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By Keith, August 30, 2010 11:46 pm

This morning after work, I popped into Menards to check whether they had lids for their recycling bins.  It had been almost a week to the day since the last time I had looked, so I thought there was a chance that their high tech inventory management system might have recognized that the number of recycling bins exceeded the number of lids for recycling bins by 2.  As of this morning, Menards still does not have lids for their smaller size recycling bins.  They do, however, have some rather large blue bins with lids, but that’s not what I want.

At Lowes, they have quite a selection of rubbish bins.  At the far end of the same isle, they have a massive selection of stackable plastic containers and lids, but none of them seem quite right for recycling.  I left Lowes a little depressed because I seem to live in a small city with very poor selection of anything, really.

To make a long story a bit shorter, I ended up ordering an 18 gallon plastic Rubbermaid recycling bin from Amazon.com.  Although I was dissatisfied with the description of the product, because it did not specify whether or not this “stackable” bin ships with or without a lid, I decided I would not reward the pathetically understocked Menards or Lowes.

It’s a catch-22 for local stores.  People don’t shop there, because they lack selection, and they have a poor selection of stock, because nobody shops there.  I know this is an over-simplification, but I think you get my meaning.  The funny thing about this purchase is that I’ll be recycling the box in which my recycle bin arrives by breaking it down and putting it inside my new recycle bin.

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By Keith, August 9, 2010 7:22 pm

Geeks like tech gadgets.  Mobile phones are tech gadgets.  I am a geek, ergo, I should like wireless phones.  But as a rule, I don’t like phones.  I don’t like holding a piece of plastic to my ear.  Now that a couple of gorgeous Android phones have come out, I find myself doing a little mobile phone shopping.

Rather than doing my own comparison between the two phones I like, I’ll point you to a great article over on Laptopmag and show you pictures of the two leading contenders.

HTC EVO 4G

Motorola Droid X

I don’t think I’m quite ready to spend $200 on a phone plus the 2 year commitment to a data plan.  Also, there are rumors all over the interwebs about new faster phones coming down the pipe as soon as November.  Perhaps in 6 months I’ll be more ready to jump in and buy a big fast gorgeous Android phone.

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By Keith, February 7, 2010 1:25 am

I need another hobby like I need a hole in my head, but that didn’t stop me from buying a guitar.  Can I play guitar?  No, not a lick; hell, I can’t even read music.  So I’m trying to learn from watching videos and looking at chord charts.  Mostly when I play anything there are these embarrassingly long pauses between notes and chords.

After two days of finger exercises, the tips of my fingers on my left hand are red and tender.  I can feel the callouses slowly forming.  The hardest part thus far has been knowing when to stop the exercises before getting blisters.  Basically, I’m murdering notes, murdering my fingertips, and I need it to stop before the bleeding starts.