Category: Rant

  • 2023 Week 28/29 – Catching Up

    2023 Week 28/29 – Catching Up

    What’s Going On:It’s been busy around the IndyScan household these past 2 weeks. I’m continuing to study & take practice exams for the Amateur Rario license upgrade. It’s all starting to click, and I need to get a better handle on the electronic theory to pass the 35-question exam successfully. What I’m Eating:A number of…

  • 2023 Week 19 – Giddy Up

    2023 Week 19 – Giddy Up

    I Spent most of last week on PTO in the Texas Hill Country and loved every minute of it. I flew down to San Antonio, picked up my better half, who was down there for work, and drove north to Comfort, TX, about 45 minutes northwest of the city. When I booked the Trip, Enterprise…

  • 2023 Week 14 – #83: Go on, take the last bite

    2023 Week 14 – #83: Go on, take the last bite

    One of the nice things about switching jobs is that fresh new email address that only your coworkers know. That usually only lasts a month or so, and in my case, it was even shorter as we put all of your contact info on the company website. Although we have “anti-scraping” turned on via Cloudflare,…

  • 2022 Week 11 – We Were Robbed

    2022 Week 11 – We Were Robbed

    It’s been nice being out of the house this week after isolating for a week with Covid. There are weekends when I don’t leave the house but an entire week was tough. On the plus side I was super productive working remotely and actually enjoyed working from the house this time as opposed to when…

  • Local Starbucks Fights the Ghetto Latte

    Local Starbucks Fights the Ghetto Latte

    Now that it’s getting cold outside hot coffee is starting to sound good to me again.  I usually only drink hot drinks in the winter while preferring cold any other time.  I’ve enjoyed iced coffee all summer since its easy to make using a concentrate I get at the local store. Remembering I had some money on…

  • No Saturday Mail delivery?  Fine by me!

    No Saturday Mail delivery? Fine by me!

    Earlier this week the United States Postal Service (USPS) announced it would stop Saturday mail delivery in August and that’s just fine by me.  I say cut it down to 2-3 days a week. I go to my mailbox a few times a week and it’s full of advertising inserts, credit card offers and stuff…

  • Swipe to Over Sleep

    Swipe to Over Sleep

    After using the iPhone for a while I’ve become quite fond of it but with any device there tends to be a few quirks. Case in point; the iPhone alarm clock… The Apple iOS starts just about all phone interactions with a swipe of the finger. That swipe becomes second nature to a lot of us…

  • Open Letter to Jack (in-the-Box)

    Open Letter to Jack (in-the-Box)

    OK Jack, we need to talk… Having heard about you years ago (1993 to be exact) and becoming impressed with your ability to turn a disaster into an opportunity I was excited to hear you would be expanding your operation setting up shop in the Indianapolis area. Immediately after expressing my excitement on a popular…

  • Apple Customer Support

    Apple Customer Support

    Had to call Apple customer support this week for a client who had some equipment stolen. I was VERY impressed with how they handled the call. VERY helpful and efficient. Good example for some of the others to follow (I’m talking to you HP, Cisco & Microsoft!!)… Not often I have ANYTHING to positive to…