HD Loader may be no more, but if you missed out on ordering one, Divineo still has a few in stock. It looks like they raised the price by a couple bucks too.
Archive for July, 2004
LikeConcept cars almost always look super cool, and almost never make it to market.
Believe it or not, Toyota’s hybrid Volta sportscar concept is going into production! Although for $72,000, you’d think they’d be releasing it under the Lexus brand.
The final design of the Nintendo DS was unveiled yesterday.
I’m not all that excited about it, to be honest. The GBA SP still has a lot of life left in it.
Move over Netflix, Red Octane, and Gamefly – Blockbuster has entered the online rental biz. (Currently in beta)
About 10 years ago, Black Angus used to be a pretty well-respected chain of steakhouses. The food was great, prices were reasonable, and most Black Angus locations were kept up reasonably well with low-light environments, expensive wood tables and accents, and classy silverware that really put some weight in your hand.
This weekend we ate at the Black Angus in Tustin and I can sadly report that the chain appears to have done a complete 180. The place is loud, the decor is more like that of an Applebee’s, the drinks are weak, the food is only so-so, and the silverware is so flimsy you can bend a fork between two fingers. The service wasn’t so hot either. All that combined with a severe lack of meat on the ribs that I ordered seemed to be indicative of a cost-cutting trend in this particular chain of eateries.
It may just be the Tustin location that sucks, but I have many fond childhood memories of hitting the Black Angus in Torrance and that place seemed a whole lot better. It’s just sad.
These days if you’re looking for a good steak at a chain that won’t break the bank, your only choices are really Claim Jumper, The Elephant Bar, and Outback.
Flight attendant uniforms through the ages.
If you’re a lousy tipper you may soon find yourself in the Shitty Tipper Database.
I hate tipping bartenders. That’s the worst. God what a waste of money. It’s like ‘Hey, thanks for doing your job. I’m going to pretend like you don’t get paid to do this already, and give you another two bucks for no reason. Because clearly, mixing those two bottles together is a very difficult chore and they must not be paying you enough.’
The truth behind the aggresively pushed extended warranties at Best Buy can be found at WarrantyBullshit.com.
From what I’ve read online, all Best Buys are the same – their floor managers turn their sales employees into braindead assholes who will try to force you into shelling out even more money for a totally worthless extended warranty, often on items as low as $50. Sometimes they’ll even refuse a sale altogether if a customer doesn’t go for the extended warranty.
The retail experience sucks ass when quotas and commissions are involved – just look at Circuit City! Pushy pushy!
Read more wonderful Best Buy extended warranty horror stories here, here, and the many wonderful comments in this Slashdot thread.
Sirius has been making some major changes (for the better) to their Radio Classics station. The best part about these changes is that they’re now publishing a schedule of what airs on the station. Before the schedule I think they just had a couple hundred shows on a random shuffle system or something.
This makes me happy!
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