inventions are really a step in the wrong direction. Take automatic flush toilets for example. Half the time they don't work and half the time it flushes randomly and sprays your ass with toilet water (and not Eau de Toilet).

2004-03-03T11:31:00.000-05:00

Actual Fortune Cookie fortune from Chinese restaurant in DC Chinatown: "You will have some new clothes soon."

2004-02-13T10:57:00.000-05:00

So I'm a consultant now and I work at the client site. The floor I work on is in between the basement (floor 0) and the first floor (floor 1). So I guess that makes the floor I work on floor 0.5. I feel like I'm in the movie "Being John Malkovich."

2003-06-05T08:43:00.000-04:00

Why is it that so many people are putting American flags on Japanese cars? There's nothing wrong with driving an import but putting an American flag on it is like putting Japanese characters on your Corvette.

2003-05-30T22:45:00.000-04:00

In all but 7 states, women outnumber men. Who is the real minority in America?... http://www.census.gov to find out more truths that the government is telling....

2003-05-05T14:12:00.000-04:00

"I almost bought a "Fendi" in Italy from an African man who was being chased by Vatican City undercover police." - EI (true story)

2003-05-05T12:36:00.000-04:00

If French fries are now "Freedom fries" and French toast is now "Freedom toast" doesn't that make France the "Land of the Free?"

2003-05-05T12:28:00.000-04:00

"It never not starts." - EI about her car Harrison.

2003-05-05T12:27:00.000-04:00

Why do some people insist on treating animals humanely when they aren't human?

2003-05-05T12:23:00.000-04:00

Half way through applying deodorant this morning I ran out and was forced to open another stick. My left pit now eminates Cool Peak and my right pit Active Sport.

2003-04-16T09:41:00.000-04:00

"It's a Fendi!"