The Big four-oh
For this momentus occasion, I want to expound upon the ways I really love buying gas at CostCo. When I say that, I really mean it, compared to buying gas at every other place that sells gas. You know why? I’ll show you.
You know this guy, right? See how he is pulling the hose over his car? That’s the same asshole who, at any other station, would have pulled in facing the other way as to block the guy in front of me. But, here he is, forced into behaving himself at a CostCo. But, he’s obviously in such a big rush that he’d rather drag that oily hose over the finish of his automobie than wait.
The nice thing about CostCo, at least mine, is the filling station is one way. And they have a fuel nazi there to keep an eye out for any wayward SUV’s that try to pull in backward. 1 way in, 1 way out. No cutting, no backing in, no blocking other cars. It’s truly a joy to fuel up there. Bonus is that it is still the cheapest gas in town, a gallon of the good stuff coming in a cent less than $4.
I’m never in that big of a rush to get gas. But it would seem that everytime I have to go to a civilian filling station, everyone forgets their manners and turns uber rude. I really hate that.
I was supposed to be doing thing this past week that I really need to do, but was unable to due to a few other things that popped up early in the week, which wasted my entire week otherwise. Here are a few of the things that got in my way.
- Trying to schedule a VPN connection, file transfer and disconnection without a user logged in, as it turns out, is more difficult that it should be
- Software version changes that completely change the way a program works really annoys me. Especially when said changes aren’t documented and it takes me 3 days to figure out how to make it work like it did before the upgrade
- I forgot that IE6 doesn’t support the max-width property in CSS. That took me a few hours to remember. Also took me an hour to find a working copy of IE6 that I could use. It’s in Nevada in case you were curious. Please switch to FireFox.
- I had some fun with colors this week over there in case you didn’t notice. I might do the same thing here to brighten the place up a bit more.
- I think my scale might actually say 24* today. Finger crossed
- The more I use Transmit, the more I like it. Damn you Panic!
- I started playing with Times yesterday and will continue today. I have a few days left on my trial, and now that it’s stopped crashing, it’s actually useable. Still not sure if it’s worth $30.
Errands this weekend, plus some photos for a new flickr group I joined. Don’t worry, you’ll see them too.
A very interesting article. To summarize, be nice to the pony-tail command line junkies. If you don’t have one around, you should get one. Sage advice.
Web 2.0 companies need to get a better understanding of the host entity that runs their business, the Internet. If not, they need to need to find someone that does, preferably someone they bring in at inception. Failing to do so will inevitably cost these companies users, performance and money.
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I know I have covered this someplace before, but I don’t think I’ve done it here. So, lets get to it!
From the TWiT network, I’m currently listening to TWiT, Daily Giz Wiz, Mac Break Weekly, Windows Weekly, Security Now and Net@Nite. If you listened to N@N before but got tired of Ambers crappy call quality, it’s been fixed and the show has actually gotten better.
From Cnet I listen to Buzz Out Loud (the best tech news show IMO), CarTech (The second best automotive podcast), gadgettes (mostly because it can be pretty funny) and I watch the buzz report.
Ask A Ninja, Tiki Bar TV and MotorKultTV round out the video podcasts I watch. Usually, they are pretty good.
A few new ones I’ve been checking out are The Roadhouse Podcast which plays some great blues and the Scooter Cast which is about, scooters. Both are pretty good and I thoroughly enjoy them when I have the time.
Add to the list Podcast 411, which is a podcast about podcasters and usually pretty interesting, plus The Mobile Movie Minute and The Business Cast done by Robert Gold. I really enjoy these as well.
Finally, the very newest in my subscription list is You Look Nice Today. No kidding, it’s the funniest thing on the internet right now. Like Josh, I would listen to these guys every day if they were to go daily. And it’s funny. Like, laugh out loud and make people look at you funny. You should check this out. Be warned, it does carry the explicit tag and they aren’t afraid to use it.
Oh yea, I also listen to WhiteRoofRadio and watch their videos at WhiteRoof.tv. Those guys put on the best Automotive podcast money can buy, and they do it for free! You should totally check them out 
I’m always looking for something new to listen too, so if you have a suggestion, feel free to leave it in the comments!
I posted a recipe for Poached Chicken a bit a go. Made it again tonight and updated the post to include a pic. Check it out here.
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