Batteries and Chips

What the hell kind of promotion is this?

Buy a pack of Duracell's, get a free tube of Pringles?

Coordinated Remotes

I love it when I own more than one audio or visual product from the same manufacturer...

...because the remotes match.

Except for Onkyo...

UPS Delivers to the Past

Check this out. A few days after ordering a cool new wool jacket online, I received the shipping notice with the UPS tracking number. I clicked on the tracking number only to find it's been delivered, to the past, and to the wrong state...

Here's a closer look at the shipping detail...

Keyboard Fix

I use a computer keyboard for most of the day at work. Sometimes I really get into the groove, get typing fast, and occasionally miss the ESC key and hit the F1 key. Depending on the application, this will often bring up the annoying and worthless Windows help dialog box and interrupt my, well, groove.

Today I fixed this problem.

I also fixed the similarly annoying problem of hitting the numlock key, which disables the number pad.

And while I was at it, I decided to rearrange my arrow keys. Subtly symbolizing my frequent confusion of where to go in life.

Rooty Tooty Fresh 'n Fruity

Fans of stand-up comedy may remember Brian Regan's very humerus bit on when an IHOP goes out of business and another business opens up within the same space.

I believe this is one of those places...

Empire and Veterans - Bloomington, IL

Lifetime Product Lifetime Warranty, Prt 2

Looks like they received my pack...

I received this postcard not a week or so after sending my almost 15 year old backpack in for warranty repair.

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Lifetime Product Lifetime Warranty

With great sentimental value, I recently sent in my Eastpak backpack to have the main zipper repaired under its lifetime warranty. Having for the most part survived college unscathed, the main zipper had failed in one direction.

It's a basic backpack. It's not waterproof by any means. There's no cell phone pocket, no holder for an MP3 player with a rubber grommeted headphone cord hole. There's no designated location for a Camelbak. Now that I think about it, there aren't even a few small sleeves for pens or pencils. Who ever used those anyway?

But this guy was with me through college. I loved it and I want to use it again.

Here it is. You can see the zipper that has failed. The zipper stays open on either side.

I filled out the form, available on line, indicating where the problem zipper exists. There was an option asking me to select in the event that it could not be repaired, would I prefer it back unrepaired or would I prefer a replacement. I asked that it be returned unrepaired.

I mailed it Monday Sept 14th.

I hope it returns to me safely and repaired.