Monday, December 17, 2007
Saturday, December 15, 2007
FedEx sucks eggs
I can't stand FedEx and I'm not much of a fan of UPS either. It's quite amazing how hard it is for me to receive packages. Something always goes wrong and they always screw me. I had to work from home all day today, missing meetings and important events at work, because two packages were coming from FedEx. Both were on trucks by 9am this morning. One was delivered at 6pm, the other has this wonderful load of crap on the tracking record:
Dec 14, 2007 9:27 PM
Delivery exception
SAN DIEGO, CA
Delivery delayed, scheduled for next business day
7:47 PM
Delivery exception
SAN DIEGO, CA
Local weather delay, delivery attempted
Ok, are you kidding me? WEATHER DELAY???? This is friggen San Diego! It's 58 degrees, there isn't a cloud in the sky, and the wind is dead calm. What kind of weather delay could they possibly think there was? Maybe the driver was thinking, "It's beautiful out and I want to sit at the beach and pick my nose."
On top of that, I was here until 8:20pm, so there was no attempted delivery at 7:47pm.
Morons is what they are. Talking to the representatives on the phone, asking about how this process could be streamlined in the future, it was obvious that they don't give a rat's ass about the person receiving the package, only the sender. It's the sender that pays them. There is no easy way to make this better short of getting a wife (maybe), a maid (yes please!), or a stay-at-home roommate (no thanks).
Other mistakes they made:
* Two boxes coming from the same place were put on 2 different trucks today. One truck made it, one didn't. Why?
* Web site tracking showing something completely different than what the phone reps see on their computers.
* First driver didn't even knock on the door, just dropped the package on the step. Only way I knew it was here was the web site tracking (which worked for that package).
* Wasted a full day of my time and will now be wasting at least one more day of my time.
* There is no way with FedEx to leave a note telling them to leave the damn thing.
* No way to tell FedEx to hold it at the warehouse so I can come pick it up.
* FedEx is a bunch of douchebag morons.
Happy Saturday to all! I'll be sitting here waiting, again. If they hose me again, they don't deliver until Tuesday. What a waste of time.
*** Saturday Update ***
Received an email response from FedEx to my onion letter of last night. Apparently "weather delay" actually means, "Box not on the truck" So, there's a good chance they've totally lost the thing. They assured me that it would arrive today... sometime before 8pm.
How is it we allow the corporations we spoon feed money into treat us the way they do? When will we demand some sort of recourse for lying, mistakes, failed promises, and general bad business practices?
Dec 14, 2007 9:27 PM
Delivery exception
SAN DIEGO, CA
Delivery delayed, scheduled for next business day
7:47 PM
Delivery exception
SAN DIEGO, CA
Local weather delay, delivery attempted
Ok, are you kidding me? WEATHER DELAY???? This is friggen San Diego! It's 58 degrees, there isn't a cloud in the sky, and the wind is dead calm. What kind of weather delay could they possibly think there was? Maybe the driver was thinking, "It's beautiful out and I want to sit at the beach and pick my nose."
On top of that, I was here until 8:20pm, so there was no attempted delivery at 7:47pm.
Morons is what they are. Talking to the representatives on the phone, asking about how this process could be streamlined in the future, it was obvious that they don't give a rat's ass about the person receiving the package, only the sender. It's the sender that pays them. There is no easy way to make this better short of getting a wife (maybe), a maid (yes please!), or a stay-at-home roommate (no thanks).
Other mistakes they made:
* Two boxes coming from the same place were put on 2 different trucks today. One truck made it, one didn't. Why?
* Web site tracking showing something completely different than what the phone reps see on their computers.
* First driver didn't even knock on the door, just dropped the package on the step. Only way I knew it was here was the web site tracking (which worked for that package).
* Wasted a full day of my time and will now be wasting at least one more day of my time.
* There is no way with FedEx to leave a note telling them to leave the damn thing.
* No way to tell FedEx to hold it at the warehouse so I can come pick it up.
* FedEx is a bunch of douchebag morons.
Happy Saturday to all! I'll be sitting here waiting, again. If they hose me again, they don't deliver until Tuesday. What a waste of time.
*** Saturday Update ***
Received an email response from FedEx to my onion letter of last night. Apparently "weather delay" actually means, "Box not on the truck" So, there's a good chance they've totally lost the thing. They assured me that it would arrive today... sometime before 8pm.
How is it we allow the corporations we spoon feed money into treat us the way they do? When will we demand some sort of recourse for lying, mistakes, failed promises, and general bad business practices?
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Monday, October 08, 2007
Scientific American: Searching for God in the Brain
Really neat device that can give you the feeling of "God" just by stimulating the temporal lobes.
Neat!
Scientific American: Searching for God in the Brain
Neat!
Scientific American: Searching for God in the Brain
Thursday, October 04, 2007
Ouchies: D3O Armor Protects Shovel to Head - Gizmodo
This D3O stuff is amazing! I want some built in to all my clothes, especially my knees and a cool beanie like this guy has.
Ouchies: D3O Armor Protects Shovel to Head - Gizmodo
Ouchies: D3O Armor Protects Shovel to Head - Gizmodo
Monday, October 01, 2007
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Eclipse video is my new flatwater bible
This video of the Greek Freak pretty much represents everything I could ever want to do on flat water kiteboarding. From here on out, I'm making it my instruction manual.
kiteforum.tv - Thruster 2008 in Action
kiteforum.tv - Thruster 2008 in Action
Monday, September 24, 2007
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Pumpkins concert tomorrow!
I'm heading off to see the Pumpkins tomorrow and I'm getting really excited! I've been "preparing" by listening to nothing but Pumpkins for a few days now and today I've picked apart the new album over and over. While some of the new album just rocks, some of it I'm not so sure about, and some tracks are begging to be skipped. That's hard for me to say, but something is just different about this album.
I found this
review that sums up a lot of my opinions better that I could.
The review is correct, Jimmy just plain rocks, but the songs just don't sound right.
Doesn't matter though, cuz I'm going to see them live from the 5th row and unless Billy explodes on stage, the show is going to be amazing! (If he does explode, it should still be interesting...)
I found this
review that sums up a lot of my opinions better that I could.
The review is correct, Jimmy just plain rocks, but the songs just don't sound right.
Doesn't matter though, cuz I'm going to see them live from the 5th row and unless Billy explodes on stage, the show is going to be amazing! (If he does explode, it should still be interesting...)
Friday, September 14, 2007
kiteforum.tv - Le Morne Wave Session
This may be the most beautiful place I've ever seen:
kiteforum.tv - Le Morne Wave Session
kiteforum.tv - Le Morne Wave Session
Southwest Airlines Says "Too Sexy" - Kyla Ebbert � Blog Archive � DHADM
This is just too funny on too many accounts. I had to post. Watch the video.
Southwest Airlines Says "Too Sexy" - Kyla Ebbert � Blog Archive � DHADM
Southwest Airlines Says "Too Sexy" - Kyla Ebbert � Blog Archive � DHADM
Wednesday, September 05, 2007
Monday, July 16, 2007
Vacation Photo Blog
In an effort to be more nerdy, I'm going to keep a photo blog of my vacation this week. You can view photos uploaded from my phone here: http://flickr.com/photos/k3rm/
I'm vacationing on the Outer Banks in North Carolina. So far it's super sweet out here! Jody is here with me now and everyone else will be showing up in the next few days. We've got a really cool house right next to the ocean and it currently smells like bacon... yummy.
I'm vacationing on the Outer Banks in North Carolina. So far it's super sweet out here! Jody is here with me now and everyone else will be showing up in the next few days. We've got a really cool house right next to the ocean and it currently smells like bacon... yummy.
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Psychology Today: Ten Politically Incorrect Truths About Human Nature
Fasinating, and sure to rile a few feathers!
Psychology Today: Ten Politically Incorrect Truths About Human Nature
Psychology Today: Ten Politically Incorrect Truths About Human Nature
Thursday, May 03, 2007
Len10 is crazy
New video of Ruben Lenten in OZ. This kid is just ridiculous.
Reverse launching C kites with a dog running through the lines,HUGE kiteloops, and I don't even know what some of the tricks he's doing are!
http://www.kiteforum.tv/component/option,com_videos/task,show/id,1353/Itemid,30/
Reverse launching C kites with a dog running through the lines,HUGE kiteloops, and I don't even know what some of the tricks he's doing are!
http://www.kiteforum.tv/component/option,com_videos/task,show/id,1353/Itemid,30/
links
Anne and I have talked about what it will be in our future that children will understand yet we will not. Similar to computers in this generation.
My answer has been some sort of neural device that allows one to control things like video games, computers, or even driving a car. Well, looks like someone is on their way: Mind Reading Toys
Thought provoking video: Shift Happens
Nerdy thought provoking video from Web2.0 conference: The Machine is Us/ing Us
And some interesting science news about death: Doctors change the way they think about death
My answer has been some sort of neural device that allows one to control things like video games, computers, or even driving a car. Well, looks like someone is on their way: Mind Reading Toys
Thought provoking video: Shift Happens
Nerdy thought provoking video from Web2.0 conference: The Machine is Us/ing Us
And some interesting science news about death: Doctors change the way they think about death
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Web 2.0 Conference part 4
Conference is still going...
I need an invite to Joost!!! Who's got one for me? Please please please!
I need an invite to Joost!!! Who's got one for me? Please please please!
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Web 2.0 Conference part 3
Day 3
The rest of Monday just didn't compare with the vulnerabilities session. It was standing room only at one session so I left and learned little to nothing about large file systems. Stuff I already knew. The only neat thing that I didn't know about was Amazon's S3 service.
The keynotes were interesting although a little uncomfortable as Tim O'Reilly had a talk show style interview with Jeff Bezos. Two nerds trying to entertain a few thousand people doesn't work so well and there were a few awkward laughs and uncomfortable questions. It was interesting to see the dynamic between these two. O'Reilly asked a few pointed questions that Bezos didn't want to answer. Bezos appears to be a good businessman and was good at avoiding questions or just refusing to answer.
The expo opened last night. Nothing like thousands of nerds running around trying to get free garbage.
Slept in this morning and relaxed. Planned a little bit for Costa Rica and wandered over to a less crowded Expo. From what I see, there are a lot of companies that are doing something that involves housing or uploading private or sensitive data to their servers. That scares me. Especially after the vulnerabilities session. I really want to laugh when a sales person reassures you that all their data is in a secure datacenter. That's great, so everyone at your company may have access to my data and do whatever they want with it, but at least a thief can't steal your servers.
Current session: Super Ninja Privacy Techniques for Web App Developers
Real title should be: Privacy Techniques used at Wesabe.com
It's super windy outside and I'm stuck inside. :(
The rest of Monday just didn't compare with the vulnerabilities session. It was standing room only at one session so I left and learned little to nothing about large file systems. Stuff I already knew. The only neat thing that I didn't know about was Amazon's S3 service.
The keynotes were interesting although a little uncomfortable as Tim O'Reilly had a talk show style interview with Jeff Bezos. Two nerds trying to entertain a few thousand people doesn't work so well and there were a few awkward laughs and uncomfortable questions. It was interesting to see the dynamic between these two. O'Reilly asked a few pointed questions that Bezos didn't want to answer. Bezos appears to be a good businessman and was good at avoiding questions or just refusing to answer.
The expo opened last night. Nothing like thousands of nerds running around trying to get free garbage.
Slept in this morning and relaxed. Planned a little bit for Costa Rica and wandered over to a less crowded Expo. From what I see, there are a lot of companies that are doing something that involves housing or uploading private or sensitive data to their servers. That scares me. Especially after the vulnerabilities session. I really want to laugh when a sales person reassures you that all their data is in a secure datacenter. That's great, so everyone at your company may have access to my data and do whatever they want with it, but at least a thief can't steal your servers.
Current session: Super Ninja Privacy Techniques for Web App Developers
Real title should be: Privacy Techniques used at Wesabe.com
It's super windy outside and I'm stuck inside. :(
Monday, April 16, 2007
Web 2.0 Conference part 2
Current session: "Vulnerabilities 2.0 in Web 2.0: Next Generation Web Apps from a Hacker's Perspective" Alex Stamos
The bad: 60+ people sitting on the floor (including me)
The good:
* Finally a session that is what it says it is!
* This Alex dude is awesome. Security consultant. Bad mouthing Web2.0, MySpace, all sorts of stuff. Awesome.
I'm off to listen...
The bad: 60+ people sitting on the floor (including me)
The good:
* Finally a session that is what it says it is!
* This Alex dude is awesome. Security consultant. Bad mouthing Web2.0, MySpace, all sorts of stuff. Awesome.
I'm off to listen...
Web 2.0 Conference part 1
I'm up in San Francisco this week for the Web 2.0 O'Reilly conference. Someone had the bright idea to start this conference on a Sunday. That person is evil.
Thought I might take some notes while sitting in these sessions.
So far, the trip has been pretty fun. Anne came up to the city to mooch on a free hotel room and see some friends. We flew up Saturday so Dan and I could hit up some kiting, and hit it up we did! A storm blew through in the morning and by early afternoon it was 9m weather in Alameda. As we didn't have 9's, we flew our 12s. There was a Naish kite demo at the beach, so I flew a few demo kites. I've never really thought Naish kites were very interesting, and now I'm sure of it. The day was fun, very choppy, gusty and overpowered.
Conference on Sunday was brutal. This conference is supposed to be about Web2.0 but really it's just about web applications with a slight trend to talk about AJAX or the like. Sunday's sessions were 3 hours long! I could only make it through one of them. We tried to kite again, but just stood around in our wetsuits for 2 hours. Bummer.
I'm sitting in the second of like 5 sessions on Monday. Here are some thoughts;
* These chairs suck real bad.
* There are a lot of people here and they really have us packed in. No empty seats, people sitting on the floor. The rows of chairs are so close together that no one can get in or out.
* Tiny coffee cups! What the heck??! Coffee is the only thing to get us through this stuff, give us more!
* They've named sessions some long fancy sounding title, but they turn out to be one big marketing speech for a single product. Example, session title, "Securing and Optimizing Web 2.0 Application Delivery" what the real title should have been, "Citrix talks about their NetScaler devices"
* The free bag sucks real bad too. I actually packed light and didn't bring a backpack since every conference gives you some schwag pack on day one. The time they gave us a tiny purse thing that can barely hold my laptop. Lame.
more to come...
Thought I might take some notes while sitting in these sessions.
So far, the trip has been pretty fun. Anne came up to the city to mooch on a free hotel room and see some friends. We flew up Saturday so Dan and I could hit up some kiting, and hit it up we did! A storm blew through in the morning and by early afternoon it was 9m weather in Alameda. As we didn't have 9's, we flew our 12s. There was a Naish kite demo at the beach, so I flew a few demo kites. I've never really thought Naish kites were very interesting, and now I'm sure of it. The day was fun, very choppy, gusty and overpowered.
Conference on Sunday was brutal. This conference is supposed to be about Web2.0 but really it's just about web applications with a slight trend to talk about AJAX or the like. Sunday's sessions were 3 hours long! I could only make it through one of them. We tried to kite again, but just stood around in our wetsuits for 2 hours. Bummer.
I'm sitting in the second of like 5 sessions on Monday. Here are some thoughts;
* These chairs suck real bad.
* There are a lot of people here and they really have us packed in. No empty seats, people sitting on the floor. The rows of chairs are so close together that no one can get in or out.
* Tiny coffee cups! What the heck??! Coffee is the only thing to get us through this stuff, give us more!
* They've named sessions some long fancy sounding title, but they turn out to be one big marketing speech for a single product. Example, session title, "Securing and Optimizing Web 2.0 Application Delivery" what the real title should have been, "Citrix talks about their NetScaler devices"
* The free bag sucks real bad too. I actually packed light and didn't bring a backpack since every conference gives you some schwag pack on day one. The time they gave us a tiny purse thing that can barely hold my laptop. Lame.
more to come...
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Best email ever
My buddy Fasha sent me this email today. I am pretty sure it's the best email I've ever gotten:
"I just created an account, walked around without a body, was asked by a fat statue to save them from Pele the volcano god, tried to talk to a dragon, and then my computer crashed. Pretty odd."
"I just created an account, walked around without a body, was asked by a fat statue to save them from Pele the volcano god, tried to talk to a dragon, and then my computer crashed. Pretty odd."
Monday, March 26, 2007
Monday, March 05, 2007
Tuesday, February 06, 2007
Monday, January 08, 2007
100 Best Companies to Work For 2007: Full list | FORTUNE
Interesting info on average salaries for the top 100 companies. There is a LOT of variance even in similar jobs. One thing's for sure, my company needs to make a global salary adjustment or they'll start having a higher turnover rate.
100 Best Companies to Work For 2007: Full list | FORTUNE
100 Best Companies to Work For 2007: Full list | FORTUNE
Friday, January 05, 2007
Global Development: Views from the Center: Global Development: Good PR for Celebrities? Bad PR for Politicians?
Ya people!!! Get off your butts and tell your congress people that they don't get it.
Global Development: Views from the Center: Global Development: Good PR for Celebrities? Bad PR for Politicians?
Global Development: Views from the Center: Global Development: Good PR for Celebrities? Bad PR for Politicians?
Wednesday, January 03, 2007
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