Archive for the 'Generalities' Category

On Hiatus

Sunday, November 20th, 2005

Wells Fargo Compaints - Part 3/2

Wednesday, August 24th, 2005

I got my monthly account statement from WellsFargo today. It wonderfully included a $12 monthly account fee, because I had failed to meet the minimum balance requirements for the month. Who cares that this failure was actually their fault (see the previous story? I need a bank that isn’t so large and [...]

Free RedBox DVD Rental

Sunday, August 21st, 2005

Free 1-night RedBox DVD Rental, use promotional code FROEHL.
Caveats:

Minneapolis/St. Paul, Houston and Salt Lake City metro area Redbox locations.
Limit one (1) free DVD rental per new Redbox customer credit/debit card.

The promotion runs from 8/21 through 9/17 so get cracking.

See RedBox for a list of locations and DVDs.

Wells Fargo Compaints - Part 2/2

Wednesday, August 17th, 2005

Can somebody tell me when banking became such a pain? The second of a two part series.

Wells Fargo Compaints - Part 1/2

Wednesday, August 17th, 2005

Can somebody tell me when banking became such a pain? The first of a two part series.
Update: My supposedly ‘resolved’ problem still isn’t resolved.
Update 2: Resolved!

MIT Weblog Survey

Friday, June 24th, 2005

Snow

Wednesday, April 27th, 2005

It snowed briefly this afternoon. Nothing accumulating, but it’s almost May!
Snow is for the winter!
Update (May 1, 2005): It briefly snowed again today!

Resolved

Tuesday, March 15th, 2005

As a follow-up to my last post regarding the state of confusion that my life was in, I’m happy to report that everything has been cleared up.
Housing: We’ve signed the lease for 1313 6th St SE in Dinkytown.
Summer Plans: I’ve accepted a Math REU at Notre Dame.

New Versions

Thursday, February 17th, 2005

Okay, I just spent the last hour updating all the backend software on this site:

Blog upgraded to WordPress 1.5
Photos upgraded to PhotoStack 2.1b7. Sorry, but the URL’s aren’t backwards compatible because I didn’t have the motivation. Maybe later.

Calendar upgraded to PHP iCalendar 2.0b

If stuff is broken, leave a comment!

Amazon’s Shipping Estimates

Monday, February 14th, 2005

Why does Amazon tell you Super Saver Shipping will take forever, especially when it usually ships way before the time they tell you it will.
For example, yesterday I ordered:

Shipping estimate for these items: February 21, 2005- February 21, 2005
Delivery estimate: February 24, 2005- February 28, 2005
“Colgate Phos-Flur Anti-Cavity Fluoride Rinse, Cool [...]