Tag Archives: Rant

When Will MSRPs Stop Being Ridiculous?

Image from here Why are MSRP’s so far off of the real price of an item?  Even non-internet shoppers are quite aware that you almost never pay the MSRP (manufacturer’s suggested retail price) for anything.   It’s not even their fault 99% of everything in life is priced below MSRP.   Let’s look at the big things

I Told My Brother How He Was Going To Die

I was the oldest child in my family.   I can also say I was a bastard older brother, mostly I think it was because I always wanted to be a single child.   So far barring any other additions (extremely unlikely) I’m the oldest of eight.   So my dreams of being a single child didn’t really

Online Activity for 2009-01-12

My complete and daily online activity for you to go all voyeuristic on. 9:41am Creeva published 3 blog posts. (Show Details) Slow News Day – Google Favicon Makes Slashdot Headlines Youtube Getting Better At Copyright Infringement Detection Dealing With Different Public Domain Laws 9:43am Creeva posted 3 items on Generic. (Show Details) Dealing With Different

NYPD Wants To Disable Cell Phone Service During a Terrorist Attack

Image from here While I don’t really blame NYPD from wanting to evolve and learn from other terrorists attacks, I think they are very short sighted in the idea of  blocking cell phone service in a terrorist attack.   I first read about this story on a Wired.com blog entry, I thought how asinine an idea

My Biggest Annoyance With Web 2.0 – Lack of Syncing

Image from here I’m the crossposting whore – I write once and I have everything designed to publish everywhere (well at least when things aren’t broken like Ping.fm to Myspace blogs).   This however is not syncing, it’s distribution and publishing.     A true sync across all platforms would be amazing. The example I would love is

Today Is My 10th Wedding Anniversary

I think I knew from our first date that my wife was going to be the one I was going to marry.   Granted I literally broke up with my ex the day before I asked her out, but it all worked out.   Though I was twenty -one and she was eighteen it was the first

Why I Haven’t Posted with Associated Content

I’m a publishing cross-posting whore.  I admit it.  I don’t deny it.  I want to get my stories and information out to the widest possible audience.   I signed up with Associated Content on July 9th.   I was going to make it part of my crossposting network disseminating my thoughts across the intra-webs.   I however never