Posted by Stephen Waits Tue, 18 Jul 2006 07:08:41 GMT
Jeff is some guy’s cat. He kills and eats things. Watch a photojournal of Jeff’s kills. There’s even an RSS feed. Consider me a subscriber.
It’s interesting to me that Jeff knows, naturally, what he can an can’t safely eat. Look at 6/6/06 or 7/3/06 for a few fine examples of this.
Jeff rules!
Posted by Stephen Waits Tue, 18 Jul 2006 06:42:30 GMT
Posted by Stephen Waits Sat, 15 Jul 2006 19:27:32 GMT
It’s not like they’re hard to find or anything. But some, usually the most vocal, the one’s at the top, are particularly bad. Maybe most.
Yah, I could pick on anyone, but I’m picking on Christians today. I don’t like ‘em.
Anyway.. today’s Crooked Christian? Ralph Reed.
Posted by Stephen Waits Mon, 10 Jul 2006 21:11:00 GMT
Do not buy anything from these guys. They are scam artists and will rip you off.
We bought some luggage from them several years ago. One Samsonite suitcase had suffered some damage through the years of travel, and was due for some warranty repair.
We took it back to the store in Horton Plaza. The one we’d originally purchased it from, in UTC, has since closed.
When we got there, we explained the damage to the person at the counter. He said warranty service costs $40 shipping. Thinking about it for a second, I realized that it should come back as good as new, and that $40 is much cheaper than a new suitcase. We agreed.
A week later they called and let us know it was ready. When we saw the suitcase, we both realized that something wasn’t quite right. When we took it in, one thing needing repair was that the rubber stripping along the outside was coming off. After repair, it had been hastily stapled in.
The counter guy explained that this wasn’t covered by warranty, so they stapled it - but that they weren’t charging us.
Additionally, several screws were stripped and really hadn’t been fixed properly.
On top of that, the $40 shipping started to feel somewhat suspicious!
So today, we spoke with Samsonite. It turns out these guys are not a Samsonite Authorized Repair Center, though they don’t ever mention that. Second, Samsonite said that the rubber stripping is covered by warranty. And finally, that we should not have been charged any shipping fee!
Yah, we got fucked by these guys..
So, I called (619-544-0500) and spoke with the manager. I didn’t get his name, but he claimed he was the manager, and had a NY/East Coast sort of accent.
I was very polite at first, knowing that this is the best way to get help. I calmly explained the situation, and our dissatisfaction with the repair job and shipping charge. He kept saying “what do you want me to do?”, to which I replied, “I’d like a refund”. And his answer was, “we just charged you shipping”, and I’d say, “but we weren’t supposed to pay any shipping”. Repeat that about a dozen times and you have most of our conversation.
I asked how come we received no warranty paperwork from the place they sent it - he said there was none. Or why we got no receipt - he said we got a pickup ticket with the price on it. All super shady.
I went on to explain that we were customers of his, and asked if he had any interest in helping to resolve our dissatisfaction. The bottom line is no, he didn’t give a rats ass about us.
I asked if his business was a member of the San Diego Chamber of Commerce, or the Better Business Bureau. He played ignorant.
In complete frustration, I ended the call with “ok, well then, just fuck off you fucking asshole”.
Bottom Line: Do not do business with these guys. They’re shady, at best, and criminals, at worst.
Posted by Stephen Waits Mon, 10 Jul 2006 14:23:17 GMT
When I saw that Juan Pablo Montoya is heading to NASCAR, I had to check the calendar. Is this April 1st? No.
JPM will be missed in F1. He’s one of the few who pulls no punches, and calls it like he sees it.
This is a great thing for NASCAR, because it’ll get at least a few F1 folks to tune in.
Via Autoblog.
Posted by Stephen Waits Fri, 07 Jul 2006 14:54:00 GMT
Anyone who’s lived in New Orleans would probably expect this. Outsiders may be surprised, but insiders certainly won’t.
Posted by Stephen Waits Thu, 06 Jul 2006 14:35:06 GMT
Crank calling just wasn’t this easy when we were kids.
Posted by Stephen Waits Mon, 03 Jul 2006 19:31:57 GMT
Wow, I ran across Elastic tabstops - the solution to the tabs-versus-spaces issue (via reddit) today. This is actually unbelievable to me.
It made me realize, again, that people are retarded. Like many of you, I experience this realization every day of my life.
The solution to this problem has always been simple. Use both tabs and spaces. Tabs control indentation, spaces control alignment. It’s easy, doesn’t slow your coding down a bit, and will render perfectly in every editor in the world.
I’ve been doing this for a decade+ myself, and have trained, or at least attempted to train many others in such elegance. For more detail, take a look at where I described this in detail several years ago in this Usenet post.
Posted by Stephen Waits Sun, 02 Jul 2006 20:16:00 GMT
Progressive has release some new statistics about motorcycle theft.
Most Likely to be Crashed, Gixxer.. Stolen, Gixxer - are you surprised? No. And San Diego is the 3rd highest in crashes, 4th in theft. I must say it is a rather squid infested town. On any given day there’s a good chance you’ll see some stunters doing stupid things right here on Mira Mesa.
Via webBikeWorld.
Posted by Stephen Waits Sun, 02 Jul 2006 16:16:50 GMT
The recoil on this thing is amazing. The talent of the guy behind the thing is amazing. Wow!
Posted by Stephen Waits Sat, 01 Jul 2006 15:15:54 GMT
And my friend Nate video taped it.
I’ll set this up.. It was last year, the first year MotoGP came back, and Laguna Seca was a giant mess. Parking was a horrific situation, but we avoided that by taking the bus in and out of traffic. People in cars, and even on bikes, were screwed, and many actually turned around and left after sitting in traffic for 3 or 4 hours.
Once you got into the track, you had to deal with foot traffic. Now it was ok pretty much everywhere except the narrow area between Dunlop bridge and the main food vendor and souvenir shop area. That had so many people in it it was bordering dangerous. It was probably taking 15 minutes to move a few 100 feet.
Anyway, we saw Tommy Hayden come through after an autograph session, and thought to ourselves, man that sucks. Then a few minutes later Roger Lee came through and I yelled out at him to just hop the chain link fence and he’d be right in the paddock.