Archive for June, 2005

I just rented a DVD from McDonald’s…

Thursday, June 30th, 2005

…and it was great! Vegans, before you stone me, hear me out
McDonalds either owns or is partnering with RedBox Automated DVD Rental.
The gist is this- you select your movies (limited selection of new releases), swipe your card, type in your zip and email, and the machine spits out your DVDs (and emails you […]

Laptop buying advice

Wednesday, June 29th, 2005

People are always asking me about these cheap laptops they see advertised. I thought I’d write down my advice so I can just refer people here.
A laptop is bad thing to cut corners on. You are pretty much stuck with what you buy for the life of the machine.
Celerons are slow — try to stay […]

Google Video now offering viewable videos

Tuesday, June 28th, 2005

One of which… is my Car Ride Vlog.
It’s Windows only at the moment (you have to use the Google Video player - a 1 MB download).
I hope they add a direct link to the video - watching it in the tiny preview window is kind of disappointing.

Lungi-riffic

Monday, June 27th, 2005

I got a lungi.
It’s pretty great.
I wore it to church.
I like my lungi.
It’s not a skirt.

I love my Civic

Friday, June 24th, 2005

Car= Back, Nick = Happy
Wahoo! I finally got my car back after the accident. After almost a month of driving an SUV (thanks Mom!) it’s nice to have my little Civic back. Abscence truly makes the heart grow fonder.
There is one one glitch though: my radio doesn’t turn on. Could be a blown fuse or […]

2005 MIT Weblog Survey

Friday, June 24th, 2005

I just took the 2005 MIT Weblog Survey … if you’re a blogger, you should too.