So I suppose at some point I'll actually get decent at this. The work here that I'm part of at Helix is coming along nicely; it's going to be a nice product. (Intentionally vague comment ;-) Side note: grip is so damn cool. Making mp3's has never been easier.
It's 3am again, I get a full night's sleep every other night, and that's okay, I guess. Nat "Suck" Friedman decided that it would probably be a good idea if we nuked Quake off people's computers, but then just went down to not playing and especially not dragging him into any Quake games. That's fair enough. He can't seem to resist. :-)
My latest online shopping screwup: I order a camera from mpsuperstore.com. They have a great price. I ordered on monday night, took overnight shipping, expected it here wednesday morning. Wednesday afternoon, no camera. I call them. They say, "Oh, did you order on Monday?" "Yes." "Our oder download was corrupted on Monday, we lost all the orders for that day, we're really sorry. I can connect you to a sales associate and you can place your order again." I said OK, since she was being nice and polite. Anyways, I place the order, and I have it firmly in my mind that I will get them to ship it overnight, and I will NOT pay for it. So, I'm talking to the guy, he asks me if I want the 5yr warranty for like $350, I say no, we keep going, and get to shipping. I tell him again what happened, and ask him to get me overnight shipping and waive the shipping charges. He checks with manager. Manager says no, but they will give me the warranty for like $280. I tell him I'll take the warranty if they give it to me for $200. He checks with manager, manager says yes.
So, the events went kind of like this: I order camera on monday for delivery on wednesday, just the camera, still $100 shipping (+insurance). On wednesday I discover order was lost. I order again. I still pay $100 shipping. Plus I pay $200 in warranty. I'm still trying to convince myself I didn't get raped.
Okay, that's it for now.. we'll see if anything else exciting happens.