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Best Thing Since Sliced Bread?

By | 8 August 2008 | General, Humorous | 1 Comment

I have no idea how long this will last (if even to when the season starts), but I’m quite glad it happened. For at least a brief moment I can say that my favorite player was on my favorite team. Oh, and I love the bizzare trade agreement they made (from newsday.com):

“The compensation sent to the Packers could be steep, but only if Favre pays off for the Jets in the win column. The framework of the deal, first reported by the NFL Network, is that he will cost the Jets a conditional fourth-round pick in 2009. If he takes 50 percent of the snaps this season, the Packers will get a third-round pick. At 70 percent of the snaps and if the Jets qualify for the playoffs, the Packers receive a second-rounder. If Favre takes 80 percent of the snaps and the Jets make the Super Bowl, the Packers receive a first-rounder.

If Favre retires after one year and the Packers get the Jets’ first-round pick, the Packers will send the Jets a fifth-rounder in 2010. Favre must play in at least 50 percent of one playoff game for the Packers to get that compensation, the NFL Network said.

An odd – though not from the Packers’ standpoint – caveat to the trade stipulates that if the Jets were to turn around and deal Favre to any NFC North team, the Jets would have to surrender three No. 1 picks to the Packers. The trade also includes provisions preventing a trade to another team if that new team were to trade him to the NFC North, the NFL Network said.”

Apple Fail

By | 11 July 2008 | Humorous, Technology | No comments

So, as everyone probably knows, the apple servers are struggling today, with the simulataneous release of mobileme and iphone/ipod touch firmware 2.0. Regardless of this, I decided to download the new iTunes to see if I could get the new firmware for my touch.

Suprisingly, when I opened it up, it was nice enough to let me know that there was a new version of the iPod touch firmware.

So, I click update, and it brings me to a dialog box regarding the upgrade with a “learn more” button that I expect to take me to the page to purchase the firmware. The screen goes blank for a couple seconds, and then I am right back where I started, exception, now my iPod is apparently “up to date”

gg Apple. :wink:

The Walmart Way

By | 29 June 2008 | Humorous | 1 Comment

I have been searching for a portable cellular repeater for use at my family’s cottage. While searching “the net” I found this little gem.

Karma

By | 10 June 2008 | Humorous | 5 Comments

There is a cop that sits on the side of the highway everyday, in about the same spot. Today appears to have been his lucky day. After all the rain and nasty weather, the side of the road was not as stable as it usually is. As a result, it looks like his squad car just slide all the way down into the ditch. As I drove by there was a wrecker trying to fish the cruiser out of ditch.

How to Live Like a Cheapskate

By | 12 March 2008 | Humorous | 5 Comments

By now, I’m sure that many of you are familiar with the Google Reader web app, that is basically an RSS aggregator which allows you to share articles from your feeds with your friends. If not, I suggest you check it out. Go ahead, I wait. Back? Ok, let’s proceed.

Every few days or so, I see that vanlandw shares another “how to live like a homeless person” article. These articles always seem bizarre to mean, because they always try to put a positive spin on something that sucks. Anyhow, Let me sum them all up in a nice bulleted list:

How to live like a cheap skate:

  • This is a religion.
  • You need to brainwash yourself into this set of beliefs. If you fail to so you’ll never be happy with this life style.
  • Quell desire to consume. Do not make purchases unless absolutely necessary to insure your survival. The threshold is, if there is more than a 50% you’ll die if you don’t make an acquisition.
  • Treat consumers as if they are of lesser intelligence. Since you are living a life of denial it is natural to resent those who obtain what you desire. So, it is ok openly be pissed at these people in order to let off a little steam, otherwise you’ll explode.
  • Believe that wealth is only determined by the amount of cash you have on hand. Deny that wealth is actually the summation of your assets minus liabilities.
  • Ignore the time value of money. As a reactionary response to the diminishing value of money you must horde as much as possible, with complete disregard to the fact that the money you hold continues to devalue.
  • Become obsessive about your hoarding. Make it the primary topic of your conversations. And then, chastise people who are not interested.
  • Die alone, because your spouse left you, and you disowned your children for being “financially reckless.”
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