Only Apple can get away with not telling you how much you actually paid:
The “Order Acknowledgment” email you receive later includes the taxes paid. Not a big deal when purchasing an “APPLE WIRELESS KEYBOARD-USA”, but I would think it would be annoying if you were purchasing a laptop or another big item.
I read with a big smile on my face all the stories about iPhone mania. It’s awesome to think of so many people having fun and sharing an experience.
It also reminds me what animals we are. Animals looking for attention, companionship, and to be part of a big social event.
This leads me to also imagine [...]
Julia and I have discussed getting an Apple iPhone, and after playing with the iPod Touch this last week, we’ll likely get one, but I don’t have the time or energy to participant in today’s iPhone madness. Instead, I’d like to thank Nokia for the Nokia 3220b. The phone is over four years old, and still works fine.
Or so they all tell me. Does it really ever take 10 days?
Lately, we’ve been watching lots of movies and whole television series. The TV shows stand out more in mind as we spend much more time with the characters. Some of our favorites have been:
Friends (?) - Julia has watched all of the seasons, and I’ve enjoyed many, many of the episodes.
Grey’s Anatomy (?) - we [...]
Heritage Education Funds Inc (Heritage RESP) called unsolicited a couple of weeks ago. Immediately after the caller introduced himself, I said we’re not interested. He responded, “You’re not going to save for your child’s education?”
How crazy is that? Although it deserved no response, I said, “Yes, I am, but there are plenty of other options.”
I [...]
The email’s subject read “Grand Opening: The Apple Store, Pacific Centre.” and there is a prominent Get Directions button, but I’m not sure they would have sent it to me if they had considered where I live (if it was a person manually sending the invites). It’s a Google estimated 2 hours 47 mins “drive” [...]
The US dollar is down again since yesterday relative to the Canadian dollar. I hope this is a temporary pause before it continues its “correction” from the painful-for-me long time lows. I don’t know why I let myself continue to be surprised that investing is just a more sophisticated and dignified form of gambling.
Julia helped me learn that I’ve been misusing a pillow for a long time.
The correct use of a pillow is to pull it right in against the shoulders, but not under the shoulders.
Matt linked to our Happiness Engineer job posting:
Our software and services are far from perfect, and when things go wrong people aren’t shy about contacting us asking for help. We consider the support side of the user experience to be vitally important because it’s the person who interacts with our customers most and makes the [...]
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