A blog worth reading…
While this blog has been mentioned somewhere else, TV? who knows, I think it is an interesting read. So I feel kinda lame cause this isn't so much of a FIND as much as someone else found it, made a big deal about it, I heard about it, and here I am perpetuating it...
But I digress... it is called New York Hack and it is written by a female cab driver in NYC. I enjoy it. Check it on out...
Interesting iTunes articles…
I have often wondered more about the way iTunes does stuff, but I don't have the time that the authors of these 2 articles do...
How Much Does iTunes Like My Five-Star Songs?
I will admit these came a from a /. story.
Cartoons…
this is getting out of hand really. Seriously. WAY out of hand. People are protesting and burning and rioting over some cartoons. Seriously. Get a grip.
It is nice to see though that all organized religions have giant hypocrisies in certain circles. Catholic churches and child molestation, Islam and the recent violence. Cheating, lying, whatever I guess.
Good to see people still can pick and choose what parts of their 'religion' that they choose to follow.
by no means I am stating that all people do this or that or anything, so relax. It is more a comment that people claim strong beliefs, and will allow that to dictate SOME of their behavior, but not all of it. How people can claim one aspect as law, but not others. Catholics think gay is bad, but shell fish was just a fad. Ok. Commandments say do not lie, but it is ok on taxes. Don't covent your neighbors stuff, but it is ok to 'keep up with the joneses' in our materialistic US culture. Ok. Whatever.
oh eBay, you bring out the worst in me…
So I admit to being a dick... in the sense that... When you sell stuff on eBay, you type in your description, etc. Then, it is up for auction. Now so long as no one has bid, you can change the description and title. Once there is a bid, however, you can't change the title, and you can only APPEND to the description. Obviously, misspelling the company name on an item's description can have negative effects on the traffic to your auction.
With that in mind, I have a saved search on eBay for all the misspellings of the word 'yakima' so that I can score a good deal on a yakima rack. So whenever a new item is listed with a misspelling, I get an email (well, 1 email with all the new listings that day). Then I go bid on them so I lock in the title so it can't be edited. Yeah, that is the part where I am a dick.
So I see one for a Yakima ski attachment, but it is misspelled. In the title, it is 'YAKAMA ski rack with locks'. In the description it says: "yakama ski rack for use with yackama roof rack. will carry 2 pairs of skis and lock."
I put in a $3 bid... and hit confirm. THEN I noticed it was a $35 shipping fee, which is outrageous. I was ticked off, but not too bad. So I emailed the guy and said ~"hey, you can't edit your listing cause I bid on it. Then I noticed your shipping. I realize this is my problem, but, how about you cancel my bid, edit your listing for more traffic. Sounds like a win win." ... he responded with "like you said...not my problem. sorry, but i could care less about the spelling."
So now I am annoyed, not because I may win this auction for something I don't need, but that he is so dumb. Doesn't care about the spelling. He doesn't spell Yakima correctly ANYWHERE on the auction, nor does he ever use the product's name. So if someone searches for "ski rack" they will see it, other than that, nothing. He also put it in the 'Car and Truck Parts -> Other parts' section, not in the car rack section. I may actually win this.
I checked, I can likely flip it for about $50 or so plus shipping, so I can make a quick $15, and that isn't a big amount of work on my part, I list stuff on eBay at work all day, so I am not too concerned about it. But since he is an idiot, I almost want to win it, get it, flip it, and send him a link to it closing at a significantly larger dollar amount. Just to be a dick.