Why I hate the NBA
I always want to keep coming back to the NBA, but every time that I come back, I realize why I hate the NBA.
The officiating.
The officials always seem to favor the team in the lead and the team that is favored. And they always seem to swallow their whistles when the game is on-the-line and the non-favored team is trailing. They just can’t get any calls, even though they might be mugged going to the hoop.
Until the NBA improves the consistency of their officiating, I won’t watch and a lot of people won’t watch.
No wonder their ratings are hurting.
New York Times Reader
Well in my inspection of using an online reader for the New York Times, I stumbled upon the New York Times Reader.
This has been in Beta and is coming out of it soon. It may already be out of it.
This is really cool. It takes the paper and continuously updates it. If your device does not have internet access, you can read the latest version it downloaded. It is pretty simple.
It automatically scales to your screen size and it is quite easy to navigate between sections and pages. I think this will revolutionize newspapers and how they are read.
But there is one problem. The New York Times is charging $14.95 a month after 30 days. This is ridiculous. They sure know how to kill a good thing.
The New York Times is still living in the print world. If they want people to use it and make money, they need to charge a lot less. They would get a lot more subscribers.
Critical Flaw Found in Photoshop
A critical flaw has been found in Photoshop Creative Suite, CS3, CS2, and Photoshop Elements.
It is a flaw in a PNG plug-in that can cause a buffer overflow on a users system.
This is critical if you use these programs. There is no update at this time.
You can read more on CNET, Critical flaw found in Photoshop plug-in.
240 Union a decent place for lunch
Well I kept up my part of the promise and headed out today to support Project Angel Heart and you can’t get much better than 240 Union.
240 Union has always been one of the best restaurants in Denver and it is located in Lakewood, a western suburb of Denver. The atmoshphere is always wonderful and so is the food.
Today I had the open faced reuben sandwich. If you have been reading this blog, you know I can’t resist a good reuben.
Well this reuben was different and that is probably the only thing I found with it. Part of the reuben sandwich that I like is sauerkraut. Well the reuben at 240 Union just had cole slaw and I would say that this is a drawback.
Overall it was decent, but it was not one of my favorites. The chips that were served with it were incredible and had an interesting cut to them.
The bread that was brought to the table was delicious. Especially the foccacia bread. It rivals some of the best that I have ever had.
It was a great lunch and 240 Union held their own again.
27,000 Notebook Batteries Recalled by Acer
It looks like the Sony battery has struck again. Acer is recalling 27,000 notebook batteries that were sold with notebooks in the U.S.
Contact Acer to get your new replacement batteries at www.acerbatterrecall.com.
You can read more in the Washington Post: Acer Recalls 27,000 notebook PC batteries
Don’t forget Project Angel Heart - Dining Out For Life
Don’t forget Project Angel Heart tomorrow, April 26, 2007. You can view more on their website.
I spoke about it in an earlier post: Dining Out For Life - Project Angel Heart
You can also take a look at a post by blusafyre: Dining Out For Life
Go out for a meal tomorrow at one of the participating restaurants and support a great cause.
What is happening with customer service
I am wondering what is happening to customer service in this country. Where has it gone?
We decided to take the kids to McDonald’s (Zuni and 128th) because of various errands this evening, don’t worry it is not a regular thing. Well the play area was a disaster and there was spilled soft drinks on the floor. The tables were dirty and it was not a great place to eat. The same in the main dining room. I even had to clean the table that we ate at. It was disgusting.
Then I stopped at the grocery store to pick up some groceries and get some lunch meat. Well the Safeway near our house decided to close their deli at 7 pm because someone was sick. It is crazy. They couldn’t find someone to run the deli? It is crazy and a great inconvenience to work all day and go grocery shopping and not be able to get what you want because they didn’t schedule enough people.
Customer service has disappeared in this country. It is amazing to me how companies can do this to their customers. It never used to be like this. I wish that they would get with it.
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