Where in the world is "Isreal"?

 Posted on February 9, 2008  (Last modified on February 29, 2008)

Take a look at this snapshot from CNET’s Quickcast this week. (2/7/2008) I couldn’t find the place on a map. However, they have a population of web entrepreneurs equivalent to that of silicon valley. [Read More]

XBOX Live Service Down...Again

 Posted on January 21, 2008

Well, contrary to the news on Major Nelson’s podcast, Microsoft has not fixed the Xbox Live woes. It appears that there is a lot more work to do! The service today (last 8+ hours) is unreliable to completely shotty when trying to play/matchmake Halo 3 or COD 4. [Read More]

Took the Nerd Test

 Posted on September 22, 2007  (Last modified on February 15, 2008)

Well, I took the Nerd Test this evening. Here are my results

NerdTests.com says I’m a Kinda Dorky Nerd God. What are you? Clickhere!

A complete lack of customer service...A Fry's Electronics Story

 Posted on January 28, 2007  (Last modified on February 6, 2015)

![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Fry_s_Electronics.svg /176px-Fry_s_Electronics.svg.png) Well, my wife and I walked into one of the local Fry’s Electronics stores today. To be precise, it was the store on Thunderbird in Glendale, Arizona. I was prepared to talk about speakers for my home theater system. [Read More]

Received a phishing email

 Posted on January 25, 2007

Well, I received the following phishing email this evening. The poser is a website in Germany. Here is the actual URL from the link href: der- girlz-clan.de/vwar/admin/Secure.html And unlike their ads, “Like a Good Neighbor…", State Farm is NOT there. [Read More]