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Country: United States
State: California
Birthday: 5/19/1975
Gender: Male


Occupation: Engineering
Industry: Computers (Hardware)


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Member Since: 11/13/2003

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Thursday, September 21, 2006

Stay Out of Trouble


I think this gadget is ingenious.  It may be too late for me, but every male who is engaged may want to consider one of these babies.  Apparently, it only handles one date right now, but conceivably the firmware on this bad boy can be updated to store other important dates...

ring_animation.gifThe Remember Ring has a special nagging feature, using its "Hot Spot" technology that warms up to 120 degrees Fahrenheit for 10 seconds, every hour, on the hour, beginning 24 hours before that "special day," apparently honoring the anniversary of your voluntary servitude. That's supposed to be warm enough to be uncomfortable but not hot enough to burn you. The Remember Ring converts the heat from your hand into electricity using a micro-thermo pile, keeping that battery charged and its heat-bomb clock ticking away, ready to burn you again next year.


Monday, May 16, 2005

For some reason, when my wife goes out of town, I always end up overexerting myself whether it be playing sports or going out.  This past weekend my wife was at her sister's bachelorette party so I had the weekend to myself. 

Friday night, I went out to eat with A + S at Dish Dash.  While dinner ended and I was at home by 9:30, for some reason I ended up staying up till 2am.

Saturday morning, I got up, lifted weights for an hour and then headed over to Stanford to run.  When I got to the oval, I noticed people were playing Ultimate so I joined them and played for about 2.5 hours.   Met up with A + S again to grab some jamba and then headed to dinner at Darda Seafood with a group of 8 people.  After dinner several of us decided to go to a party at Blush.  Evidently it was Dave Lu's birthday (whoever that is).  Actually I got to meet the guy and he seemed like a really cool guy but don't ask me questions about what he looks like because I ended up getting wasted.  Good thing S was there to drive us all home because there was no way in hell I could've made it home.  Y and I ended up crashing at A + S's place because we passed out.  My last memory was S helping me down the stairs to a room.   Man, I can't remember the last time I got wasted.  Its been a long time though not an experience I wish to repeat on a regular basis.

Following morning, we all got up and headed to McDonalds for some breakfast and then got together later to watch Kicking and Screaming at Mercado.

I would like to thank S for dealing with 3 drunk guys the entire night.  I would also like to yell at E + P for saying that they were going to go to the party but instead decided to have a Blockbuster night...


Wednesday, May 04, 2005

So we are doing a bunch of remodeling in our office at my work.  Basically we are converting a significant portion of the office to a customer only area.  During this construction, the office manager has asked that  we offer up suggestions to other things we could change.   Before I tell you about my suggestion, let it be known that the company has only 6 females in the entire company and between them 5 toilet stalls.  Meanwhile 80 males have to share 3 toilets.

Dear Office Manager,

   As you know, there is a severe discrepancy between the number of males to females in the company as the males outnumber the females 10-1.  The reverse discrepancy is true of the bathroom situation at the company as there are 5 toilets for women and only 3 for men.   Given these ratios, a woman at the company can almost spend her entire day going to the bathroom without ever having to wait.  Honestly I'm surprised that each of their stalls don't have name tags on them.  Granted, females go to bathroom a lot, but the situation is absolutely ridiculous.  I won't even mention the discrepancy in restroom ambience.  Where is the potpourri and hand lotion in the mens bathroom eh?  Anyways, I would like to suggest a drastic cutback in bathroom utilization for the women.  I think its fair to provide only 2 stalls for women and 6 for the guys.  I would also appreciate potpourri and lotion for the mens room as well.

Sincerely,
John Doe  


Tuesday, May 03, 2005

A cheeky Spanish designer has developed a washing machine called the ‘Your Turn’ which uses a fingerprint sensor to determine who has to do the chores next. It seems like the kit can be retrofitted to most washing machines, and inventor Pep Torres would like to continue to add features, like a lock that prevents the door from opening.

This is the stupidest thing I've ever heard of.  [Additional content edited out for marital reasons].  I believe in equal division of the chores within the household...


Monday, May 02, 2005

Tried to get DSL today.  SBC Yahoo is having a promotion where if you sign up now you can get DSL service for only 19.95 a month.  So I'm on the phone with the SBC representative to get my account setup.  After about 15 minutes of answering questions, he finally tells me that the cost is 26.95 a month.  WTF??  So I ask him about the 19.95 a month promotion.   Turns out that the promotion is only valid if you sign up online.  The sales rep then tells me to hang up and sign up online.  Oh ok, simple enough.  Then I realize that I fricken don't have DSL yet so how can I possibly sign up online!!! Alas, so I'm at work now trying to sign up.  These guys are clever bastards.  You have to have internet service to get a cheaper rate on your internet service...



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