808 State — my favorite tracks are either 10×10 or TheOnlyRhymeThatBites on 808:88:98, but I really enjoy all of their work. It’s so much more “up beat” than most of what I’ve listened to. Really supports the good mood I’ve been in lately.
Conjure One — Sleep on their self-titled album is a nice gentle track, [...]

<roneVPATH> log this.

I’m getting pretty tired of being asked to fill out or answer phone surveys every time I deal with a company. Isn’t it enough I spent my money with them? I have to get random phone calls and/or pop-ups and/or letters too?

The Pearl’s “VoiceSignal” software is crap, however. It wants to call my “Dentist” or “Voice Mail” whenever I try to call anyone with a one or two syllable name (I have a friend named “Lizz”, and if I say “Lizz” it says “Voice Mail”. Amazing.) It works pretty well to call people by number, but [...]

Does anyone know what these are called?

I want to say “screw holes” or “standoffs”, but that doesn’t seem right. Maybe they’re screw hole standoffs! ?

Why the hell is MS releasing a 512MB stick for their game console such “big” news? It was mentioned on NPR last night along with Ghana celebrating 50 years of independence, as if it was important. Grumble.

My Treo 600 has been having trouble for a while, mostly dropping calls a few seconds in. Pretty frustrating. Overall it’s been a great tool, but circumstances are changing, and if it can’t even reliably accept a phone call any longer… then out it goes.
I replaced it with a Blackberry Pearl. What a difference. It [...]

About a month after I adopted Fat Jerk (aka Praline) and his buddy Chickory I became tired of the daily scooping of the box. It was especially bad because the cats are just so big.
A friend recommended the Litter Robot. I ordered it off of Amazon (free shipping, inexplicably) and set it up. Overall I [...]