December 2008
32 posts
Dave: so he has no chelsea or family
Dave: we should be getting a call pretty soon
Alex: lmao
Coolest banner ad evar. →
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Alex: and snow it begins
Alex: oh man, total typo turned into a pun intended
I just got one of the GPS devices I was interested in purchasing for $76 shipped. What a deal.
Damn you, EA
So I found out that EA came out with Monopoly and SimCity for the iPhone this morning. Needless to say, I now own both of them and am $18 poorer as a result. I now have one whole page filled with games and about 3/4ths of them are paid. Giddy up.
Likewise, it has somehow come to feel normal that on a Tuesday morning in early...
– John Gruber, Daring Fireball
Things that feel outdated but sadly aren't
marco:
Discs of all types. Why do I need to take this plastic disc out of this plastic case and insert it into this complex, loud, clunky mechanical drive mechanism every time I want to use it instead of copying it to a hard drive once or just downloading it in the first place?
DVD menus. Why do I have to wait through this crap that I can’t skip? Why was one of the most successful...
Now that's what I call irony. →
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in Linguistics. That’s fucked up.
Shawshank Redemption on Blu-ray = awesome.
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is for Finance.
Pulling an all-nighter in the name of Psychology. Fuck this.
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First grade is in for Business Law.
I just watched the opening (bank robbery) scene of The Dark Knight with the IMAX aspect ratio and JIZZED… IN MY PANTS.
Ugh Snow/Finals
So we had our first significant snowfall tonight just before I drove home from work. This is the first day of my reduced MobilityFactor™ for the next 4 months. Depresh-sauce.
I also picked up three 12-packs of Mt. Dew Code Red at PriceChopper tonight, as they were on sale for 3/$11. After tax and deposit, this came out to around 37.3¢ per can. I am deeming these beverages my FinalsFuel™.
Yay for...
Merry Christmas
My next AmEx payment is due on December 25th. Ho ho ho.
On a brighter note, they decreased my APR one percentage point from 13.99 to 12.99. Hooray!
Annoying Habit Picked up from my Dad #23
When a helicopter is flying overhead, I always wonder if it’s LifeStar. I want to die every time I think the thought.