Monthly Archives: October 2007

I had a  few more annoying trends to complain about:

Home deodorizer refills.  It seems like they are coming out with a new Wisp/Poof/Squirter/Plug in every week.  When you find one you like, they discontinue the darn refills, resulting in more landfill.  I guess it is back to candles.  They work and don’t require proprietary refills to work.

The BIG trend.  Sunglasses are one example.  Guess what people, you look like a freaking bug when you wear glasses that cover more than half your face (see Paris Hilton.)  Wristwatches are another example.  It is starting to look like you are wearing a pocket watch strapped to your wrist. It is one thing to wear a cool vintage Vostok, Poljot, or Omega or Seiko Diver, it is another to wear a new ‘fashion’ watch the size of a salad plate.  I am sorry if I offend, but I have small wrists, and the trend towards bigger watches means I have to wear “boys” sized watches so I don’t look silly.  Smaller used to mean you were wearing a more expensive watch.  It is a lot harder to make a small watch than a big watch.  Now, the more bling the better.

It’s finally the weekend.  Went out today to deliver Tiff’s Mom’s new computer.  It is her first computer.  Tiffany built it herself with just some supervision from me.   It works great and I am sure it will serve her mom for years to come.

What I really like about building a computer yourself is the fact you know what all the parts are and where they came from.  It also is a sense of accomplishment.  Anybody can go to Best Buy and pick up a new computer.  It is more statifying to know you built it yourself.

In other news, I can’t believe the drivers on I-294 are actually getting faster.  I was doing 7o to 75 and I was still getting passed like I was standing still.  The speed limit is 55.  I would guess people now assume they will never get pulled over.  I didn’t see any on the way up or down, about 45 miles of driving total.

This will be the new look and layout for the blog.  I was not overly happy with the web host provided blog anyways.  This one is a WordPress based blog that I have much more control of.

If I get a chance, I will mess with the graphics.  But with Glenn, that may not be an option…

This may end up being the ‘real’ blog.  If I can make it look right, I will redirect the domain to this blog.