Microsoft\’s back to their old tricks again. This time, they\’re blocking access to MSN.com for non-Microsoft browsers. Well, fuck \’em. I never go to MSN.com anyway.

Apple introduced their mp3 player, the iPod, yesterday. It looks pretty cool. 5 gig capacity and a firewire connection. It\’s also pretty small and the battery\’s supposed to last 10 hours. But, in typical Apple fashion it\’s way overpriced at $399. Plus it only works with Macs for now.

Oh man, this is so cool: The Homer Simpson Dot Pal is a doll that plugs into your computer\’s USB port and it moves and talks based on your actions. So, for example, if you get new email Homer goes \”Woohoo!\” You can even download new sounds from the website. It costs $50 – $60 though.

   

A little juvenile humor for you.

The SiPix Pocket Printer is a neat little printer that uses A6 size paper. It weighs a total of 14 ounces total and can work on 4 AA batteries. It\’s perfect for those of you who need to print stuff from your PDAs.

I finally got through to my insurance guy this morning. At noon I dropped my car off at a body shop in Glendale. I hope they take good care of my baby. Then I went over to Enterprise and rented a Dodge Stratus. Don\’t laugh, I originally reserved a Chevy Metro but the dude upgraded me cause my insurance agency gives them deals or something. Anyway, in a few days my car will be good as new.

This article reports that Xbox demo units at Toys R Us, Target, Software Etc, and other stores are freezing and crashing. Ha ha. Take that, Microsoft!

So I was trying to get ahold of my insurance…uh…claim investigator agent or whatever he\’s called. He left a message while I was at work on Friday, so I called him back and got his voice mail. I called 2 more times and didn\’t get him, so I figured he went home or something. Which meant I had to wait 2 extra days to get my car taken care of. Anyway, bright and early this morning I called him and got his voice mail again. I called every hour and couldn\’t reach him. Finally I called the operator at his office, she said she\’d go get him. Turns out he wasn\’t in the office today. What the hell? Where\’d he go? What, did he cut work to go hang out at Arnold\’s with Ralph Malph and The Fonz? Damnit, I want to get my car fixed as soon as possible. I can\’t bear to see my new car damaged like that.

I\’m at 9,996 hits! Our 10,000th visitor will receive tickets to Supertramp! (Bonus points if you know where that quote\’s from).

Ha ha, I love found art. Artist Damien Hirst\’s installation, which consisted of a big pile of beer bottles, coffee cups and assorted trash, was thrown away by a custodian at the Eyestorm gallery because he thought it really was trash. Luckily the gallery was able to recreate the piece and the custodian didn\’t lose his job.