Skip to content

Monthly Archives July 2005

“Stealing” Wireless equals Internet Hiccups

I am trying to come up with a thesis these days… well, brainstorming mine. This means I need to be really observant about life. I came to the following conclusions:
1. You know when people were saying night night don’t let the bed bugs bite, they really meant roaches and those people lived in NYC.
2. [...]

Posted 18 July 2005 § observation ‡ Comments (0) °

We Walk Out

On Sunday, I almost bought a Volkswagen Beetle. I say almost because I walked out of the dealership during the financing process, right before signing the lease paperwork.
To put the situation in perspective, we have two cars: a 2002 Volvo S60 T5 and a 1999 VW Jetta VR6. I bought the Jetta when I [...]

Posted 18 July 2005 § life ‡ Comments (1) °

The People and the Tech

Yesterday we had a town-hall QA session with the head of our company. As a part of this session, he extolled the benefits of the Grokster decision in terms of making people like Universities liable for what people do on their networks. Now, if I ever had an “Oh no, I joined the dark side!” [...]

Posted 13 July 2005 § observation ‡ Comments (0) °

“The People” Command the N Train

There is massive subway construction currently affecting the N, R, W, Q and 6 trains. This pretty much means any train between Times Square and the Upper East Side/ Queens is going to make your ride an adventure. In the wee hours of this morning, after encountering each of the closed platform entrances for the [...]

Posted 09 July 2005 § life ‡ Comments (1) °

The Movement Starts

You might have noticed that BlackRimGlasses.com is now a collaborative blog. We have two new operatives: BlackRimNYC and BlackRimOC. I am actively recruiting other operatives in different locales.
We are starting a movement here people! This blog is the collective manifesto for the Black Rim Glasses experience. We let our inner geek out through eyewear, [...]

Posted 09 July 2005 § musing ‡ Comments (3) °

Roaches in the AM

Virgin blog writer that I am, I hearby christian my first entry as “blackrimNYC” with this startling account of my morning.
After arising to the aftermath of last nights drunk text messaging (thank you FHM and Stoli for all the free drinks) I stumble into my walk-in closet and what do I spy coming out [...]

Posted 08 July 2005 § life ‡ Comments (0) °

London Calling

I do hope that all the people I know in London are doing OK. Its terrible that these things happen, and even more terrible is the way that the news is handling it. On CNN this morning some asshole was pontificating on air saying that something like this reminds us that, essentially, all Muslim’s want [...]

Posted 07 July 2005 § life ‡ Comments (0) °