Category: Rant

You gotta be kidding me. Rally to save Starbucks? Campaign Underway to Save Oak Park Starbucks How about we rally for safer neighborhoods, better schools, or… I don’t know… something stupid like ending world hunger or something… I guess now I know why Oak Park is such a bad neighborhood. I once made a wrong… Continue reading Save Oak Park Starbucks

It annoys the hell out of me how crappy the yelp mobile platforms are. I have used both the yelp mobile site, and their iphone app, and I find them both extremely frustrating. There are NO FILTERS, and NO SORTING. The whole point of using yelp is to find the highest rated place, if there… Continue reading Yelp Mobile Applications Sucks

I find it incredibly disturbing that the webcam on my Mac is always staring at me and could be used by any programs. There are no physical switches to turn it off. I find it even MORE incredibly disturbing that Adobe Flash can have access to my webcam if I allowed it to do so.… Continue reading my tinfoil hat

This morning the lady at the toll booth got a bit testy with me because I drove across her Fastrak/Cash lane and my transmitter did not go off. I’ve known for a long time that my Fastrak transmitter does not work. I also know that regardless if it works or not, they will automatically take… Continue reading Fastrak Violation

Being the overly testosterone driven male that I am, I found myself reading this yahoo news article on a monday morning: More women needing cash go from jobless to topless It’s a pretty typical article with exactly what I expect would happen in an economic slow down… Then I hit this part: “Stone, who has… Continue reading Stripping Education Funding

Although a seemingly mindless task, many San Franciscans lack the skill necessary to use MUNI. So I am going to provide this free algorithm to help them take the bus more efficiently. if (Bus.capacity == “full”) { You.wait_for_next_bus(); } else { You.get_on_the_bus(); }

One of the worst effects of turning my love for web development into a full time job is that by the time I get home, I no longer have the time or energy to pursue my own projects. I always knew that it would happen, but I never suspected that it would happen so soon… Continue reading Work kills my spirit

The other day I was browsing and saw some reviews on the popular new movie “Slumdog Millionaire”. Sad to say, I was shocked by some of the comments people had about the movie. People were basically saying that the movie is stupid because it teaches us to rely on random luck ( in this case,… Continue reading Luck versus Hard Work

Within about 10 years, the heavy computer that used to sit on my desk, is now a small device that fits in my pants pocket. Yet the umbrella, ever since the day of its invention, has not been improved one bit. The umbrella is an item that crosses all social-economical, gender, age, and racial boundaries.… Continue reading A better umbrella

This video is awesome because it is exactly what I think about every time I step on a bus. I am always afraid of getting mugged, and I am so glad to see a mugger get his ass whooped. The other night, while I was at the Richmond BART station waiting for the AMTRAK train,… Continue reading Mugger gets choked