Introducing... Again...

by philrw

2012-10-28

105 words - 1 min read

Say hello to Serenity. She’s a silver 2012 Nissan Leaf SL. I’ll have some better pictures later. I shall be her steward for the next two years and 30,000 miles. After crunching some numbers, it was going to cost me just as much to drive around Hermes for the next two years as it would to lease a new vehicle. This was made possible by a ~$9,400 cap reduction from Nissan: they get to keep the federal tax rebate. I shall take this interval to promote EVs among friends, family, and coworkers.

Introducing...

by philrw

2012-10-17

412 words - 2 min read

Auto Personal

It’s official. My mom has a new car. Her new daily driver is a new 2011 white Nissan Leaf SL. New because of the tax rebates, otherwise used would have done just as well. The tax rebates really put things upside-down for EVs.

Blogkleepning

by philrw

2012-10-11

163 words - 1 min read

Personal

I tried to fuse “blog cleaning” and “housekeeping.”

Absolutely No Warranty

by philrw

2012-10-11

16 words - 1 min read

Tech

Interesting that even though the console font got screwed up, the warranty message is still intelligible.

screen with garbled text and “ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY” legible

Facebook Is Losing Your Mail in Hopes of Receiving More Bribes | FAIR Blog

by philrw

2012-10-02

33 words - 1 min read

Personal

Facebook will soon create their own demise by chasing the almighty dollar. It’s only a matter of time now.

Facebook Is Losing Your Mail in Hopes of Receiving More Bribes | FAIR Blog.

Osophy on Trash, Expense of

by philrw

2012-09-24

9 words - 1 min read

Osophy

Everything we put in the trash, we paid for.

Star Trek: TNG S1 Blu-ray set has an audio flaw, free replacements are available - Engadget

by philrw

2012-08-16

105 words - 1 min read

Film/TV/Theater

Hey, guess what? Remember that thing that I wanted and my love bought me for my birthday? They screwed up in the mastering process; some of the audio tracks are mapped incorrectly. I called the number and they’ll ship out the replacements when they’re available. Oops. Looks like they need some more quality control. I hereby volunteer to watch the next seasons before they go to replication. I went through USC’s film school, specialized in rerecording mixing, and I’m super precise and picky. What more could they want? :)

Long Live the Diaeresis!

by philrw

2012-08-13

76 words - 1 min read

Personal

Today I wondered what two dots over a vowel means. (Besides the umlaut, I know that one). It’s called diaeresis and it’s something we should bring back. English is difficult enough as it is. And while people may not have trouble pronouncing words such as coöperate or naïve, every little bit helps.

So is it diaeresis or diaëresis? If you can pronounce it either way then does it not get one? It’s also called hiätus. FYI.