Thanks to Katie for this one.
Archive for the ‘General’ Category
Pi(e)
Monday, November 14th, 2011No Time to Explain
Thursday, November 10th, 2011File this under things I find amusing despite them actually probably not being amusing.
Ray of Death
Thursday, November 3rd, 2011
Colorado vs. New England Skiing
Tuesday, November 1st, 2011Trails. Here are the open number of trails and associated acreage for two of the very few mountains open inside the continental United States, guess which one is in CO and which one is in NE:
4 of 93 Trails
93 of 1570 Acres
10 of 140 Trails
24 of 752 Acres
I know you are probably stumped, so I’ll fill you in. Top is Loveland, CO and bottom is Killington, VT. Love how they break trails up at mountains out east here so one single top to bottom run can be like 5 or 6 different trails (or even more.) Thought this was the perfect indicator: when I saw Killington had 10 trails open I got excited until realizing that probably meant one or two. 4 trails = 93 acres of skiing (plus who knows what backcountry) at Loveland.. 10 trails = 24 acres (plus probably no backcountry) at Killington.
Awesome and Sad, at the Same Time
Wednesday, October 5th, 2011Totally forgotten about this, and it is awesome. However, the fact that so many people who are alive right now have no idea what this means at all makes me feel old, which is sad. I don’t even know if you could figure this out by looking it up online, they would literally have to ask someone from our generation. Yikes.
For Travelers
Wednesday, September 14th, 2011Well I will file this one under “how the hell did it take me so long to try and figure it out” because that is how I feel after discovering that hotel thermostats can be hacked. It took me approximately 1,674 uncomfortably warm hotel stays to finally arrive, specifically at 3am this morning, to the following thought: I need to solve this effing motion detector issue with the thermostat.
If you travel a lot, you know what I’m talking about. Energy conscious hotels (who likes the environment anyway? AmIright?) install motion sensors in the room so that when there isn’t anyone in there, it shuts off the AC (or heat). Makes enough sense. Problem is, I don’t know about you, but when I’m sleeping I don’t walk around the room and do shit. Well, unless I’m really drunk. Anyway, 3am this morning I wake up sweating as I almost always do when I’m in one of these rooms during the summer. I finally think to myself, what the fuck, there has to be a way to deal with this. Why in the world I decided this particular morning was the time to address the issue opposed to the countless other times its happened is beyond me.
So, I go online and do some searching. Turns out the thermostats in most hotel rooms can be hacked with a combination of button presses a la video games of our childhood. Awesome, welp, I started messing around and found out this sequence worked for my hotel room:
Hold down the display key, press off, then up, and release the display key. Great success!
My unit said “VIP” after I did that which made me feel extra awesome after I found the winning combo move. Also worth noting that enabling this feature allows you to lower the room temperature below the preset 65 degree limitation normally in place. Double win! I read that after 24 hours it returns to normal, so don’t feel bad about leaving it in place and absolutely destroying the environment (the obvious and unavoidable side effect to doing this).
I shall sleep well tonight, indeed. And hopefully those of you on the road and in the future can do the same.
Grossest Commercial Ever
Tuesday, September 6th, 2011Saw this on TV the other day. As obvious as what is happening is, I still didn’t even believe it was really what was going on until the last baby. I hate this commercial, but here I am posting it on my blog, so I guess it’s a marketing win for them? I don’t know what to say, ugh. At least I got you to watch it, misery loves company.
Moving Day in Boston
Wednesday, August 31st, 2011Being in Atlanta sucks because it is gross, but holy crap getting around Boston today is horrifying. Moving day in Boston AND a Red Sox – Yankees game.. I urge you all to stay in your homes.
New Drinking Game?
Friday, July 29th, 2011This video and the polar bear one are both blatantly stolen from barstoolsports.com, but I obviously had to post the dogs/bears, and this I’m putting here as a reminder to myself for our next party. If you try it out let me know how it goes.
