My mind”s been too distracted by work, LSU, holidays, East Atlanta goings-on and looking at cars to focus much Wisdom on my ongoing car search. But to cut to the chase; I bought one last Tuesday. And what ride is now filling the Capn”s half of the Wisdom Garage? After much consideration, many test drives [...]
Archive for the ‘Capns World’ Category
A Year
August 29th, 2006
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One year ago this morning, I was at work trying to get information on Hurricane Katrina as the storm came ashore. I knew the Mississippi coast – and particularly Waveland and Bay Saint Louis – were getting hammered, but there was little real-time information coming out. Then the wife sent me a link over AIM. [...]
Wanted: Auto Technology Adviser
August 22nd, 2006
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So the wife and I did some car shopping this past weekend (the Maxima is nearing the end of its useful life) and I was struck by a consistent theme – nobody trying to sell me a car could tell me much about the technology they want to sell me. Every ride we looked at [...]
Is Dish Network going to kill my DVRs?
August 18th, 2006
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Wow. OK, so the TiVo / EchoStar patent suit has come down to a judge ordering Dish Network to disable my DVR functionality? That HD-DVR I paid $600 for less than a year ago – they”re going to be forced by TiVo (through the court) to render it useless? What the hell did I do [...]
TSA site crashes Safari
August 16th, 2006
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I was going to update my stance on the new “security” standards put forth by the TSA (short answer – it”s ridiculous now since the “immediate threat” has ended), so I wanted to check what the TSA is saying on the rules today. Problem is that over and over (I tried 6 times) when I [...]
Geek chic
July 31st, 2006
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I probably got too excited today when my faithful subordinate presented me with a token gift from his trip out west last week: That”s right – an authentic Apple Zippy. From the Apple Store (as in the one on the campus in Cupertino) no less. Zippies are a key piece of equipment in my line [...]
I love a parade
July 17th, 2006
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As Baton Rouge leaders work on a set of rules for local parades aimed at fostering public safety and welfare, I”d like to relate my experience as a participant in the Spanish Town Mardi Gras Parade. The year was 1985. I was working at a little crawfish boiling, poboy making, snoball shaving, pig lip selling, [...]
Unacceptable
July 4th, 2006
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This morning I was putting away some goods I bought this past weekend during a suburban shopping trip with the wife. As I was de-tagging and de-stickering a pair of Gap jeans, I noticed that sewn inside was another tag marked “DON”T SHOP AT GAP ANYMORE”. Actually, the tag was labeled “REMOVE BEFORE WASHING OR [...]
YouTube to the rescue
June 26th, 2006
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Really longtime readers of The Wisdom (I”m talking Dec. 03 here) will recall my plea for the entertainment industry to put my long-lost TV music treasures out on DVD. The industry, of course, has not done much to expose the Long Tail of content to the masses. The Internet, however, is starting to come through. [...]
