I’ve had an Amazon wishlist for quite a while. When I first started buying from them, I used an actual Wyse terminal attached to an external modem (for the purposes highly overpowered at 19.2kbps). Sometimes an item ends up on the list that I have no clue why I put it there. Like the 6-CD’s of crappy covers that is Party With Pride,which if my guess is correct, I put on the list for it’s cover of “99 Red Balloons”. But the ‘artist’ names are totally worth the used CD price I paid….”Venus With Penus”…alllllllrighty then =p
Archive for August 4th, 2008
Wishlist Surprises
Monday, August 4th, 2008Simple Rules To Save Your Life
Monday, August 4th, 20081. If you commute to work, you should live such that your commute is always out of the sun, rather into the sun. For a 9-5′er, this means always living east of where you work. Your ability to see what’s in front of you is highly important. The risk you are avoiding is significant. I’m really surprised the Auto Insurance folks haven’t clued into this one.
2. When walking corner-to-corner at an intersection, you should travel around the intersection opposite of the side of the road driven on (or if you rather, as if you were traveling from passenger seat to driver’s seat). For US-ains, this means traveling clockwise. This maximizes your visibility to drivers making turns across the cross-walk.
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