Y’know what I want? I want to be able to drop my cell phone into a docking cradle — like I do with my Visor — and have it just suck up all my phone numbers from Outlook. Is that too much? Why can’t I do that?… the hell…
Posts in the category “rants”
United Airlines Customer Service
On frequent flyer frustration
One Week after September 11
It’s been one week. So this is the first anniversary of sorts. And next week it will be two weeks. And then it will be a month since. And then it will be six months. And then a year. And then five years.
Oakley
It seems that Oakley is now at war with the Sunglass Hut. On their web site they’ve posted an impassioned plea asking consumers to not purchase shades at the retail chain. I really like Oakley, but I have to ask: Why the heck don’t they sell their product on-line? I would think that their target
Outlook
It really bugs me that the Rules system in Outlook Express is so much better than the one in Outlook. Why would that be? Isn’t Outlook supposed to be the full-featured, super-duper version? Isn’t Outlook Express supposed to be the scaled-down, free version? I’m using Outlook 2000 and Outlook Express 6 at home and at
Times
At the bottom of an automated response from Network Solutions is this information: Every day at 5:00 AM and 5:00 PM Eastern Time, new and corrected information is shared with computers all over the world. If your modification or request is processed by either of these times, your changes will be included in these updates.
ultracrepidarian
Definition: In a word… ultracrepidarian: (n., adj.) a person who gives opinions beyond his scope of knowledge. “Nonexpert opinion or assumed authority – Don’t be swayed (or try to sway someone else) based on the opinion of an unqualified authority. The Air Force is chock-full of people who, because of their position or authority in
Sliced PB?
I am sorry. I just think this is ridiculous. Who is the first guy that thought of this? What was in his head at the time? Is he the same guy that first imagined the Aztek and said, “Is it too ugly? Nooooo …” Is this the guy that keeps convincing people that Zima tastes
GPS Revisited
So. Remember the story about the Connecticut man who got busted for speeding in his rental car by the GPS the rental company had installed? Apparently he sued Acme Rent-a-Car and they dropped the fees on the grounds that – although it was clearly stated in the contract – he hadn’t thoroughly read the contract
vocab
Not words: acrost, irregardless, nucular, supposably, nother, alot, alright Not verbs: interface, input, impact, itch