I went to the Apple store at Valley Fair mall in Santa Clara CA yesterday afternoon to get an iPhone 3G. My mother paid for half of it as my graduation present.
Only after I got home did I discover that Apple overcharged me $16.50. The receipt shows the price of the phone as [...]

Now that the four million dollar subsidy of the San Jose Grand Prix is spent, the promoters have dropped it like a hot potato.  What a surprise!  It is claimed that the reason for discontinuing it is downtown construction, but that’s clearly a load of BS intended to let the city save face.  Such events [...]

A friend is playing a strange new online game, “TaxCut Free File.” I’ve only observed for few minutes, but it doesn’t actually look like he’s having much fun. The rules seem to be incredibly complicated, and it’s not clear how the player can win. There’s been a lot of swearing at it, [...]