Archive for February 19, 2010

I wish I had, I would have enjoyed getting a 1 min interview with her if she consented, but I have to give her high marks for #1. Showing up in person to see for herself and #2. Having fun and joking around with the Newsbusters guys.

As long as people who disagree can do that then the country is in better shape than we think. It is so damn American.

for the other side. I talked to a some transit workers on my way to McDonald’s, they are democrats but like I’ve always said if our ideas are worth anything they can stand up under an opposing argument:

UPDATE: That is so the wrong video, I was using it as a test when the YouTube videos were not appearing properly last night, that’s one of the dangers of blogging at 2 a.m. or so. Replacing it with the right one now.

You will note that the interviewer becomes the interviewee in this briefly, but it’s all for the good.

Update: Bumped it because I had the wrong video so if you are wondering why it is on top again that’s so Lee opinion gets the shot it deserves.

Two words about Amazon.com

Posted: February 19, 2010 by datechguy in fun, hobbies, internet/free speech
Tags: ,

First I want to give them a shout out concerning Amazon Prime.

Not for the service itself per-se I only signed up for the trial because my son needed a particular book for a college class and it would not have been here in time without it (and it turned out to be $10 below the college bookstore) but because it of the way it handles what follows.

Most places have the “if you want to continue do nothing and we’ll bill you”, on the hopes that you will forget. To its credit Amazon allows you the chance to set up the trial where it automatically doesn’t renew.

That will cost them $79 of my money that they might have gotten if I had forgotten (HA!) but it will certainly earn kudos that will last and have been made public.

Secondly I got my Vine list yesterday in the middle of the conference, totally forgot about it and to my shock there were two books I wanted on it and managed to grab. With prime they will be waiting for me when I get back. Still haven’t finished the one I brought with me, too much to do.

But right now with money tight that vine program helps to keep me in a least a book or two a month. Makes a big difference.

I have confirmed that the term “a mess”

Posted: February 19, 2010 by datechguy in oddities
Tags:

…is without a question relative.

I look at Smitty’s house (which is part of a building complex basically an uber condo) the term is a townhouse. It has a Tardis like quality of looking considerably bigger on the inside than the outside.

When I look around this place looks abnormally clean, but Smitty insists that the place in dirty/cluttered.

I don’t think my wife would come to that conclusion.