Daylight Averaging Time

March 12, 2010 - Filed under Interesting

Hey guys!

I know you're all planning to stay up until 2am this Sunday to set your clock ahead an hour… but, how bout this idea? Let's just set it forward HALF an hour, and then in the fall we just won't do anything. Ever again. We'll never adjust the clocks. It'll be great!

No one will ever have to remember "spring forward, fall back" anymore! Everyone will just live their lives knowing that their clock isn't supposed to spontaneously jump an entire sixty minutes. Ever.

I call this brilliant idea "Daylight Averaging Time".

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Chase Flexible Rewards… WTF

March 11, 2010 - Filed under Interesting

I just redeemed 5,000 rewards points on one of my credit cards for a $50 statement credit. Not a bad deal.

Trying to score some more free money, I decided to check my Chase card and see if I qualified for anything. Nope. A $25 statement credit from Chase is 3500 points. And that's pretty lame.

Just for the hell of it, I checked the rewards program rules and found this gem:

Redemption Rules

1. A service fee of up to $25 may be charged for the use of Reward Headquarters services for point redemption. We reserve the right, in our sole discretion to determine the amount of the service fee, to waive the service fee, or to change the service fee without notice.

That's right. Once I get up to the 3,500 point limit and redeem those points for $25, Chase has given themselves the right to then charge me a $25 service fee for redeeming those points. Granted, they'd probably exercise their right to waive that fee… but… douchebags. That's all that I can think of.

I think the "flexible" part of "flexible rewards" just means they expect you to bend over when you attempt to use the program.

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Holy Earthquakes!

March 9, 2010 - Filed under Interesting

Hey guys… all these earthquakes… ummm.

I think this is how it all starts. A bunch of earthquakes, some essential systems get knocked offline, chaos ensues. And then the zombies attack.

It's important that we all do our parts to take it easy and try to minimize new earthquakes to slow down this scenario. Here are some starter ideas:

  • Walk more softly
  • Don't jump, ever
  • No more rock music, only play elevator music
  • Carry tranquilizer guns to be used on construction workers
  • etc

Even if you know that you're going to be whisked away during the rapture, and won't have to face the zombie apocalypse that will mark the beginning of Armageddon, let's try to slow things down for those of us that will stay here and fight.

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ASCII T-Rex

March 8, 2010 - Filed under Interesting

BEHOLD! T-Rex from Dinosaur Comics in ASCII FORM!!!!

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

March 5, 2010 - Filed under Interesting

I just received a request for an article from the journal "Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences". Which they abbreviate as "PNAS".

That's all I have to say about that.

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Exploding Head Syndrome

March 4, 2010 - Filed under Interesting

Exploding head syndrome – it sounds a lot more destructive than it actually is.. but yes, it is a real thing.

Exploding head syndrome is a condition that causes the sufferer occasionally to experience a tremendously loud noise as originating from within his or her own head, usually described as the sound of an explosion, roar, waves crashing against rocks, loud voices or screams, a ringing noise, or the sound of an electrical short circuit (buzzing).

While it would totally suck to suffer from something like that, I think it would be great to be able to look someone in the eye and say "Yeah, I had to go see the doctor about my Exploding head syndrome…"

Also, if I started hearing electrical buzzing in my head… you'd have a hard time convincing me that I wasn't the most advanced robot ever.

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My Pre can beat up your Pre!

March 3, 2010 - Filed under Interesting

So, after I managed to get the WebOS 1.4 update to take on my phone, my Pre suddenly had the amazing ability to record and edit video. SWEEET! Although I still haven't really used it other than to test it – it seems like it was well implemented.

Last night, however, I decided to kick things up a notch. I have a touchstone charger, which charges my phone wirelessly, so the only time I need to plug in a cable is to transfer files (music) to/from my laptop. I don't like cables, and I don't like the stupid connector on the Pre… so… I set up OpenSSH on the darn thing, which allows me to connect over WiFi and get to my phone's command line AND drag and drop files to it via WiFi! That's right! I can now load/unload this thing with music without having to plug it into anything.

My Pre will never again be violated by cables!

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