Monthly Archives: March 2010

Where to go when you’d like to spend a wee bit less than $5,000 on a ring.

Ring Box

In the interests of full disclosure and so the powers that be don’t hunt me down and eat me, I received a complimentary ring from Jewelry Art Designs in exchange for a review of their products. I received an email from the company asking if I’d like to write about them in exchange for a…

My name? Sure, my name is *hangs up*

I hate it when people demand to know my name every time I take a call at work. I don’t like giving my name to complete strangers when for all I know they could be cracknuts crazypants, and now they not only know where I work, but they know my name too. Sure I’m a…

iPod + Geocaching = LIFE ALTERING EXPERIENCE

Garmin nuvi and iPod GPS Cradle

Update: The Dual GPS Cradle now has a cheaper version available without the navigation software NavAtlas (which I found worthless anyway). It is called the XGPS251 and has been price cut to $100 as of Christmas 2010. Two things to note, it may not work well with the latest iPod Touch release (the one that…

Justice Prevails: Scammers Finally Get Their Comeuppance

About 2 and a half years ago, I wrote a post exposing a series of e-book scams that were plaguing the Internet. These scams all had the same claim, that a few mere grocery items would help cure various diseases. That led to a series of followup posts and email from people expressing their thanks…

Fighting against insurmountable odds

The Conference House

Today I took a drive around Staten Island to complete the second series of historical geocaches commemorating the American Revolution. This particular geocache took me to the famous Conference House (also known as the Billops House), where members of the Continental Congress participated in a peace conference with General Howe, the commander in chief of…

The Game Changer Arrives

The Intro

I’ve been busy getting my new PC rig set up and ready to romp and stomp, so I’ve pretty much gone AWOL online for the past week. Hopefully things will get back to normal once I adjust to the new computer and get used to the new Windows 7 interface. After 8 years, there’s so…

Female Whale Mountain Beast Aims to be Become an even BIGGER Whale Mountain Beast

You know, when I read things like this, I honestly just want to fall on my own sword (if I had one.) Let me point out just a couple of the injustices here. One, she’s getting tons of traffic to her blog, which is in turn helping to fund her quest to reach 1,000 pounds….

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