Monthly Archives: January 2010

Lost?

Hey, we just discovered this new show on Netflix download! It's called "Lost". Looks like it could be good.

I'll be surprised if it lasts more than a season, though - it seems a little complicated for American taste. Oh well, I'll watch the rest of the first season anyway.

I'll let you know how it turns out.

Funeral Home Loses Mind

msnbc.com:

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico - Members of a family are suing a funeral home, claiming their mother's brain was sent home in a bag of personal effects given to them after her death.

The lawsuit filed on behalf of four family members in state District Court in Albuquerque says the discovery was made the day after interment, when relatives smelled a foul odor coming from a bag they received from DeVargas Funeral Home and Crematory of the Espanola Valley.

My Last Dell

I ordered a new PC from Dell last night: one of these cute little Zino things. But, apparently I screwed up and ordered it with Vista 32, instead of Windows 7 x64, like I wanted. So, I immediately called Dell's order support to see if I could change it. They were closed for the evening - which seems like an odd thing to be, since their order support is definitely not based in the US. Ahem.

So, I called them this AM, got one person who transferred me to another person, who immediately hung up on me after hearing my question. I called back, got another person, who transferred me to someone else, who told me that the order was already in production. I asked when it was expected to ship. "January 29th". I ordered it less than 12 hours ago, it's going to be in production for three weeks, and it's too late to change anything ? Yes. Can I cancel it? No.

So, I hung up on him.

I've got a room full of Dells, everywhere I look, I see Dell insignias. But this will be my last. I understand they have systems and processes they need to follow, but if it's not shipping for three weeks, there's no way that PC is anywhere near the stage where they're putting the OS onto it. At this point, it's nothing more than a few rows in some database.