Misc crap on my mind
Tuesday, August 2nd, 2005
..and I do mean crap..
Apple..
Earlier today watched a conversation about Apple. A few people were talking about their ipods and ibooks and were slamming microsoft. The slams about stability were definately worth it with 95/98/ME.. but in reality, I’ve had very few OS level problems with 2k/XP that weren’t caused by another program. The main item that amused me was the part when they spoke about the evil Microsoft company.. and it wasn’t so much about the business practices about forcing companies to bundle windows, but was just “anti-large-company” which amuses me since Apple isn’t exactly run out of someone’s garage anymore.. but hey, there’s always an underdog to cheer for.. and I admit that I may someday purchase an ibook for myself, not because of Apple making it, but because it runs unix and hopefully will do everything I want and do it well.
Bank one and their annoying calls.
While on the phone overseas with my woman earlier, I got one of those annoying calls where they gloss over the part of the call where they’re selling something and get to the “we’d like to confirm your address” part.. then they alert you that they’re going to record the call to confirm the spelling of your name and that you’ll get the special gift… for allowing them to add purchase protection to your account. I *HATE* that BS and the way they phrase it. As with any offer, the wording is important.. and they do their trick well. I just hate that as an existing customer they call and bug me and ended up causing a dropped call. *grumble*
Police yearbook fund…
Ok, so my home number is listed as a business number.. was the only way to get the correct people dealing with my account. Unfortunately it also makes it possible for people to call the business since there’s no “business” do no call list.. so the other day, the police call regarding a yearbook fund - no matter how many times I tried to explain this isn’t a business and I don’t have a window to put their “we support the police” sticker in, they continue their sales.. finally I gave in, it wasn’t worth it.. this does give me some concerns about the law enforcement’s ability to listen though.. I just got my stickers for my business window today.. no idea where I’m gonna stick ‘em
Plucked bird…
Ok, so last weekend I was at the parent’s place and we were talking about my parrot with the feather plucking problem. He found a website kings cages which had a formula that you add to the water and it helps reduce the bird’s plucking. I’ve ordered some.. should get here in a couple weeks (they’re backordered).. and then should take 5 weeks to see major changes.. we’ll see how it goes. I plan to document the changes. Probably will be a post here after it’s done.
Jack FM
I liked it at first, but having many styles of music on random gets old quickly. Personally the Clear Channel ownership doesn’t change my listening to the station.. but it all comes down to the type of music and the DJ. Unfortunately many of my favorite stations over time have all gone away.. the best ever was 98.1 in St Louis which had NO TALK RADIO in the mornings.. and just played good music with your standard commercial breaks and occasionally a comment or two from the DJs, but mainly there was music.. good music. Something tells me that mp3 players in cars will become more common in the future, especially as the main generations that drive become more tech-friendly. Now if they’d start selling music collections on MP3 CDs in the store I’d be a happy guy.