Author: tony

Sony DRM makes some of their DVDs unplayable on many DVD players. I’m starting to honestly think that there’s a guy who works at Sony whose job is to come up with new, innovative ways to anally rape the customer. Good thing I didn’t end up buying one of their defective-by-design Casino Royale DVDs — I was actually considering getting a copy, but I certain shall not do so now.

This is a special entry tonight for those who like to revel in the misery of others. Well, you lot can have a bloody good laugh at the predicament I’m in right now, because I think it reflects a whole new high in the science of achievements in the history of screw-ups. And possibly fraud as well. Fortunately I’m able to follow this very closely and essentially stop anything potentially really bad from happening, but right now the situation is so stupidly bad it’s getting funny, at least to my very exhausted mind.

Continue reading A trip from hell.

I’ve occasionally had (verbal) feedback requesting my email address, which wasn’t shown anywhere on the site; well now that information, as well as other contact methods and a zany bio, are displayed on the new About page.

Boy, I really know how to pick my weekends for travelling. It’s raining so hard in New York today that if you walk outside just for 5 minutes your clothes are completely soaked through with rain. For a walking-around kind of city like NYC, this means a really shitty day out. So, I’m paying $150 a day (just the hotel) for the priviledge of being soaked with New York rain instead of Montreal rain. I don’t think I’m getting my money’s worth…

Wolfowitz acknowledges arranging for the promotion of his then-girlfriend at the World Bank. Gee, it’s not like he’d give someone a nearly-200K/year job just because he was sleeping with her, could it be? Seriously? Bueller?

Remember my new PC? Well, it’s back at the store now (grrr!). A recurring BIOS corruption issue hinted that there was something wrong with the motherboard, so it’s been returned. It’s not a good deal if it doesn’t work, now, is it…

If you think I deleted a few entries, you’re correct. Why? They sucked. What better reason can there be?

Why I will never have a girlfriend, by Tristan Miller. A relentlessly analytical look at love from a probabilistic point of view.

As those close to me know I quit smoking right before New Year’s. This was partly for general health reasons, and partly at the urging of someone, and I was pretty successful — or so I thought — at kicking the habit. Until last week. I decided to smoke again and put plans of quitting on the back burner for a while.

Continue reading The demon weed.

Call Me Call Me by Yoko Kanno and the Seatbelts. One of the best songs from the Cowboy Bebop anime series, which is itself about as good as anime gets.