Rant: Why does Windows want to reinstall drivers for USB devices when I plug them into a different USB port?

It’s the same device! Why the big deal just because I used a different USB port? This is no small pain in the butt when I’m dealing with my Microsoft (haha!) Wireless keyboard and mouse, which seems to want to install 7 drivers (all with plenty of prompting) every time it sees it and doesn’t . . . → Read More: Rant: Why does Windows want to reinstall drivers for USB devices when I plug them into a different USB port?

My phone is driving me crazy

We are getting ridiculous amounts of bogus phone calls. Just this morning:

7/22
10:28am
916-290-4350
telemarketing background; then in foreground someone yells, laughs, and hangs up.

7/22
10:19am
Unknown caller
Nobody there

7/22
10:02am
916-290-4350
Nobody there

7/22
9:55am
YPOR 440-331-6633
Nobody there

7/22
9:38am
916-290-4350

Here’s a bit more of our call log.

7/21
7:01pm
Unknown caller

7/21
5:47pm
Unknown name 866-524-7874

7/21
5:15pm
Unknown caller

7/21
2:16pm
Unknown name 702-835-0091

7/21
11:02am
YPOR 440-331-6633

7/21
9:12am
Unknown caller

7/20
6:20pm
YPOR 440-331-6633

7/20
1:01pm
YPOR 440-331-6633

7/20
10:47am
YPOR 440-331-6633

7/19
7:21pm
Unknown name 720-246-0422

7/19
6:15pm
YPOR 440-331-6633

7/19
6:01pm
Unknown name 702-430-4444

7/19
2:25pm
Unknown caller

7/19
11:12am
Unknown name 702-430-4444

7/19
10:18am
Unknown caller

7/19
9:31am
YPOR 440-331-6633

7/18
6:26pm
Unknown name . . . → Read More: My phone is driving me crazy

What the world needs…

Well, I’m not exactly sure what the world needs (“love, sweet love” perhaps?).

But I do know what the world doesn’t need:

Another cover band that performs “Brick House”.

Here’s the deal. The lady’s stacked and that’s a fact – we’ve established that. Guilty as charged. Anyone who’s been to a bar in the last 10 years is well . . . → Read More: What the world needs…

Leaf blowers

I hate waking up to the sound of a team of leaf blowers.

I don’t know why homeowners’ associations seem to love blowing (pun intended) money on this frivolous expense. I don’t really notice any significant difference in the way the grounds look and I’m sure whatever the effect is, it’s very short-lived anyway. Rather than blow . . . → Read More: Leaf blowers

SMS spam?

Last night I got a bunch of SMS messages from 1111302000 with insightful comments like “//SVAgIBMQBAAO5UJGo30rG…”. It’s annoying because I pay for incoming SMS messages and because my ringer was off but the Treo vibrated on my nightstands and woke me and my wife up, so I had to put the Treo in another room.

What is . . . → Read More: SMS spam?

Gavin DeGraw in Golden Gate Park

Yesterday, we headed up to the city to see Gavin DeGraw give a free concert at Footstock, the after-party for the Bay to Breakers race.

I hate San Francisco. Every time I drive there, I spend an hour trying to park. So this time we thought that we’d be clever and take public transportation. We took the . . . → Read More: Gavin DeGraw in Golden Gate Park

More oncall fun

Monday was a doozy of a day and the fun continued yesterday. First, the pager went off about 5 times during a meeting. Then when someone commented on it after the meeting, I jokingly pretended to give an OfficeSpace-style thrashing to it, but did it ever go lightly with my elbow. Well not that lightly apparently, . . . → Read More: More oncall fun