Archive for December, 2006

Sunday, December 31st, 2006Sunday, December 31st, 2006

I Did Get Free Gas!

I think I did get free gas, because I was at the same gas station today and the pump I used before was now “out of order”. I knew I wasn’t crazy!
BTW… I just wrote this from my cellphone because I’m awesome! Haha

San Diego Chargers Are Top Seed

Okay, so now that the regular season is over for th Chargers, they get a first-round bye and home field advantage for all playoff games. Sweet.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/recap?gameId=261231024

Thursday, December 28th, 2006Thursday, December 28th, 2006

Random Email #34

Going through emails today…
i need help geting to my myspace.
People think I’m Google *and* MySpace now. Here’s a link for you… http://www.myspace.com/… is that helpful?

Random Email #33

Another email (in it’s entirety) I received today…
I am a SEO
Well that’s neat. I am a person.

Tuesday, December 26th, 2006Tuesday, December 26th, 2006

Random Email #32

Another random email I just received…
I have closed my Google Adwords account 6 months ago and you guys are still taking money out of my account. I want it to stop now!!
I’m not Google dude. I didn’t take any money out of your credit card you opened your AdWords account with. Did you […]

Saturday, December 23rd, 2006Saturday, December 23rd, 2006

Solar Power Panels

Well, I decided a long time ago that it would be neat to put a big solar voltaic system at my new place and try to generate 100% of the electricity needed for the house (and servers and everything else I use since I work from home).
So I ended up going with a system that […]

Blackberry 8100 Pearl (part 2)

Okay, this is what I threw out there in my first post.
Doesn’t work great with Macs (you can sync address book, calendar, email, etc. with a 3rd party program, but the program is really buggy and only works over a USB cable and not Bluetooth [yet]). It also doesn’t mount in the file system […]

Friday, December 22nd, 2006Friday, December 22nd, 2006

Break Dancing Midgets

The guy in black pants is much better. (thanks to Rob for this)

Tuesday, December 19th, 2006Tuesday, December 19th, 2006

Chargers Send 9 To Pro Bowl

The Chargers sent more players this year to the Pro Bowl than any other team in NFL history (the previous record was 8 players). 5 of the players going to the Pro Bowl this year for the Chargers are going to be Pro Bowl starters as well. Another 5 Chargers are Pro Bowl […]

I Think I Got Free Gas

Either the mechanism to measure flow through the gas pump was messed up and gave me free gas, or I can’t do math…
My truck holds 32 gallons of gas. I was *very* empty (it would be a stretch if I had 2 gallons in the tank). Anyway, I fill it up and the […]

Monday, December 18th, 2006Monday, December 18th, 2006

Blog Tag - 5 Things You Didn’t Know About Me

Augh, I hate these things, thanks to Shoemoney for this. He obviously doesn’t read my blog, because if he did, he wouldn’t have to cry about me not reading my email (haha!).

I was born at home with no midwife (parents thought it was a good idea to just buy a book […]

Sunday, December 17th, 2006Sunday, December 17th, 2006

San Diego Chargers vs. Kansas City Chiefs

All I have to say is wazzzzzzuuuppp bitches?!? Chargers win 20-6, with the best record in the NFL (12-2) with 2 games left in the regular season.
Oh yeah, and there’s this guy too… {shrug}
LaDainian Tomlinson had a career-long 85-yard touchdown run in the second quarter against the Chiefs on Sunday, giving […]

Friday, December 15th, 2006Friday, December 15th, 2006

5V ≠ 12V

A couple weeks ago my network router at home finally died (it was a Linksys WRT54G), but I certainly got my money out of it (I got it when it first came out which was probably 4 or 5 years ago). Every light on it flashed, which couldn’t be good… so I replaced it.
Long […]

BlackBerry 8100 Pearl

Okay, so I finally found a new cell phone that I like (enough) to get a new one…
The good:

It’s the same size as my RAZR (same thickness, 0.5″ taller and 0.25″ skinnier)
Fast internet (speed test put it at 205kbit/sec for me)
Use it as an Internet gateway for your computer (great for traveling)
Quad-band GSM (use pretty […]

Thursday, December 14th, 2006Thursday, December 14th, 2006

World’s Tallest Man Saves Dolphins

The world’s tallest man doesn’t play basketball, he saves dolphins…
The dolphins at an aquarium in Fushun, Liaoning Province, had fallen sick after swallowing the plastic from the edge of their pool, and attempts to use surgical instruments to remove the plastic failed because of the contraction of the dolphins’ stomachs in response to the instruments, […]

Monday, December 11th, 2006Monday, December 11th, 2006

Nachos Are Yummy

This guy loved his nachos at the Chargers game… His hand (and clothes) were covered in cheese. I was waiting for him to take off his clothes and start rubbing nachos all over his naked body.

Sunday, December 10th, 2006Sunday, December 10th, 2006

San Diego Chargers Sweep Broncos

Just got back from the Charger game, and saw LaDainian Tomlinson set the single season touchdown record (and he still has 3 games left). San Diego came out on top 48-20… (they also clinched their division) LT ended up with three touchdowns and Antonio Gates had two as well.
Shawne Merriman had 2 sacks […]

Saturday, December 9th, 2006Saturday, December 9th, 2006

World of Warcraft Via P2P

It looks like Blizzard is one of the growing number of companies that have realized that peer-to-peer file sharing technology has some great uses. I just noticed they distribute World of Warcraft (full DVD and updates) via P2P technology. Cheaper because it uses the end user’s upstream bandwidth.

Neat!

The Cingular Comedy Hour

So I called Cingular to double-check when my contract was up so I could switch my cell phone service to another carrier, and I spent about 30 minutes on the phone with this lady who couldn’t tell me anything about my account…
Her: I need your account password in order to do anything on your account.
Me: […]

Friday, December 8th, 2006Friday, December 8th, 2006

San Diego Chargers Are Current Super Bowl Favorite

At least Bill Simmons knows what’s up.
1. San Diego
More weapons than anyone, fewer weaknesses than anyone, and if that’s not enough, LDT just submitted one of the greatest two-month statistical stretches in NFL history. Put it this way: When the only reason people are doubting you is because your coach has a […]

The Passion Of David Naylor

I would just like to thank David Naylor for confirming (against my will) that I find no enjoyment in kissing another man. God damn Brits.
I think it might be the only time in my life that my tongue has touched another man’s tongue. Tastes a bit like a buffalo burger. […]

Wednesday, December 6th, 2006Wednesday, December 6th, 2006

Hilton In Chicago… The Good, The Bad & The Weird

The good part about the Hilton in Chicago is that it has nice marble floors. The bad part is this place has Internet that costs $35 for 5 hours of use, and then when you buy it, it doesn’t work anyway, so in reality this hotel has “Internet” that doesn’t work for a cost […]

Tuesday, December 5th, 2006Tuesday, December 5th, 2006

Chargers Are #1 (Again)

The weekly Power Rankings came out today, and the Chargers are back on top (after being knocked to #2 last week).
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/powerranking?week=14&season=2006
Chargers can clinch their division this weekend with a win against Denver.

Sunday, December 3rd, 2006Sunday, December 3rd, 2006

Chargers, Bears, & Colts…

These are the three teams tied for the best record in the NFL (10-2). I went to the Bears/Viking game at Soldier Field in Chicago this morning, and uhm… it was COLD. Chicago in general is f’ing cold and I don’t know why anyone would willingly live here. Did […]

Saturday, December 2nd, 2006Saturday, December 2nd, 2006

Second Best Thing About Vegas

When you are bored in the airport on a layover on the way to Chicago, you can win $2,000 on a $5 bet.
I played a total of $20 (I played 6 total hands for $5 each, winning my first hand also) on video poker with my last $5 and hit 4 2s […]

Best Thing About Las Vegas

They have free wireless Internet in their airport (so does Phoenix and Pittsburgh, and probably a ton of others that I don’t know about). San Diego’s lame airport wants to charge you like $10 to use it for a day. Stupid.