Bitter Obscurity

2009

December
November
October
August 2
July
June 1
May
April 24
March 12
January 16

2008

June
May 7
April 15
March 7
January 12

2007

June 1
May 18
April
March
February
January
chungkuo: Oh, and for the record. You do NOT want to give my 1/2 Siamese anything resembling...
Aug 31st
chungkuo: Listening to old school Sabbath. Sure, Ozzy’s a cartoon now but Geezer and the boys...
Aug 31st
chungkuo: My friend Sandra made a cool podcast. How to make a homemade Rubik’s Cube!...
Aug 31st
chungkuo: Bad PCMCIA slot in my GM’s laptop. Balls. (via Twitter / chungkuo)
Aug 31st
chungkuo: Allison’s driving now. Car’s on the move! (via Twitter / chungkuo)
Aug 30th
chungkuo: It’s fast enough to you tube (via Twitter / chungkuo)
Aug 30th
chungkuo: In the car, testing a broadband card for work. (via Twitter / chungkuo)
Aug 30th
chungkuo: Everything I see of Halo 3 makes me more interested in the cinematics than the game. (via...
Aug 30th

Sprint :: 10:36am

Success!
Aug 30th
chungkuo: Buffy Spin-Off gets BBC green light: http://tinyurl.com/yqxop2 (via Twitter / chungkuo)
Aug 30th

Sprint :: 10:25am

Still on hold. Going to type up instructions for the new VPN access method and mail them to some of...
Aug 30th
chungkuo: I’m live-blogging my attempts to get a Sprint data card activated at:...
Aug 30th

Sprint :: 10:14am

The ESN on the data card is already active. Since these are all unique I don’t know what the...
Aug 30th

Sprint :: 10:10am

Trying to figure out which of the 30 accounts assigned to our tax id number this device falls under....
Aug 30th

Sprint :: 9:43am

Push another button and was told I need to fax a copy of my drivers license, last years tax return,...
Aug 30th

Sprint :: 9:43am

Pushed the button for “All other questions” and got the ‘valid number...
Aug 30th

Sprint :: 9:42am

Calling the first number again.
Aug 30th

Sprint :: 9:40am

Called back. Tried entering “0” for a human. Got “A valid 10 digit sprint PCS...
Aug 30th

Sprint :: 9:38am

“Please enter your Sprint PCS phone number, area code first.” Of course, when I type it...
Aug 30th

Sprint :: 9:36am

The call has disconected. Shocking. Smart boy that I am, I asked for the direct number for the...
Aug 30th

Sprint :: 9:35am

On hold waiting for the corporate account office.
Aug 30th

Sprint :: 9:30am

Called back, pushed some different buttons, and was put on hold until 9:30. Was told by the CSR that...
Aug 30th

Sprint :: 9:16am

Pushed the robo receptionist button for ‘activate a new phone or data device’ and then...
Aug 30th

Sprint :: My Data Card Activation...

I will recount my attempts to activate a brand new data card here. I began this process at 9:15am...
Aug 30th
Judging from my inbox, while I was gone my coworkers did nothing but email links for various witty...
Aug 30th
chungkuo: Try #1: I typed in the phone number I wanted to activate and got, “Please contact...
Aug 30th
chungkuo: Time to sit on hold with Sprint for the rest of the day. (via Twitter / chungkuo)
Aug 30th
chungkuo: Back at work. No disasters while I was away. (via Twitter / chungkuo)
Aug 30th
Warch Watch
Zach Condon was a 19 year old high school dropout when he recorded this. When you’ve got this...
Aug 27th
Shawn FitzGerald: In Montreal (via Twitter / Shawn FitzGerald)
Aug 27th
Shawn FitzGerald: Leaving for Montreal soon. (via Twitter / Shawn FitzGerald)
Aug 24th
Shawn FitzGerald: Corporate has apparently taken away our ability to “Run As” in...
Aug 24th
Shawn FitzGerald: I discovered about 20 minutes ago that I took today off, and yet here I am at...
Aug 24th
Shawn FitzGerald: Just watched some of the rough cut of Anchorwoman. Wow. Full of win and awesome....
Aug 23rd
Shawn FitzGerald: I figured it out while reading page 31 of Crooked Little Vein: Warren Ellis is...
Aug 23rd
Shawn FitzGerald: $59 of sweet, sweet, Bio Shock violence sits in the car waiting for me to take it...
Aug 21st
Shawn FitzGerald: There’s a track on the new M.I.A. that samples the song from Disco Dancer...
Aug 21st
Shawn FitzGerald: … grab all they can. (via Twitter / Shawn FitzGerald)
Aug 20th
Shawn FitzGerald: The grabbing hands … (via Twitter / Shawn FitzGerald)
Aug 20th
Shawn FitzGerald: Tankless Water Heater: $1,900-$2,300 (roughly) installed. (via Twitter / Shawn...
Aug 20th
Shawn FitzGerald: Buying a tankless water heater is about as much fun as buying a fucking car. Or...
Aug 20th
Shawn FitzGerald: Ankle high soaking wet grass + reel mower == Dead lower back. Ow. (via Twitter /...
Aug 18th
Shawn FitzGerald: Water heater broke. As in … open. Caught it before the basement flooded....
Aug 18th
Shawn FitzGerald: The new Kanye West single sampling Daft Punk is full of awesome. (via Twitter /...
Aug 18th
Shawn FitzGerald: Woke up at 3:30 for the second time in a week. WTF? I’m turning into my...
Aug 18th
Shawn FitzGerald: My sister in law got the job she really wants. yea! (via Twitter / Shawn...
Aug 17th
Shawn FitzGerald: Massive BO stench in the hall outside my office door. (via Twitter / Shawn...
Aug 17th
Shawn FitzGerald: In the butt. (via Twitter / Shawn FitzGerald)
Aug 17th
Shawn FitzGerald: I said what what? (via Twitter / Shawn FitzGerald)
Aug 17th
Shawn FitzGerald: Oh, if I didn’t mention it … Bio Shock is full of win and awesome....
Aug 17th
Shawn FitzGerald: Again … awaiting the end of the day. (via Twitter / Shawn FitzGerald)
Aug 14th

Okay, maybe this will work.

Aug 13th
Warren Zevon - The French Inhaler
Aug 13th

Weekend

Spent the weekend in Albion. Big massive news since Friday was the announcement of the WoW expansion...
Aug 6th