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Comment on Made in the USA by Dez

Dez — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 15:57:36 +0000

Sad to hear it didn’t turn out as expected. And yes, I agree, that’s a huge problem.

Curious – which (few) companies products were actually manufactured in the US? Mostly wondering about Texas Instruments and Xicon.

Comment on Made in the USA by max

max — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 02:15:58 +0000

I’m very sorry to say that though all my parts were sourced through US-based companies (including Mouser Electronics themselves), precious few were actually manufactured in the US. I thought I was doing this to prove to myself that there still are manufacturers of high tech items (actually most of these are bog-simple, so let’s call them medium-tech) in my country. I ended up proving myself dramatically wrong.

Does no one else see this as a problem?

Comment on An argument for the abolition of interstate speed limits. by max

max — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:20:52 +0000

That’s just it. I shouldn’t need cruise control just to drive on the freeway at all. Cruise control is supposed to be a convenience, a luxury. In Ohio they’ve effectively banned driving without it.

Comment on An argument for the abolition of interstate speed limits. by tina

tina — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:25:52 +0000

i’m sending you a brick for cruise control purposes. <3

Comment on The worst website in the world. by max

max — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 05:27:05 +0000

@Jeff Yvette *does* love you. She just doesn’t care if you go blind.

Comment on The worst website in the world. by Erik

Erik — Thu, 27 May 2010 19:20:08 +0000

Yeah pretty awful.
Funny to see where people are at in this world of business.
To think this site would represent your company well?
Makes me wonder what her house/business looks like. Hello Horder!

Comment on The worst website in the world. by Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 27 May 2010 16:42:39 +0000

um…yeah, I’m gonna have to go ahead and agree with you. I spent a while in quiet aw. Although, ironically not quiet at all. There was some terrible music that I had to scroll way down to find out where the player was embedded, a difficult task amongst haphazardly flung, blurry pictures and the neon headlines that are desperately trying to convince you that Yvette cares about you. Wow…wow.

Comment on A most hilariously bootleg optimization. by max

max — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 05:54:57 +0000

Nobody bother telling me how wrong “ORDER BY RAND()” is. I know. Now you all know, too.

Comment on Curling fever. Catch it! by David

David — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 02:39:01 +0000

Check out the pants on the Norwegian team!

Comment on 2000 – 2010: the good, the bad, the ugly. by max

max — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 20:43:48 +0000

For tech I’m going to have to say the rise of the smartphone as a serious computing platform. It’s already completely revolutionized how people communicate, and I don’t think it’s done either.

On a personal level this has been an extremely difficult decade. In addition to everything enumerated above, I also lost my father to cancer, which is kind of a decade-ruiner.

As far as Sarah Palin’s 2012 prospects, that’s a matter for another entry. I’ve a lot to say about it.