Author: Chuck
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Sticker Shock
I just got my bill in the mail from my three-hour long hospital stay. I’m getting on the phone with Blue Cross right now to get medical insurance. It’s funny how all the times I thought “I never used the insurance when I had it from work, and it’s too expensive to pay that much…
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Get it off me! Get it off me!
I finally got my computer dual-booting into Windows, and everything I need for work installed on the Windows partition. That only took two days. It’s not Apple’s fault; BootCamp couldn’t be simpler or easier to use. And I guess it’s not Windows’ fault either, since once I had an official install, it worked without hassle.…
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Crimes Against the Internets: The Re-Imagineering Blog
The internet is full-to-bursting with self-important nerds who are simultaneously obsessed beyond reason with the minutiae of their chosen hobby and convinced that they could do a better job than the people currently in charge of that hobby. This isn’t breaking news. It happens with movies, comic books, television series (somehow, Joss Whedon remains exempt),…
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Intel Aside
As it turns out, I’m weak. The lure of a faster Mac and a laptop that runs Windows was too much for me to resist. I ended up getting a MacBook Pro. What finally sent me over the edge was realizing that I wasn’t just making some rationalization — it really is a legitimate business…
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See ya!
Everybody should take a minute to watch this, the greatest fight scene in movie history. I haven’t seen the movie it’s from (and thank goodness the IMDB is there to provide the all-important Chinese title for this action classic), but I’m hoping it answers the questions this clip raises: How come it sounds like our…
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I Heart Hydrocodone
I’m sure there are worse things than being alone in a nice hotel in the LA suburbs and getting a severe case of gastroenteritis. I think I still deserve some sympathy, though. It started Thursday night, while my imagination was still filled with the promise of new dual-booting Apple computers. I’d thought it was food…
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Anybody want a used PowerBook?
I was thinking I was showing considerable self-control. Apple’s been releasing all kinds of new iPods and new, slightly different alternate-universe Macs that were just like the ones I have but slightly better and shinier. Still, no desire to buy one. “I’ll wait until they come up with something that’s significantly better,” I thought. “No…
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Crimes Against the Internets: Valleywag
When you’re a procrastinator, like I am, and you work from home on a computer, like I do, you end up seeing a lot of stupid on the internets. Stupidity on such a level that it’s not enough to just sit back and say, “man, is that stupid;” you’ve got to go evangelical and spread…
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Frugal
I’m staying here alone in a hotel on a business trip, and I’ve finally had one more of those life experiences that I’d never tried before. Don’t worry, it’s nothing gross or anything; I just ordered room service. Holy crap, that shit’s expensive! It’s one thing when you’re stuck in Glendale and facing the prospect…
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A Brief Layover
Disney magic has transformed a week-long business trip into a two-week-long business trip, since I’ve got to leave Monday morning for a week down in LA. On the plus side, I’m… well, saving on groceries, I guess. Of course, it’s hard to feel too sorry for myself when last week ended up being as nice…
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Expedition Everest
As it turns out, the rumors of the total lack of internet access were greatly exaggerated. When I was ironing a shirt this morning, I found an ethernet cable hiding in the back of the closet, and I grabbed it like a kid opening a Christmas present. It doesn’t make that much of a difference,…
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Semi-caffeinated
It’s been a really nice day in San Francisco, and I’ve spent the bulk of it inside trying to get my stuff in order and dreading having to spend all next week at Disney World. Is this what being an adult is like? If it is, I want no part of it. The worst part…