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 …
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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 …
Money Isn’t Everything
Picture from here Money isn’t everything. We treat it like is though. Some people can’t understand when I say I don’t necessarily want more though. I of course do want more money, but at the same time I don’t. What I truly want is more freedom, more time, and more enjoyment from what I do. …