Michael Doornbos

Archive for September, 2008

29 Sep, 2008

So long Comcast, can’t say we’ll miss you

Posted by: mike In: annoying

We canceled the last of our Comcast services this afternoon at my home.  Our Verizon FIOS is so good I tell everyone about it, so we switched to their TV service as well.  Here’s the conversation as I cancelled the service:
Comcast Rep: Good afternoon, how can I help you today?
Me: I’d like to cancel my [...]

26 Sep, 2008

Me(me)

Posted by: mike In: Cool Stuff| Funny| Strange

1. Take a picture of yourself right now.
2. Don’t change your clothes, don’t fix your hair…just take a picture.
3. Post that picture with NO editing.
4. Post these instructions with your picture.

Your thinking is strange to me.
Let’s explore this from another angle:
So you’re a straight A student in High School.  You’ve worked hard to get these grades.  You didn’t cheat, and although some do, most good students don’t.  Maybe you’re smarter than the other students not getting good grades. Maybe you work harder.  Maybe it’s a [...]

Microsoft finally came to their senses and dropped those stupid Seinfeld/Gates ads that left everyone scratching their heads.
The new ones are a direct dig on Apple’s Mac/PC ads (finally) and have some interesting tidbits like “I’m a human being, not a human doing, not a human thinking. A human being”.
A least [...]

04 Sep, 2008

The LHC is supa dupa fly

Posted by: mike In: Random| Think| video

I’m about to drop some particle physics in the club…

I like that they call the first moon missions Moon 1.0.