What’s Wrong with Apple Installs
By ochua1 | April 17, 2008
I really hate updating my Apple software. (iTunes, QuickTime, Safari, um…Apple Software Update)
- Why, oh why, do you have to change your shortcuts every time you update? It messes with my custom Start menu!
- Why, oh why, do you have to add shortcuts to my Quick Launch every time you update? (I have the same problem every time Windows Update installs an Outlook patch!)
- Why the hell do I have to reboot? Are you messing with my Windows!
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My Fling with Blockbuster Total Access
By ochua1 | March 18, 2008
I’m currently separated from Netflix. We’ve had an on-again, off-again relationship since 2001.
It’s nice that you can put your account on hold now. It makes the breakup less harsh, but a 90-day limit on the hold isn’t always long enough. (Sometimes, DVD burnout takes longer to recover from.)
I still remember the first time I tried to cancel service, too. You had to call in. There was no option to cancel on the website. And you know what happens when the only option is to call…They make it hard for you to cancel. I’m glad things have changed.
Anyway, I was reading Hacking Netflix and found an old post with the bbstore code. I’ve been flirting with the idea of trying Blockbuster Total Access for some time. I’ve always been reluctant. It felt like I would be cheating on Netflix.
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Joe Republican
By ochua1 | February 6, 2008
Got this off ThomHartmann.com. It’s an update to something that’s been passed around for decades.
A Day in the Life of Joe Middle-Class Republican
By John Gray
Cincinnati, Ohio
July 2004
Joe gets up at 6:00 am to prepare his morning coffee. He fills his pot full of good clean drinking water because some liberal fought for minimum water quality standards. He takes his daily medication with his first swallow of coffee. His medication is safe to take because some liberal fought to ensure their safety and that they work as advertised.
All but $10.00 of his medication is paid for by his employer’s medical plan because some liberal union workers fought their employers for paid medical insurance. Now Joe gets paid medical insurance, too. He prepares his morning breakfast. Bacon and eggs this day. Joe’s bacon is safe to eat because some liberal fought for laws to regulate the meat packing industry.
Topics: Commentary |
Are you better off now than…?
By ochua1 | February 5, 2008
Are you better off now than 7 years ago? Since then…
Gas increased 221%. Health care premiums increased 194%. Consumer credit debt increased 167%. The cost of college increased 164%.
Median household income decreased 2.3%.
The Democratic Caucus has put it in a nice little chart:
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Introducing Snap Shots from Snap.com
By ochua1 | December 11, 2007
I just installed a little tool on my blog called Snap Shots that enhances links with visual previews of the destination site; interactive excerpts of Wikipedia articles, MySpace profiles, IMDb profiles and Amazon products; and inline videos, RSS, MP3s, photos, stock charts and more.
Sometimes Snap Shots bring you the information you need without your having to leave the site, while other times it lets you “look ahead” before deciding if you want to follow a link or not.
If you don’t like it, just click the Options icon in the upper-right corner of the Snap Shot and turn it off.
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The Psychology of the $14,000 Handbag
By ochua1 | December 10, 2007
Some people cut and run when confronted with prices that seem crazy. But many of us experience a sudden emotional-mathematical transformation. We set a new ceiling for a “reasonable” price. Disinclined to go all the way to buy the trophy, we instead settle for a consolation prize. Mr. Schwarz, a jeans-wearing type, walked out of Boyds with a suit that cost merely $800 — the most he’d ever spent on an item of clothing.”If you’re in that world long enough, $800 stops even feeling like a lot of money,” Mr. Schwarz says.
How true it is.
Topics: Commentary |
Reserve free food…
By ochua1 | December 6, 2007
Got breakfast from Chick-fil-A in San Marcos today. Today is their 1 year anniversary. What you order today you can get again in January for free! I’m going back again for dinner!
On a side note: The order taker, Stephanie, did an excellent job. Why can’t the other employees be that good? (Maybe she’s new.) I work for a mystery shopping company and always pay attention to these things.
Details below…
Chick-fil-A San Marcos
COME BACK DAY!
Come celebrate with us on our
1 year anniversary!Here are the details…
- Come eat with us on Thursday
December 6th and save your
colored receipt.
- Return with your receipt
anytime in January 2008 and get
your same order FREE!!*This offer includes pick-up only Chick-fil-A tray orders too!*
**Excludes coupons**OFFER ONLY VALID AT
Chick-fil-A San Marcos
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