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Is it me or do the self check out lines at Home Depot and Ikea seem to take longer?   Half the machine are busted or showing the BSOD.   Not to mention that people move so slow and have a hard time figuring out the scanner and credit card swiper.   So I’m standing in line today complaining in my head wondering if everyone in front of me is an idiot, and of course when its my turn I couldn’t get the darn box to scan.   Finally, the self check out helper had to come over and scan everything for me.  Now whose the idiot holding up the line?

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What started out as a simple trip to Ikea to pick up some parts for a TV console I am planning to build turned into a tour around the Bay Area.

• San Jose to Mountain View – I have got to move closer to In ‘N Out.  What was once a weekly habit when I lived in Southern California is now a special once in a while treat.
• Mountain View to East Palo Alto – When I get to Ikea, there is a security guard standing outside the parking garage making a slashing motion across his neck.  A little weird, was there a crime scene at Ikea or something?  I assumed the garage was full and went to the Best Buy to wait a little bit.  Still can’t figure out how Best Buy stays in business.  This was the second time I went into Best Buy to look at a TV I’m interested in buying and there were no sales people around.  Finally called Ikea and found out the store was closed due to a break in their water main.
• East Palo Alto to San Carlos - I decided to stop by Woodcraft which is a cool store full of woodworking products you can’t find at the local Home Depot.  Finally got the metric ruler I had been looking for.  Can’t believe how hard it is to find a metric ruler.
• San Carlos to Emeryville via San Mateo Bridge – Still needed my Ikea fix, love the Lingonberry drink, and had nothing better to do.  So I decided to head to the other Bay Area Ikea.  Don’t think I’ll be headed to Emeryville again anytime soon.  This place is a traffic nightmare.  I should have headed into Berkeley for some Top Dog or Bongo Burger, but just wanted to get home after walking through Ikea.  This time around I actually followed the shopping path instead of swimming upstream by going through the checkout lines first like I usually do.  But at least I got the cabinet door hinges and Lingonberry drink concentrate I wanted.
• Emeryville to San Jose via San Francisco – I actually wanted to get back home as quickly as possible which would have been to go down the 880.  I figured I knew my way around Emeryville, but a combination of poor planning and poor sign placement caused me to head towards the Bay Bridge.  I figured what the heck, I hadn’t seen San Francisco in a while, but 4 bucks later and a couple of stalled cars on the bridge made me regret this decision.  But at least I got to do 90 down the 280.  Still annoyed that slow cars kept drifting into the left lane.  That’s the passing lane damn it, its called the passing lane for a reason!  At least I got home without getting a ticket.

At the end of the day, it was all worth it for the Lingonberries, did I mention that I like the Lingonberries?

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I was enjoying 24 Redemption tonight wondering where the next political conspiracy or terrorist was going to pop out when I saw this scene and couldn’t believe my eyes.  Was that a film crew in the scene?  Several rewinds on DVR ensued and sure enough you could clearly see a guy with a film camera and another guy with a still camera catching the action.  Now I normally don’t get excited when a boom mic dips into the scene or if there some minor continuity issue, but this has got to be the sloppiest flub I have ever seen.  How could the producers not catch that?  Or did they not have any other choice and decided to leave it in and hoped no one would see it?  This happens in the scene right after the Jack and the kids spot the helicopter while moving along the river and they have to run into the trees for cover.  Wonder if they will leave this in the DVD.

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I’m number one, I’m number one.  After eating at In N Out for nearly 20 years I have finally achieved the number 1 spot.  Its like winning the lottery, only I don’t get millions of dollars.  My parents are so proud.

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Well, here’s your problem, you forgot to plug ‘er in.

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Firefox 3 will be available soon.  Celebrate by helping the Firefox crew set a world record for the most downloads in a single day.  Go to the Download Day headquarters and sign up to get an email when Firefox 3 gets released.  All you have to do is download Firefox when you get the email announcement.

Update:  Download date is set for 6/17, get your downloading on.

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Its here!  The iPhone 3G!  Its $199 for the 8 gig version, $299 for 16 gig.  Available July 11th.  Can’t wait.  My life won’t be complete without it.

http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shop_iphone/family/iphone?mco=NjUxNTEw

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Got my car back last week and so happy to have it back.  I’ll never take it for granted again.  Its amazing how much of difference there is between the BMW and Dodge.  I can see better, the handling is way more precise, and the car actually accelerates immediately when I press on the gas.  But it looks like my arm muscles got a little lazy after driving a car with full power steering.  I’m getting a little of a work out turning the wheel on my car since its power-assisted instead of full power steering.

B Line body shop did an amazing job on the car.  Paint is matched perfectly and I cannot find any unmatched seams.  Even on super close inspection you can’t tell that the car has been in an accident.  If you are in the San Jose area and need body work done, I highly recommend B Line for the job.

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….while I decide which litter box to use.

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Still can’t get a Wii?  The Walmart Wii gift card not good enough for you?  How about a pack of gum in a tin that looks like a Wiimote?  From a distance the gum package looks like the real thing.  I still don’t get why these things are being sold at the check out counter at Bed, Bath, and Beyond.  But I was stupid enough to buy one and it is an official Nintendo licensed product.  The gum itself is a little bit nasty.

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