I love DC RSAN. There’s a huge sense of urgency to the messages they send out (for obvious reasons) and that generally trumps any kind of copy editing. Case in point: Subject: Police Activated. Police activity in the area of 6th and Maryland Avenue SW, Independence Avenue is closed from 7th Street to 4th Street [...]
Posts Tagged ‘rant’
5 Jan
The New Starbucks Logo and the So-Called Death of RSS
The new logo? No. Thumbs down, Starbucks. And now for something completely unrelated: the so-called death of RSS. The argument that RSS is dead has been going on for a while now, but seems to really have popped back up again recently. Really, the argument should be aggregation vs. speed of sharing. But the [...]
16 Dec
E-mail and Identity (A Rant)
At some point or another, chances are you’ve received an e-mail that was not intended for you. The reason that you received that e-mail could be anything from that someone entered the intended recipient’s e-mail address in incorrectly to a spelling error. More often than not, you’re getting that e-mail because someone left out [...]
4 Mar
Really?
I realize that this has been driven into the ground by everyone else and several weeks prior, however, this is kind of ridiculous. Just went to Apple’s site to scout out a new iPod, and was amused and borderline appalled (though not surprised) at what was on the front page. It wasn’t the product that [...]
12 Feb
And now, for your epic weekly disaster…
Today marks the first day of what can only be referred to as “reverse Snowmageddon”. Rather than fleeing the city in a panic back out to the suburbs, commuters from Maryland and Virginia flooded into the city, especially clogging roads like 495-N and I-66 E. What would normally have been a 30-45 minute commute turned [...]
29 Jan
Prepared for Snow
HAHAHAHA. Yeah right. District Team Readies for Latest Winter Storm (Washington, D.C.) – Mayor Adrian M. Fenty, along with District Department of Transportation Director Gabe Klein and Department of Public Works Director William O. Howland, Jr., and snow team crews are prepared for the weekend snow storm in the District. They’re never ready for snow. [...]
21 Jan
Essential Washingtonian…Things
List of things that, in actuality, don’t make you look any cooler, but will probably make you blend in, especially on the Metro: Any kind of badge that identifies you and/or the federal agency/company you work for. Hint: you are not any more important just because you have said badge unless you’re, like, Jack Bauer. [...]
7 Jan
DC Plastic Bag Tax
Remember about six months ago when the bag tax bill hadn’t been signed or finalized yet? Well, it’s January, and now if you opt to use a plastic bag in DC, you’re also going to pay $.05 to do so. Right, it’s only $.05, but AGH. I am too counter-culture to purchase one of those [...]
18 Dec
SNOWNOZ!
Have you gone to the store yet to stock up on toilet paper, milk and assorted useless stuff you don’t need? What about GameStop? Yes? Then you’re probably a native. Chances are that, if you’ve grown up in this region, you react to snow kind of like Cookie Monster when he gets a cookie. Seriously, [...]
