More in the unfortunate store name series…
(And right around the corner from Leisure World, no less!)
Month: April 2004
Worst. Computer Store Name. Ever!
Another gem from Joshua Tree (actually Yucca Valley), courtesy of Jason, who first spotted it:
Give me an N!
Megajelly
In case you were wondering, this is what 5 kg of jelly beans looks like:
Mentawhat?
OK, I’m all for spiritual retreats and the like, but what the heck is “mentalphysics?!?”
(Thanks to Jason for the photo!)
Good Timing
Sometime early last year I decided I’d like to get a PowerBook. Ideally, one dual-booting Mac OS and Linux. I spent several months saying “I don’t really need a laptop,” but I really started to like the idea after a while, and Katie started to like the idea too, and this January I went so far as to contact TerraSoft Solutions about pricing. TerraSoft maintains their own PPC Linux distribution, Yellow Dog Linux, and their stock in trade is selling Macs preconfigured to dual-boot Mac OS and Linux.
I decided not to buy one then for two reasons: We had the wedding coming up, and I figured Apple was likely to upgrade the line by summer.
Well, the wedding is next weekend, and Apple has just announced upgrades to the PowerBook line.
It may be time to start looking at PowerBooks again.
For the procrastinator in all of us
From an email I got this morning:
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 01:55:22 EDT
…
Hurry, the clock is ticking on your taxes! Pay your federal taxes with your Discover Card
Last I looked, the deadline was yesterday. And while it may technically have still been April 15 here on the west coast when they sent the message, I think you’d be hard pressed to find a post office open at 11pm.
Aside from that, I find the idea of putting taxes on a credit card somewhat disturbing, though if you don’t have the money on hand, I suppose it may be the best you can do.