Category Archives: grinds my gears

5 minutes to a better price – Buying a new car…

This guy is amazing. The highlight for me…
“…you’ll feel like and asshole, that’s normal–it means you’re doing it right”

Credit cards

Credit cards are a necessary evil. There is a system, so fucking work it.

Good Riddance Junk Mail!

My quest to rid myself of junk mail continues. The steps thus far:

Submit myself to the ‘do not solicit list’ run by the major credit reporting compaines.
Called financial companies I do business with, that are currently sending me ads for services that I don’t currently use, and reuqested that I be put on their [...]

You got screwed. Again.

It doesn’t surprise me, but still…did you know that if your TV lacks an HDMI connector, you won’t be able to play hi-def content?
Gee, thanks entertainment industry. Way to fuck with anyone who already bought and HD-TV and was simply waiting for content.

Kar-mometer

My karma should be in good shape because:

I helped someone get online at Panera (on a PC)
I helped someone protect thier wireless network (on a linksys/PC)
I helped someone reboot their wireless base station, and helped them figure out that the password had changed (on a PC)

See a trend there?  I’m just sayin.  It’s amazing PC [...]