A Thought for Today

“There’s no such thing as good ideas and bad ideas. There are only your own ideas and other people’s. If you want someone to like your idea, tell him he said it last week and you just remembered.” – Scott Adams

Whizz-ardry

I remember my excitement the first time I saw a restroom faucet with a motion detector. It was like magic. I just waved my hand in front of the sensor and water spat forth. It was like the food replicator on the Star Ship Enterprise, but Version 1.0 that only produces cooty water.Eventually the soap [...]

Snap, Crackle, Pop!!

Carlos’s Chronicles has been officially chosen to be part of a lucky beta test – only a lucky 10% of the bloggers were chosen. We’ve been snapped! What this means for you the reader: “You will see a little widget that shows you a pictoral preview (a ‘snap’ if you will) of the page on [...]

A Thought for Today

“A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any invention in human history – with the possible exceptions of handguns and tequila.“ – Unknown

MPAA’s Top 3 Reasons to Pirate Movies

I can’t help but laugh at the pathetic attempts the MPAA and RIAA use to stop piracy. Some of the tips are so lame, they actually might push their users over the edge, and start pirating movies and music. First they start by enticing their readers, and inform them of all the good things about [...]

The Angel On Your XMas Tree

Santa was having a real bad day.. One particular Christmas season a long time ago, Santa was getting ready for his annual trip, but there were problems everywhere. Four of his elves got sick, and the trainee elves did not produce the toys as fast as the regular ones, so Santa was beginning to feel [...]

A Thought for Today

“It’s not hard to meet expenses, they are everywhere.” – Unknown

Footloose

Sometimes I wonder why music is legal. Music can alter your mood and your body chemistry just like any illegal drug. The fact that it goes into your body through your ear shouldn’t make a difference. We take drugs via practically every other hole in our body – mouth, butt, eyeballs, nose – you name [...]

‘Milk It’ for All its’ Worth

It used to be that the phrase “milking it” carried a pretty negative connotation with it for me, for as kids we only used it about people we thought were taking advantage of some situation without earning the right to do so. People who were “milking it” were the human equivalent of leeches. However I’ve [...]

A Thought for Today

“If you keep your feet firmly on the ground, you’ll have trouble putting on your pants.” – Unknown