October 5th, 2008
Yes, I have been absent from my blog for over a month. I could go on and on about how busy I’ve been, but you and I both know that would just be an excuse (the truth, but still and excuse). So I’ll just leave it at this: I’m sorry… let’s move on.
A few months ago, I started using mint to manage my finances. If you aren’t familiar with it, the service is like Quickbooks for hipsters with ADD(Attention Deficit Disorder). It’s very easy to use, looks pretty, and after doing some research it seemed to assuage my security concerns.
Today, I received my weekly email from them, letting me know that I don’t save nearly as much as I should. At the top was this:
Here’s where I get miffed: The link at the bottom sends you to freecreditreport.com, you know the people with that singing douche bag in their commercials. For all the important info about these guys check out the consumerist.
When I impart my financial trust to any company, I expect that they are going to have my best interests in mind. Mint recommending freecreditreport.com to it’s users is a little like having your AA(Alcoholics Anonymous) sponsor recommend a sip of bacardi to get you over hump-day.
Okay Mint, I’m going to assume that you made a simple mistake. You meant to type www.annualcreditreport.com but for some reason you gave me the aforementioned bullshit.
I’d like to give you a warning, but sadly, you should have known better. It looks like I’m going to have to learn Quickbooks after all.
Good day, Sir!
Tags: betrayal, e-trayal, money
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August 6th, 2008
A month back, Ali and I were watching Bravo. They were showing a preview for the new season of Million Dollar Listing. If you’ve seen any of the advertisements for the show, you know that it features three young men that are one bad housing market away from doing twink porn.
I’m not trying to play favorites, but one of them deserves a little extra attention.
Meet Madison Hildebrand, he’s 26 and will be reprising the role of Bernie in the upcoming remake of Weekend at Bernie’s.
There is no way, on Paris Hilton’s pink planet, that anyone has ever bought anything more than a Hostess cupcake from this gape-mouthed corpse.
I have a few personal tenets that I live by: say ‘I love you’ only when you mean it, never sleep in a Kia, and never buy anything from anyone whose mouth hangs open when they aren’t talking.
Ladies and gentlemen, I think you know what you have to do.
Tags: Reality TV, TV
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August 2nd, 2008
According to Maggie Mason, no one cares what I had for lunch. My question now, is does anyone care about one of my somewhat thick nipple hairs poking through my undershirt? I think I know the answer.
Tags: iphone post, nipple hair
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July 30th, 2008
So I was trolling around Crunchbase (Yeah I know, I’m a huge nerd). One of the companies they had listed as having recieved some of that sweet VC(Venture Capital) money juice, was CarbonFlow. Here is how Crunchbase explains CarbonFlow:
CarbonFlow is a developer of carbon trading software. Specifically, the company works to lower the cost and time it takes to create a credit.
The Carbonflow suite enhances productivity, reduces both administration costs and the financial risks of managing Greenhouse Gas (GHG) offset projects, and manages the delivery of certified carbon credits for buyers and sellers worldwide.
My bro Andrew over at the Greenest Site Ever makes a pretty good point, we can’t just throw money at the carbon problem. Carbon offsets are an interesting way to tackle some of the problem, but a fucking speedboat!? You don’t need that freaking speedboat douchebag! Whew… sorry.
There should be more transparency and integrity in the offset process before we start making it easier to create carbon offsets. Developing software that allows the creation of carbon offsets with greater ease just makes offset fraud that much easier.
Tags: Green
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July 29th, 2008
I made a crack on my Flickr page about this being the only app I use. It was a joke, but I’ve come to realize that it’s the only app outside of Evernote, that I use with any kind of consistency.
So here’s to you iPhone saber.
Tags: app store, Evernote, iphone, iPhone Saber
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