Computer Ninja’s Weblog

Well, since meeting Eric and Joe, I’ve been opened up to some new websites to visit for gathering information in regards to what’s new on the net. One of those sites is Digg.com. It’s a pretty cool website, similar to del.icio.us, but different in that it’s mainly news stories rather than bookmarks to everything from A to Z that del.icio.us users may add to their personal bookmark lists.

Another site, one that is more exciting for me, is mininova.org. Mininova is a site that lists torrents for download. These torrents can be anything from music, to movies, to games, to applications. I may have to quit my Giganews account and save myself 13 bux a month. Thanks a lot, friends. Oh, to get torrents, you need a bit torrent client, something like ABC (Another Bit Torrent Client).

Anywho, I’m real glad to have this new job at Wayne State. Things are going well, and the people there are amazing.

Tags: Computers

I need to vent. I had a burned out low-beam headlamp, so I wanted to replace the bulbs, myself, to prevent having to waste time at the dealer. After all, it should be a no-brainer to change the bulbs. Well, it wasn’t. After dismantling my front fascia (damn near), I realized that the headlight assemblies were attached with a 3rd screw (first two were simple, up top) to the inner fender-walls. I gave up and told myself I’d take it to the dealer.

Mind you, I pay extra for having a car rental so that my service appointments will be as smooth as possible, keeping me from my wasting my time as much as possible.

1) They didn’t have a rental for me; they said they’d call me when they got one later today. 2) They told me they’d charge me .3 hours (@ $85/hr.) to put in the one bulb that wasn’t burned out (aftermarket Sylvania Silverstar). 3) When the car was done, they didn’t page me. I had to ask. It had been done for at LEAST 15 minutes. 4) When I went to pay, they charged me .6 hours (.3 per bulb). 5) They corrected the charge, I paid, then proceeded to complain to the service manager. 6) He gave me his card, apologized, credited my account for the .3 hours and told me to talk to him if I was ever there again with grief.

Talk about making money….sheesh!

Blizzard Entertainment today announced that World of Warcraft, its massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), has surpassed 5 million customers worldwide.

Read more here

Tags: Computers, world of warcraft

Last night was my commencements. Graduated with an MBA from Wayne State University, my employer now. =)

We had an absolutely wonderful time. The ceremony was actually much smoother and quicker than I expected. Michelle came down to help celebrate with me and our classmates (she’s almost done, herself).

Photos of the night

My yiayia passed away earlier this year. Today would’ve been her 90th birthday. I love you, Yiayia! I’ll never forget the many years we had together when you helped mama raise us when we moved to Sterling Heights.

Tags: Family