I must apologize to my regular readers—I seem to have made myself a bit scarce lately. Things at work have been astronomically busy, even more so than usual for this time of year since we are understaffed and the boss doesn’t want to or can’t do anything about it.
As far as how things are going [...]

AnandTech headline: ATI owners rejoice, HL2 rocks on their hardware…
ATI may still have severe trouble coding decent drivers for their state-of-the-art PC video technology, but for all that, it still works better than nVidia’s last two generations’ worth of competition. The first benchmarks from Valve’s upcoming Half-Life 2 are in, and ATI whips the [...]

It’s a flying vermin! Duck! Those are the words I could have shouted as I was sitting in front of my widescreen TV tonight, only to look up and see a humongous, disgusting cockroach flying toward me. About a split second after I realized what it was, the damn thing dropped straight out of the [...]

At one point in time I was speculating heavily about the next-generation Pontiac Grand Am, scheduled for release in the 2005 model year. Last time I talked about it, not much was certain except that the car would be built on a brand-new platform and would become somewhat larger and more full-featured, following in the [...]

No matter where I go, my Trans Am continually and consistently receives lousy treatment at area shops. It seems like I’ve taken that car through the wringer. I feel like I’ve had one huge, expensive operation after another, but in reality, I’ve mostly just had tire rotations and headlamp door motor repairs. It’s just that [...]

Okay, this is not a slam against women. This is a slam against arrogantly ignorant, lazy, stupid people who are so blind to their own failings, they end up blaming everyone else for their problems. 99% of the ones I’m mentioning today happen to be women, so there you go. The exposition: Last night, in [...]