matt | August 31, 2004
So, I ordered my Golf. Indigo Blue with black interior. Diesel. 5 speed automatic with the “tiptronic” upshift/downshift. Electronic stability package. Mud flaps. This is the GL, so no sunroof to leak on me. Plain wheels. $400 over dealer invoice (plus, doing the sums, he knocked $100 off the MSRP for the ESP, and he [...]
matt | August 27, 2004
Liz has her wisdom teeth out next Tuesday. I get to take care of her. They gave her happy drugs to make her not care about any hurting.
I have to go visit the doctor on Sept 7. At first brush, it's just a physical, but I am a bit worried about the overall health of [...]
matt | August 27, 2004
I couldn't get the itch out of my head. So, after work, I went up to Fiore Volkswagen in Warwick. I talked to a much more knowledgeable man than the last one. His name was Ed Roy, and he was kind of “the diesel guy”. He drives a '96 TDI Passat and loves it. So, [...]
matt | August 26, 2004
So, we're watching Mars Attacks, and the scene comes up where the president of the US gets a call from the president of France, and they're all buddy-buddy and on a first name basis.
Liz says “Somehow, I don't think Chirac calls up Dubya like that”.
This of course prompted me to respond: “Actually, if Le Pen [...]
matt | August 26, 2004
Back to the drawing board.
- They can't keep the TDI Golfs on the lot. Maybe I could get a GLS @ $21K if I'm lucky, but at that price, I might as well buy a Prius. This also means that they can move them, so no financing / clearance / etc. will apply.
- The gasoline [...]
matt | August 25, 2004
Last night I made venison stew with a beer-based broth. I think this was a mistake; a good burgundy would have been better.
I also made a black bottom pie; essentially chocolate custard with a meringue topping. Traditionally, the meringue is flavored with rum, but being a coffee freak, I flavored it with Kalhua instead. Quite [...]
matt | August 23, 2004
(For the non-tech crowd, RFC stands for Request For Comments)
So, Liz said something the other day that got me thinking. The gist of it was that I have a tendancy to want to impart lots of information to people. For example, I tend to break into lectures about the physics of cooking while cooking. I [...]
matt | August 21, 2004
So, is anyone else a little annoyed by the signs on the side of route one telling people to “Drive Safe”? Shouldn't it be something like “Drive Safely”? Or do we enjoy teaching our children bad english?
matt | August 16, 2004
This is a really good article about how free/open source software affects the economy, and why we should take what certain companies are saying about how it will destroy the IT insdustry with a grain of salt. None of this is new, it's just really well put together.
matt | August 15, 2004
Julia Child has passed away.
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