I love this contest. Every year, authors write a first sentence to an imaginary novel. The idea? To be the worst. This year’s “winner” is in a class all by itself: Detective Bart Lasiter was in his office studying the … Continue reading
This is quite funny. NPR seems to be fielding lots of calls from people whose FM modulators are wired incorrectly and turning every car passing by into a roving radio tower for Sirius and XM. That isn’t even necessarily the … Continue reading
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“When we ask for advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice.” -Marquis de la Grange [tags]quote, quotes, quotation, quotations[/tags]
A couple of choice quotes from an interesting piece on AOL: There are a lot of stories this morning about AOL’s plan to offer most of its services for free. I have seen no mention in any of them of … Continue reading
Wow… Just… Wow… From Consumerist: Among the many stories of consumer woe shown on last Friday’s Nightline was the infamous “Sleepy Comcast Technician” a video Brian Finklestein made of a Comcast tech who fell asleep while servicing his router. But … Continue reading
Do those stupid little cellular booster antenna sticker things work? One guy decided to go beyond “everyone knows” and “it sounds like” and did actual scientific testing. The results? Well, they don’t work. In fact, they have very little, if … Continue reading
ironic: adj, characterized by often poignant difference or incongruity between what is expected and what actually is; DENVER – Beer baron Peter Coors’ driver’s license has been revoked by a hearing officer who ruled the executive had been driving under … Continue reading
The expansion of the Opie and Anthony show continues, this time to Farid Sulaiman’s Citadel Broadcasting. O&A will be on: * WSKO-FM/AM, Providence, RI * WEDG-FM, Buffalo, NY * WKLQ-FM/WILZ, Grand Rapids, MI * WBSX-FM, Wilkes Barrie, PA * WBZU-FM, … Continue reading
In yet another digital repurposing of TV, CBS News says it will start distributing DVD’s of its news, current and archival material, over Amazon.com or CBSNews.com, using Amazon’s CustomFlix digital customizable DVD service. Viewers will be able to create their … Continue reading
I don’t blog much about politics anymore. People who used to come ’round here were always here with a chip on their shoulder or some talking point to be made, and frankly it was fun for a bit, but in … Continue reading
Consumerist has the video of our Nightline appearance… [tags]nightline, vincent ferrari, consumerist[/tags]
Yeah, I took a weekend off. I really needed it. The posts should be flowing again tomorrow morning, bright and early. ‘Night!
Yes folks, that’s right. Tonight it all comes to a head with me on Nightline on ABC (Check your local listings). I even got to hang for a bit with Consumerist head guru and almighty consumer defender and power shaker … Continue reading
Well, real in that it actually addresses one of the biggest concerns people have about Dell, and have had about Dell for at least the past 6 years. Granted it’s loaded with corporate apologism and condescension toward complaining customers, nonetheless … Continue reading
Jeff Jarvis got this comment on his site: Hey Jarvis. I honestly think you have no life. Honestly? Do you have a life, or do just spend it trying to make Dell miserable. I’ve been working with Dell the past … Continue reading
Check this site out. via Lifehacker [tags]web forms, design, html, php, coding[/tags]
As a Mac user, I know what it’s like to be kinda stuck in a world of Windows. You love your Mac, but you need certain Windows apps to get through your day to day work life. While solutions like … Continue reading
So everyone is all a-twitter over the recent decision by a judge that basically outlawed companies that were “sanitizing” movies from doing so and providing them to their paying customers as cleaned-up versions. One such person that was all righteously … Continue reading
Lifehacker is always one of the first places I find out about neat new apps and such, and today was no different. A program I had toyed around with during a project at work, and even bought when I had … Continue reading