So after the Target breach, I signed up for the free credit monitoring service they offered: ProtectMyID. Since then, I have opened a credit card, and brought into use a credit card I have not used in months. I think I also closed an account and changed the credit limit on another… No alerts from… Continue reading ProtectMyID sucks
Category: Rant
Yahoo mail is terrible
I’ve been using Yahoo Mail the last couple of days, and that shit is so terrible, I had to write this blog post about it. 1. It’s slow as snail — Something is definitely wrong with the javascript engine on yahoo mail. Clicking between folders is significantly laggy and sometimes it just bugs out and… Continue reading Yahoo mail is terrible
If you don’t drink you’re a pussy
Drinking alcohol is a human social experience that I do not understand. I can drink at most 2 beers, or other alcoholic equivalence of that. But even then, I find the feeling of drinking alcohol to be very discomforting. I get nauseated, I don’t like the feeling of losing control of my senses, and feeling… Continue reading If you don’t drink you’re a pussy
Gun Control
I am not really for gun control. Mainly because I think the NRA has tricked so many Americans into believing that guns are a necessity to live like it’s food and water. Taking guns away from these people would be a nightmare for our society. If we want to do that, it would take years… Continue reading Gun Control
Google Nexus 4 Camera sucks
I got my google nexus 4 phone about a month ago. I have two complaints. 1. The battery life is terrible. Absolutely terrible. It can not last more than 1 hour of use. I would go to the mall with my wife, and stand around playing on my phone while she shops. By the end… Continue reading Google Nexus 4 Camera sucks
Phil Mickelson 63% tax rate
http://www.forbes.com/sites/anthonynitti/2013/01/21/golfer-phil-mickelson-may-call-it-quits-due-to-climbing-tax-rates/ So in the last couple of days there has been a lot of buzz about golfer, Phil Mickelson’s threat to leave California because of our tax rate. He casually claimed that his tax rates will be somewhere close to 63% percent. I am going to give him the benefit of the doubt and say… Continue reading Phil Mickelson 63% tax rate
Sin Taxes: Cigarettes Tax and Soda Tax
It seems that nothing unites people of differing political views more than when local city governments tries to ban or impose a tax on consumer goods. Two recent examples: – Bloomberg’s New York ban on oversized soda – California’s proposed tax on cigarettes What bothers me about these situations is that people always argue that… Continue reading Sin Taxes: Cigarettes Tax and Soda Tax
Bad UI: BMW 328i cupholders
I am starting a new section where I bitch about shitty designs. Bad UI (User Interface). My BMW 328i handled great, and looked good. But it had one problem that plagued me for all of it existence. The damn cupholders. They hang RIGHT in front of the passenger seat. And unless you are a tiny… Continue reading Bad UI: BMW 328i cupholders
How not to spend your startup money
The last company I worked for, we had these funny looking chairs. I didn’t think they were particularly comfortable or anything, just different. Today I realize they are the Aeron Chair by Herman Miller http://www.amazon.com/Aeron-Chair-Herman-Miller-Adjustable/dp/B003M1C7XW That’s an $800 chair. I am not sure why the people at my company at the time thought it necessary… Continue reading How not to spend your startup money
McDonalds Coffee
I find it funny that at McDonalds, the default for their coffee is WITH sugar and cream. Maybe it is just the McDonalds I go to. But yesterday was the first time I asked for no sugar and no cream. I had never thought of asking this before, before usually the baristas at Starbucks and… Continue reading McDonalds Coffee