Archive for October, 2007

Probably have too much candy for tomorrow

So this year for Halloween I’m handing out Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, in the Snack size.  That’s where they take the same cup you’d normally find in the store but wrap them individually instead of putting two together.
The thing is, I knew this was going to be a bit more expensive than the normal candy […]

What will CNET sell off next?

I’m kinda glad to hear that CNET is selling off Webshots.  It’s a shame they could not get a better dollar amount, a la the ridiculous valuation Microsoft gave to Facebook earlier this week. 
Still this is probably a good move.  Webshots was really purchased for only one reason: traffic.  But it’s low-value traffic and, as […]

Microsoft overpaid for Facebook

I can’t believe Microsoft paid almost a quarter-billion dollars for a 1.6% stake in Facebook.  The deal values Facebook at $15 billion. 
How can that be — it may have a ton of traffic but people visiting a social networking site usually have very low click rates.  Because they’re at the site to read up on […]

Purple Rain: best movie soundtrack ever

Finally, a movie-related Top Ten list where I actually agree with the number 1 pick.  Vanity Fair is calling Purple Rain the best movie soundtrack ever.
They made it clear they don’t consider Purple Rain the best movie musical — they describe it as the “best badly acted film ever”.  But the soundtrack was something else.  […]

Roof leak = $275 repair

So it’s not actually as bad as I had feared.  When the idiots who built this house put up the plumbing vent (the pipe that sticks up from the roof to let air out of the plumbing when you flush or drain the tub, etc.) they did so too close to a valley.  That’s where […]

Uh-oh, I might have a roof leak

So on Saturday I was taking down the wallpaper in my master bath.  I don’t know why the previous owner used wallpaper in there, what with the humidity and the fact that he picked a hideous pattern.  I’ve picked out a nice gray-blue paint that I’m going to use to replace it.  And while I’m […]

Picnic at Tom Sawyer Park

The engineering group I work in had a picnic this afternoon.  It’s apparently an annual event, but this is the first year that I’ve worked in this group so it was my first picnic.  About 40 or so people showed up, not bad I think there’s maybe 60 people in the whole group.
I actually had […]

Table Tennis for the Wii is fun, but the controls are wonky

Yesterday at lunch I picked up a copy of Rockstar’s new Wii game, Table Tennis, from the Gamestop at Fourth Street Live.  And then of course spent the afternoon wondering how the game would play.  Wasn’t nearly as productive as I could have been, I probably should have just waited to buy the game after […]

Ninjawords is my new favorite dictionary

I’m a long-time user of the Merriam-Webster online dictionary.  Mostly because the url is so easy to type: m-w.com.  But a friend at work recently told me about a dictionary site he uses, ninjawords.com.
I love their motto: A really fast dictionary… fast like a ninja.  I also love the history–as you look up words the […]

Why do people keep giving Ann Coulter a platform for her hate?

Ann Coulter has declared another group of people she hates–Jews.  She hates gays, she hates liberals, she hates men, she hates wives of the 9/11 victims, she hates Arabs.  Who’s left for her to hate?  Maybe short female left-handed rodeo clowns? 
She’s already got most people on the planet under one of her “hate them” categories.  So why […]