don't knock the hustle

the hustle:
1. buy ipod from best buy with extended warranty
2 . enjoy until new ipods are released
3. exchanged the "defected" ipod you have for new or improved ipod
4. buy extended warranty on new ipod
5. go back to step 2.

my brother bought a 4Gb ipod mini awhile back. when the new generation minis came out, he was able to exchange his current one for a 6Gb mini through best buy's replacement plan. when the nanos came out, he grew impatient and flat out bought one. i inherited the old mini. after dropping it a couple times, it stopped working, but i was able to exchange it for a 4Gb nano through best buy's replacement plan (they wouldn't let me do it in store cause the screen was crack, which voids the warranty, but i was able to do it through the mail, which is much less strict). since then, i've been enjoying my nano. it recently stopped turning off (happened before but was fixed with a hard reset). after hearing that new generation was released, i decided it was time to try getting an upgrade. yesterday, i took it into to best buy, and without any hassle, i walked out with a new 8Gb nano. the best part is: since it's been less than a year since i got my nano, the manufacturer warranty was still in place, which allowed me transfer my old replacement plan over to my new ipod for free.

to make a long story short, i got a new ipod with twice the capacity for free.99!!

paid to trade hot stock tips

i wasn't planning on posting about this, but since i have a lot of dead time while my model is compiling/running ... and seriously, there's only so much surfing you can do, i figured i had nothing better to do ... plus i thought it was pretty damn funny (if i do say so myself).

on tuesday, i read about yahoo's stock plummeting 11+%.

tuesday, also happened to be anjali's first day on the job at yahoo, after a day of orientation.

coincidence?!? i think not.

sofa king, we todd, ed

now this would make sense if they did it to cal, but to their own ... i mean, really?!?

The band was suspended in July after some members vandalized the trailer by breaking windows, sledgehammering walls and spray-painting profanities.

sledgehammering your own shit!?!? brilliant, i tell ya.

God bless the dead

today marks the 10 year anniversary of the death of tupac shakur.

ever since last night, i've been thinking about what to write in this post. BLANK. NOTHING.
... or maybe too much.

i could write an essay on tupac (actually, i have). but i don't want to bore all of you with all of that because i'd go on and on.

all i will say is that he was a very talented and passionate individual, and it's unfortunate that he was killed when he was because he had much more creativity to unleash on the world. to say the VERY least, the hip hop community misses his presence, and his death (along with the death of the notorious big) marked the end of an era in hip hop.

... but life goes on ...

and if anyone would like to pour out a little liquor with me in his memory tonight in sd, let me know ... or if you're in sf, i'm sure my brother would be more than happy to have you join his celebration of the life and death of tupac.


**UPDATE**
for a better post on tupac, see my brother's blog.

play me like a game of football

since the end of june, there's been a large void in my life. i'm not talking about a lack of social life or a non-existent love life ... actually those two have been better in the past few months ... well, my love life is still basically non-existent ... anyway, not the point. i digress. ever since d-wade and shaq won the nba finals, there has been no sports in my life. i'm not a baseball fan at all, and yeah, there was those few weeks of world cup action, which was exciting, but other than that, nothing ...

but now ... football has started. i was never much of a football fan before i moved to sd. i did follow some college football, but that was usually limited to things affecting cal's team. many of my coworkers here in sd are big nfl fans, and they (along with an office fantasy football league) got me into the nfl. being in sd, i decided to root for the home team ... the san diego chargers.

so for the next 16 weeks, my sundays will be much less productive, and i won't be staying late at work on mondays.

... and things have started out well for my teams, chargers demolished the raiders behind a very impressive defense (9 sacks and only allowed 9 first downs) and a strong running game. cal also rebounded from an embarrassing loss to defeat minnesota ... and i won some money in the first week in my fantasy league.

PLUS! less than two months before the lakers get back into action.