Archive for the 'Ranting' Category

Ladder Golf Quandry

« 6 July 2008 | 13:39 | Games, General, Photos, Ranting | No Comments »
Yesterday, I got the opportunity to play the game: Ladder Golf (also known by a number of other names). I had seen this on-campus before; I remember seeing people playing it across the street from the IU campus the first fall I got there. I quite enjoyed the game, and much debate was spurred about [...]


The Bait and Switch

« 3 April 2008 | 16:57 | Consumer Advocacy, Geeky, General, Ranting | 3 Comments »
On December 31, 2007 the Insight Communications of Bloomington, IN was acquired by the Comcast Corporation. Having been a customer of Insight, I was continually delighted by the competition-beating speed of the High-Speed Internet service. The standard Insight speed was 10mbit/1mbit (down/up), but the Comcast is slightly slower with 8mbit/768kbit (down/up). The mailer that was [...]


From the Mind of a Madman

« 13 March 2008 | 1:04 | General, Photos, Ranting | 1 Comment »
1. When I see the new draft N wireless cards, I can’t help but think of the Gillette and Schick razor wars.. and moreover, The Onion predicting the 5-blade monstrosities we see today.. there’s bound to be a wifi antenna version of that.. 2. When I buy groceries, I sort my groceries as I put [...]