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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
I tried to fuse “blog cleaning” and “housekeeping.”
Absolutely No Warranty
Interesting that even though the console font got screwed up, the warranty message is still intelligible.
Facebook Is Losing Your Mail in Hopes of Receiving More Bribes | FAIR Blog
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
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
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!
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.
Innovate or Die, Cable TV Style
What’s my problem? Why does my stomach churn at the idea of watching live TV? Why does the idea of paying a cable or satellite company $100+/month for them to spew commercials and this reality TV crap at me disgust me?
We can only buy the cable channels we want in packages. So it’s like $80/month to get a couple desired channels and the rest of the lineup is filled with garbage.
This post is an exploration of my negative feelings towards paying for TV service.