Ron | January 20, 2010
I love Yelp, but I also love credibility and honesty. Apparently, Yelp’s been accused of massaging scores if businesses hand over some advertising dough. There was always that minor suspicion but this article details it fully: http://www.eastbayexpress.com/eastbay/yelp-extortion-allegations-stack-up/Content?oid=1176984
The story, which was picked up by national news outlets including The New York Times and The [...]
admin | January 18, 2010
This is why people bag on Microsoft.
SQL Server Management Studio 2005 forgets password
As does the 2008 version. I ran into this issue, and was (not) surprised to find the bug dating back to version 2005 and still not be fixed. Hey, at least you can delete some files to fix it though.
On another note, it’s [...]
Ron | January 8, 2010
So Avatar, the anti-corporate-excess, anti-unregulated-mercenary, anti-imperialist, anti-war, anti-materialism, anti-racism, pro-environment, sci-fi action adventure romance just passed $1.1 billion not too long ago (and stands as the fastest movie to hit a billion). Not too shabby, especially for sci-fi, which traditionally does not have wide appeal. I guess James Cameron knows how to make a movie. [...]
Ron | January 1, 2010
Well before I write an actual movie review, I thought I’d throw this up after I went with some IMAX noobs at one of my viewings of Avatar…My friend’s friend waited over 3 hrs in line, alone, being about 20th from the front. What’s he do once he goes in? He sits 4 rows from [...]
Ron | December 23, 2009
[Update] I’ve seen researched it a little more, and I’ve heard multiple complaints about the XpandD glasses. Also, apparently the IMAX version has the full cut, whereas the non-IMAX versions have a cropped cut, losing about 25% of the screen. Definitely see it in real IMAX if you can.
“Cameron’s genius is this: He makes movies [...]
Ron | December 5, 2009
Interesting. My friend pointed out that Google’s directions to an address we were heading to was completely wrong. Apparently Google dumped Nav Teq in ‘08 for Tele Atlas, and recently it dumped Tele Atlas in favor of its own collected data. Ambitious, but now Maps doesn’t seem to be very accurate anymore. These directions are [...]
admin | October 28, 2009
Don’t buy a Mustang for any future wife.
http://jalopnik.com/5390929/mustang-crash-gallery/
Do consider a Subie.
http://www.drive.subaru.com/Sum06_WhatsInside.htm
During an extrication seminar I was conducting, several members of an area fire department approached me with a question and a challenge. They had encountered [...]
Ron | October 4, 2009
Honda Chief: “Hyundai is awesome.” — Autoblog
http://www.autoblog.com/2009/10/04/honda-chief-hyundai-is-awesome/
Japan’s automakers know a threat when they see one, and based on their words, it sure isn’t in Michigan. Motown is fleeting image in the Japanese carmakers’ rearview mirrors, which they’re now nervously checking for a budding South Korean juggernaut. …
At the moment, I feel like many people have [...]
Ron | August 17, 2009
Someone managed to exploit a flaw in the way I calculate high scores for my game Gem Story.
As of 8/18/09,
Quest
Name
Score
Level
Date
ma
2147483647
16
August 13 2009
Loren
1317023
28
August 16 2009
yan
1108697
9
August 04 2009
Matt
880118
20
August 06 2009
moogleii
313409
17
July 10 2009
smd
298247
1
July 08 2009
bud
284941
32
July 11 2009
Emily
242672
6
July 07 2009
hech
184688
8
July 15 2009
Gg
170662
13
August 05 2009
I thought I had accounted for such a scenario with proper checks, but it looks like [...]
Ron | April 6, 2009
Just posted on Youtube (links below) is a tire shootout between:
The new Bridgestone RE-11 ( successor to the RE-01R)
The Dunlop Direzza Z1 Star Spec (I’m running on them now and I am quite pleased with them)
The Toyo Proxes R1R
and the Yokohama Advan Neova AD07
The Z1 Star Specs are about a year old now, so I [...]
