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Thu, 21 Sep 2006 16:09:47 GMT

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...

The 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.

Tuesday, May 17, 2005

Tue, 17 May 2005 00:10:15 GMT

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

Wed, 04 May 2005 23:11:31 GMT

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

Tue, 03 May 2005 17:38:58 GMT

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

Mon, 02 May 2005 19:48:56 GMT

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...

Friday, February 18, 2005

Fri, 18 Feb 2005 16:32:20 GMT

So I was reading an article on leetspeak which is the term used to describe the way kids type on the internet these days. Mad props to those who can translate the following terms

h4x
pwn
rox0rs
|-|4/\/\

Monday, February 07, 2005

Mon, 07 Feb 2005 16:51:52 GMT

You should order yours today before they run out!!! I've already ordered mine a long time ago to beat the rush. SSSHHHHH, don't tell Jen. Its a surprise!

Japanese Romantic RAM

Dottocomu reports about "something of a fad" in Japan: the printing of seasonal inscriptions on computer hardware. This chip, for instance, resides on the KISS Sweet Memory Premium Edition, an otherwise stock-standard 512MB DIMM of RAM. Nothing says forget-me-not like highly volatile memory chips.

Friday, February 04, 2005

Fri, 04 Feb 2005 16:47:03 GMT

What is this world coming. In the article below, some kid staged his own kidnapping so he could get money to pay for a cellphone. Sheesh....

http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=116310

Tuesday, December 21, 2004

Tue, 21 Dec 2004 17:24:48 GMT

Just thought this was a funny article. Its ingenious! An Ipod 20 GB is wayyyyyy cheaper than a ring....

Norwegian dude proposes via iPod engraving >

We were planning on doing something way more romantic, like ripping off CmdrTaco and proposing to our special lady on Engadget, but after reading this story about some dude in Norway who asked his girlfriend to marry him by way of an engraving on the back of a 20GB iPod (she said yes), now we’re thinking that we’ll just write something on the back our Treo with a sharpie or maybe send a text message or whatever. We’re pretty sure that women love it when you go all out like that. Best part is that some day this guy’s kids are going to ask him about how he proposed to their mother, and they’re going to be totally incredulous at the thought of an iPod that can only hold 20GB.

Saturday, November 13, 2004

Sat, 13 Nov 2004 00:21:29 GMT

So its been two weeks since I've stopped the south beach phase 1 of my diet. And I stand at 164. This shit really works! For some reason, going on a diet makes you work out more as well, so I can't really correlate whether the diet itself can take all of the credit. Anyways, not much going on this weekend. Going to hang out with some friends tonight and hope to relax in some sunny weather this weekend. Oh, the other news is that I bought 2 gadgets online yesterday without telling my wife until after the fact. I thought she might get a little bit annoyed but it turns out she wasn't pissed at all! I spent about $150 bucks...Hmmm I wonder what the threshold for anger is...Perhaps I will test the waters more next week...