rants

Delivery day! Nothing happened throughout the morning ... and then the FedEx tracking page was updated to show the dreaded shipment exception, with the explanation, cannot locate recipient. Such crap. You see, I live in a new neighborhood and most maps do not include these new roads, yet. The week I

No update to the FedEx tracking page. I know this because I check every 15 to 20 seconds. The FedEx web servers never know load like they do when I'm expecting a delivery.

Ordered a cable-only (no bulky power brick) Empower airplane adapter for my PowerBook from Kensington, today. The order was processed and shipped today (speedy). Delivery is scheduled for Sep 21 via FedEx Ground (crap). The tracking number shows FedEx's receipt of the item in Lewisberry, PA. And it&

Walmart produce ... because someone has to buy the left-overs.

When I moved, I had to update my mailing address with many organizations. Whenever possible, I did so through their respective web sites. Netflix was on such company, and I was not able to, because the USPS system they used for address validation did not recognize my address. I called

This is the Type A, literal, engineer in me talking when I say: figuring skating is nothing more than the half-time show of the Olympics. Am I allowed to say "Olypmics"? I seem to recall hearing that one had to license the use of that word. Hmm. Anyway.