Thursday, July 17, 2008

    Excuses

    Work has been busy. Summertime always results in people spending more time being active... some of them making poor choices, sometimes resulting in injury. Aside from work occupying a lot of time, I have not felt much like writing anything.

    Saturday, retired the batphone (nextel) and stood in line (for about an hour) and purchased an iPhone 3g. I spent that evening (and a portion of Sunday) customizing my new gadget and loading it up with useful goods. On my way to work I have been listening to downloaded podcast (of talk radio I miss out on since I am not driving these days), and while on a lunch break I was able to watch part of a downloaded TV show I missed last season. Next, I plan to get my hands on the episodes of Penn & Teller's Bullshit! that I have missed. Good times.

    I saw J the weekend of 21 June. We went to dinner and caught a movie. I tried sushi for the first time in my life and it wasn't bad. I had avoided it up until then, being very reluctant to put anything in the animal kingdom in my mouth in its raw state. After dinner, we went to the early showing of "The Happening" -- which in all honesty I filed under "disappointing". Beware! The Wind Blows! This weekend, if I can break away long enough, I want to see The Dark Knight.

    Sleep, as usual, does not come easy, but overall I feel pretty good. I am reading three books right now, and listening to The Tipping Point (Malcom Gladwell), which was recommended by lotek. (I am not sure if he is actively posting anywhere.)

    I have not yet purchased the Lunchsense containment system mentioned in an earlier post. My lawn has spawned some kind of brown fungus growth which I am trying to get under control (read that as eliminated). That sums it up!

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    Thursday, December 28, 2006

    The Reason SOME People Can Never Find Things On-Line.

    While shopping at BEST BUY, I was looking at (what I want) Sony Grand WEGA 70" 1080p Rear-Projection SXRD XBR HDTV Model: KDS-R70XBR2, I was approached by a goofy looking sales guy. He attempted to make small talk about the TV without actually telling me much about it, saying things like, "That's some picture, huh?" and "Big, ain't it?"

    He finally got around to making the assumption that I was there to BUY today, and he started to mention the (numerous) features this particular model; and he stated that the one on display did not have the side-mount speakers attached. I asked how big the speakers were and he said that he did not have a picture of it, but oh hey, there is probably one on the internet if I wanted to see it.

    I followed him to the back of the TV sales floor and looked around at the other TVs while he looked around the internet. The browser opened to the YAHOO main page. Goofy sales guy typed "Best Buy" into the Search box.


    His search results yielded a page full of links - all pointing to BEST BUY DOT COM. (Wow. That's Amazing!) He clicked the first one. From there, he putzed around, viewing menu after menu, attempting to find the model by clicking around the site-- rather than simply entering the Model Number directly into the significantly visible "Search For" form located towards the top of the site. Nearly ten minutes later, he had the correct model displayed on the computer's small screen.

    In order to create this post, I followed his path (including the YAHOO-portion of his search. (I wanted to time this process and compare it to his) and clicked around until I landed on the correct Model, size, and type of television. Using this method, it still took me (significantly) less than half the amount of time it took him; and I didn't remember the model #.

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