Monthly Archives: January 2007

JOTD

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It’s crude.  It’s crass.  And it made me laugh.



A crusty old man walks into a bank and says to the teller, “I want to open a damn checking account.”


The astonished woman replies, “I beg your pardon, sir. I must have misunderstood you. What did you say?”


“Listen up, damn it. I said I want to open a damn checking account now!”


“I’m very sorry sir, but that kind of language is not tolerated in this bank.”


The teller leaves the window and goes over to the bank manager to inform him of her situation. The manager agrees that the teller does not have to listen to that foul language.


They both return to the window and the manager asks the old geezer, “Sir, what seems to be the problem here?”


“There is no damn problem,” the man says.  “I just won $200 million bucks in the damn lottery and I want to put my damn money in this damn bank.”


“I see,” says the manager, “and is this bitch giving you a hard time?” 


From here.

Incredible Bender Case Mod

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I’m a huge Futurama fan – heck, my financial advisor even bears a striking resemblance to Philip J. Fry – so it’s no surprise that I’m more than a little envious of this Bender case mod (click image for more details):


Bang bang

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Lovely.  This is about 2 miles from my home:



A 39-year-old Antelope woman died Thursday afternoon after being shot at least twice in the upper body, authorities said.


Her 37-year-old boyfriend was detained at the scene and is being questioned by detectives, said Sacramento County Sheriff’s spokesman Sgt. Tim Curran. A handgun was recovered at the scene. [...]


The man called authorities shortly before 2 p.m. to report that his girlfriend had been shot at the couple’s home of one year in the 8300 block of Falcon View Drive, Curran said.

Comcast TiVo

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Looks like I will finally be able to stop feeling guilty about calling my non-TiVo a TiVo.



Tucked into the back of the room was an unlikely star of the show, the Comcast TiVo. Kellie McKeown, Director of Engineering for TiVo, provided a demonstration of the unit for me.


Aside from the Comcast branding and minor UI tweaks, it looks like the TiVo interface fans of the DVR are accustomed to, with a few extra features thrown in like metadata searches and support for Comcast’s On Demand programming. The remote control is the same; the sound effects are the same—it’s the TiVo experience fans of the DVR have come to appreciate. The Comcast TiVos also highlight HD content in the program guide and offer a “Get It In HD” option for WishList and Season Pass recordings. The TiVo software runs on the Motorola 3400 and Motorola 6400 DVRs, with the 3400 offering HDMI connections in addition to the usual composite, component, and coaxial connections. [...]


Comcast will then begin rolling out the TiVo software once the trials are over some time later this year.

LeBron James is good

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That is all.  Carry on.


Edit:  Given how poorly the Kings played in the second half last night, and disregarding LeBron’s basketudinal prowess, I suppose the highlight of the night was the fight in the stands about 3 rows in front of us. 


Some young guys who, I’m guessing, came down from the nose bleeds and sat in these empty seats, were pounding beers the entire game.  In the fourth quarter, LeBron made a particularly good play, prompting one of the guys to jump up and down, spilling beer all over the guy in front of him.  I guess this had happened a couple times throughout the evening.  Anyway, the spillee just popped.  He was a big dude, too — probably 6’4″, and well over 200 lbs. 


The drunk guy never had a chance.  He either sat down or was pushed down into his chair, and the big guy stood over him, just wailing away on the drunk guy’s face.  He probably got in 5 or 6 uncontested shots before he stopped.  I didn’t get a look at the damage to the drunk guy, but I’m sure he’s got a shiner or two this morning.


As for the big dude, well, I’m sure he’s still in the pokey right now.  All he had to do was get the usher to kick these guys out, but instead, he decided to be Sheriff Vigilante T. Justice, and now he’s going to have a criminal record.  Dumbass.

iPhone: iWant

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Now, if only I can find an extra $599 lying around…


Seriously, the geeks at Gizmodo have been doing a great job of live-blogging Apple’s announcement of the iPhone.  From what they’ve captured so far, this thing is the real deal.  This is what a mobile phone should be.


Kudos to Apple for always being so innovative and ahead of the curve.


I wonder how much skrilla I have in my change bucket…