Monthly Archives: February 2003

Great, if you’re reading this you made it here! By now you’ve noticed that I’ve been making massive changes to Obtainium – new logo, all sorts of sections. There’s two focuses (foci?) there – pointing to cool stuff (as well … Continue reading →

If Fry’s opened stores in England, would they call them Chip’s?

Obscure trivia(l) fact of the day: When I was growing up, I remember hearing that the vowels were “A, E, I, O, U, and sometime W and Y.” W? I know, for example, that “by” and “fly” use Y as … Continue reading →

“Dell dude” arrested for marijuana posession. But the peanut gallery comments are even funnier: “Maybe he was at a party with Ellen Feiss… ” “Doesn’t he know that pot is a gateway drug?” “buying a Dell gives money to “the … Continue reading →

Open-source idea, since I don’t have a consumer electronics company. (Though I hear the patent office grants patents with almost no review lately.) Voice-activated telephone answering system. When the phone receives an incoming call, the voice activation circuit comes on, … Continue reading →

My friend Chris sent me a change of address today, and included a vcard – so I went ahead and added a vcard to my address site (Yep, that’s the site I referred to another friend who asked for my … Continue reading →

Got another virus today, in the email box. Except it wasn’t. Here’s my evidence (addresses changed to protect the sender): -This was an email addressed to cybertel (at) cybertelcorp.com – an address we don’t use (undefined email addresses at cybertelcorp.com … Continue reading →