Author Archives: Jeremy Cole

Comcast Sucks, Again

Yep, comcast is sucking today once again, and much worse this time. Pings from a few moments ago:

--- yahoo.com ping statistics ---
156 packets transmitted, 100 packets received, +4 duplicates, 35% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 20.443/2443.189/24998.629/5055.897 ms

--- jcole.us ping statistics ---
141 packets transmitted, 109 packets received, +1 duplicates, 22% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 68.351/477.976/5021.407/929.860 ms

Do note the +4 and +1 duplicates. Heh.

Tasty Hot Dogs

“Tasty Hot Dogs” — If you grew up in midwest America, that’s probably not a phrase you would imagine constructing. I’m pretty sure, in all my young and impressionable years, that I never had a hot dog I would have considered to be “tasty”, but they do indeed exist!

Hebrew National makes some of the tastiest hot dogs I’ve ever had. So tasty, in fact, that it’s almost wrong to call them “hot dogs” (and in fact they don’t, they’re strictly called “Beef Franks”). They’re Kosher, so they only use certain good parts of the meat, which makes an amazing difference. They have no preservatives. They’re a healthy red color instead of a sickening pink, and they smell good even before you cook them. They taste incredibly good.

Now, if only I could figure out why they put seven in a package. What do I do with the extra bun?

Actually, No.

No, I will not give you my credit card number.

Adrienne received a voicemail today, from Citibank, stating that we should call the fraud department, and they left a 1-800 number. She relayed the message to me by IM, and I called them. This is a rough transcript of the phone call:

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Coolest Bum Ever

This guy ruled. We saw him around Union Square, San Francisco, California. He was actually really funny, talking to and about everyone passing by, and singing songs like “You’re a Cheap Bastard”. “I like money… I even like Euros!”

Best… bum… ever! We gave him a dollar for the entertainment value.