Archive for November, 2006

Thursday, November 30th, 2006

Sales Drones

I agreed to a sales call today that didn’t go so well. When you trying to sell me something, please don’t invest half your presentation in to why I shouldn’t buy your competitors product. And when you tell me “Web 2.0 is going to be a huge thing now”, you lose a lot of credibility.

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Monday, November 20th, 2006

Lavatory Goodness

Comps to the bathrooms at Arizona Stadium for having waterless urinals. I’m often frustrated that they’re not more common out here. Although they’re so tightly spaced they might as well have stuck with a trough. They also had a sink I hadn’t seen since 4th grade. My elementary school had one huge sink that both [...]

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Sunday, November 19th, 2006

Orange Juice

I know it sounds cruel, but seeing a 4 year old peel an orange then squint and scream from flying juice is kind of funny. But after five times it’s downright hilarious.

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Thursday, November 16th, 2006

Click to Call

Click to call in Google Maps On the one hand I’m thinking “My god could we be any lazier?”. And on the other hand I’m mostly thinking the same thing. However… We foot the bill for calls (local and long distance). So you basically now have free long distance to any business in the US.

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Monday, November 13th, 2006

thumbs down for you!

Hey, Cars, by Gary Numan, get the heck out of my Fatboy Slim station. You’re a fine song in your own right, but not here.

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Monday, November 13th, 2006

awesome gmail feature

Gmail Mute: Ignore “the thread that won’t die” powered by performancing firefox

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Wednesday, November 8th, 2006

stunned

I’m sitting here at my desk with my mouth literally agape, completely stunned at the email I’m reading. I’m still saying “wow” to myself. Not just in my head, out loud too. I was trying to register on a technical forum for a product we use. I was trying to register using ‘bbendick’, the same [...]

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