Miscellaneous

Simple Instructions to Replace and Install a Car CD Player or Radio Audio Reciever

For me, a car without music is torture. My parents got a really great deal on the car they bought for me. The only - well, there was not just one - problem was that the CD player didn’t work. The radio worked well, however. But sometimes, those songs on the air start to get old. I longed to listen to my custom playlist when every song was good and I never felt the urge to skip. It was either CDs or MP3s and I could not listen to either one.

I did try a couple of solutions though. Have you ever heard of an FM transmitter. Basically, it transmits a week radio signal on an unoccupied frequency receivable by devices in the vicinity. In effect, you would listen to your MP3 or CD player through the radio. Let me tell you, that did not work! Never buy a radio transmitter! It will only cause you grief and an inconvenient return (if the merchant accepts returns). After two bad relationships with FM transmitters, I decided to do something more drastic … replacement!
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April 4th, 2007 | 6 Comments | Miscellaneous

Need a Human Operator? Go Psycho with your Dirty Mouth

Real human beings are so hard to call these days. When you’re trying to call your friends, you get that robotic messaging service from the phone company. And when you try to call a business for customer assistance you get stuck in a limbo of tone-touch menu options or poor speech-recognition technologies. I just want somebody to talk to!

After you finally find a menu option that will connect you to somebody living and breathing. You often wait in another dimension of half-duplex elevator music … or worse no music at all. Is there anyway to get priority to talk to a warm-blooded creature on the phone?
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February 28th, 2007 | 1 Comment | Miscellaneous, Rants and Raves

Modest Needs: Small Change. A World of Difference

You hear about it many times. Some rich, and often famous, person donated X amount of dollars to a fund that feeds children in starving countries. Bill Gates instituted a scholarship in the name of his father at his Alma Mater. Right now, I’m in the Julia Yates Semmes Library. Mrs. Semmes “donated $1 million to the San Antonio Public Library to create a special collection, including books and equipment, for the visually impaired.” What these philanthropists do is outstanding. Giving back to the local and worldwide community is a great way to spend wealth (and receive a hefty tax deduction). But have you ever noticed that the only organizations that receive this money are the ones that need millions of dollars? It’s a wonder where all that money goes. We hardly ever see the results from grand fundraisers and pledge drives. They seem to only affect the extremely needy in far off countries or the excruciatingly desolate, underprivileged people in a local neighborhood.
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January 17th, 2007 | 1 Comment | Internet, Miscellaneous