March 2005 - Posts

Trippin', Short For Tripping, Because She's a Hip Hippy Hippie
30 March 05 06:30 AM | Jason Looney | 0 Comments   

I'm happy to report that the Daddy Needs A DVR 2005 Campaign has ended... pleasantly! Instead of losing an appendage ( see : Daddy Needs A Laptop 2003), I was awarded a TiVo . I've come to learn that the TiVo automatically records programs for you based Read More...

Filed under: Movies, Television

The Day The Planet Died
26 March 05 10:00 AM | Jason Looney | 0 Comments   

All your base are belong to us . And, how to destroy the earth . Read More...

Filed under: Links

Forefathers and Forepersons
18 March 05 07:00 AM | Jason Looney | 0 Comments   

We’re still busy putting our house back together again, but I finally have my computer back into place and plugged into various things. I think having no computer (or television!) for a few days gave me a new outlook. Specifically, I don’t Read More...

Filed under: Links

Thank You, Windows XP
11 March 05 08:00 AM | Jason Looney | 0 Comments   

Thank you, Windows XP, for letting me know that my document was sent to the printer. When I clicked the printer icon in the toolbar, then clicked the "Print" button on the ensuing dialog, then saw the little printer icon appear in the system tray, I wasn't Read More...

Filed under: Technology

She Was a Pretty Toilet... Then I Shatner
10 March 05 07:00 AM | Jason Looney | 0 Comments   

We’re doing a bunch of work on the house this week, which means we’ve been staying up until 1:00 a.m. each night to play with furniture and drywall screws. So, it’s a light blogging week. But that doesn’t mean we’ve forgotten about you. We know how you Read More...

Filed under: Television

Heady Defenestration
09 March 05 08:00 AM | Jason Looney | 0 Comments   

If you’ve ever sat in a car made by Chrysler or any other automobile manufacturer, you must read this short article . Please take a few seconds to read the entire thing. Read More...

Filed under: Links, Autos and Driving

Who Moved My Fruit?
08 March 05 06:00 AM | Jason Looney | 0 Comments   

As I sit here eating Dannon's "Fruit on the Bottom" yogurt, I wonder. I wonder if Dannon originally wanted the fruit/yogurt combination to be more colloidal, and if their food engineers spent months trying to keep the fruit perfectly distributed within Read More...

Filed under: Marketing

Lost Forever
03 March 05 08:30 AM | Jason Looney | 1 Comments   

Anybody catch Lost last night? Me too! I TiVo ’d it. Oh wait — no I didn’t. I was busy grinding flour in my stone crucible. And tending to my oxen herd. And growing my man-beard. (So begins the campaign: Daddy Needs a DVR 2005) Read More...

Filed under: Technology, Television

Beaten At My Own Game
02 March 05 06:45 PM | Jason Looney | 0 Comments   

Last night my oldest son asked me, "Dad, where's the Red Square?" I quickly answered, "Moscow," but I could see he was confused, so I added, "Russia." More confusion. It took me a moment, but eventually I realized that he's two years old. He was missing Read More...

Filed under: Family

The Center of All Things Super
01 March 05 05:15 AM | Jason Looney | 1 Comments   

I've been getting a lot of e-mail about the new Wal-Mart Supercenter going up near my house. I figured I would save myself some time and answer all of the questions publicly, FAQ-style. What is FAQ? It's an acronym for Frequently Asked Questions . How Read More...

Filed under: Marketing