Okay. That’s pretty adorable.
So a lot of people have been telling me to listen to Robyn. I’ve listened and I have to say that I don’t really like it very much. As an offering to those of you who might be as disinterested as me (or if you just want to see what I’m talking about), I give you Reverie Sound Revue’s “One Marathon”. They’re a Canadian band that I first heard on Noggin’s Radio Free Roscoe and I’ve liked them ever since. This is one of my favorites. Enjoy.
Despite the insanity of this weekend, this incredible song by Japanese rock group The Pillows still does me in. Thank you, my twilight.
1. Fold Clothes and Put in Laundry Bags and Boxes
2. Put Games in Boxes
3. Put Movies in Boxes
4. Put Self in Boxes
5. Put Boxes in Boxes
6. Put Box Boxes in Boxes
Box. Boxes Box Boxes Box Boxes
Bock Bock Bock Bock Bock
Chicken.

So my roommate Jon Washington is going to be selling a bunch of his stuff before he moves to Portland. That’s right: Chikin Guy’s Jon Washington! One of the items is a copy of Ico for the PS2. I was explaining to him how rare the game is these days and how on Amazon it’s one of those games that just has a huge price tag put on it. That’s when I found this listing:
Before you double take, YES, you’re reading it correctly. That is a 10 million dollar price tag. Oddly, though, that’s NOT the part I take issue with. Maybe someone out there honestly thinks that Ico is worth 10 million dollars. It is, in fact, a great game.
Here’s the part I have a problem with.
You’re not only going to fucking charge someone 10 million dollars for your used copy of Ico, but then you’re going to have the fucking audacity to make that same individual pay an EXTRA $3.99 for shipping?
Spring for a fucking BOX, man. Shell out some packing peanuts or those plastic hot dog shaped bags of fart air or whatever that stuff is. Something, man. It’s 10 million dollars.
Come on. Don’t be an asshole.
So let it be made very clear that when you throw something mean out into the universe, you should be TOTALLY ready for the universe to come back and slap you in the face.
Literally hours after I post the article about the iPhone 4 bumper issue - ridiculing Steve Jobs and his “terrible hardware”, I was greeted by my current cell phone nightmare.
Apparently a lot of the HTC EVO’s have been experiencing this problem: the charging port on the phone is loose causing the phone to be unable to charge or connect to a PC.
This sucks. I have already purchased a replacement battery and an external charger so that I can just swap them, but it doesn’t change the fact that I can’t connect to my computer. I also need to talk to an agent but Sprint’s chat service has been down since Friday for some reason.
Also, while many people have experienced this EXACT issue, the Sprint store people are reportedly not allowing exchanges or returns based on it.
I haven’t personally tried to return it, but considering it’s the ONLY thing wrong with my phone and I didn’t try to root it or any of that other crap, it’s pretty clear that this is a factory issue and not something that should happen within two weeks of owning the phone.
So, technology gods, I apologize. I didn’t mean to anger you. Here. *Throws batteries and silicon at them.* Please just give me a phone that works as well as this was, but also can connect to a computer and/or charger. Thanks.
Note: For the record, when my battery started to die, I had to use low settings, but my phone was still completely usable for nearly 2 days before finally dying. Surprising considering all of the things people have been saying about the EVO’s terrible battery life, eh?
Please laugh with me at this:
Free iPhone 4 Bumper Cases For All!
Yeah… Remember when the iPhone 4 didn’t have a reception issue that was completely hardware based? Me neither. Thanks for finally owning up to it, Jobsie. I’m not saying my EVO is perfect, but so far I haven’t heard of HTC sending out extended batteries to EVERY customer.
Also: Quote is actually attributed to Tremendosaur’s Jacob Reed. Not Steve Jobs.
Thanks to Heather Campbell for posting this. It’s pretty great. They did a few others too. Check ‘em out!
Listen to the above and let the awesome hit you. Pass this one around, kids. Dexter Sinister - Welcome to My Temple. And when you’re done with that, check out the other track on Dexter’s SoundCloud profile. Happy Tuesday.
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