What Consultants Do Best: Assigning Ownership

| February 24, 2012

This is a great gem shared to me by a co-worker.  We both were consultants at Accenture together, and now share a wall at Target.  Courtney and I constantly laugh at our “old life” and how much nicer it is to be working on the industry side (go Big Red!).  So, if any of you young’ens are considering [...]

Spanish “Soup” and PIPA Longstocking

| January 19, 2012

SOPA and PIPA.  Shame on you.  Shaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaame on you! As long as the rest of my favorite sites are showing their support, Hello Neiman will do the same.  If xkcd can do it, Hello Neiman can do it.  If Google can do it, Hello Neiman can do it.  And if Wikipedia can do it, you [...]

50% off at Fuji Ya? You got a deal!

| January 12, 2012

Hello Sushi!  As you should know, my partner site FiveDollarLiving.com helps deliver great deals in the Twin Cities for cheap eats and entertainment under $5.  Although the deal on CrowdCut today for 50% off at Fuji Ya does not fit with that $5 budget, its one of those deals I want to tell the whole world [...]

Blog-Spam, Worse than Hormel’s Canned

| July 19, 2010

I hate the spam that you get on your blog comments, it seems whatever you do they just always seem to find a way in.  The below comment was made yesterday to a post i wrote OVER A YEAR AGO.  Somehow the geniuses behind annoying spam-mail have found a way to annoy me in yet [...]

Happy Passover with a Robotic Twist

| March 29, 2010

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bgeX_8tBCY&feature=player_embedded%3e Happy Passover everyone.  Get ready for 8 days of GI pain.  Funny video above that Dana sent me from a Robotic Institute in Israel.  Hag Sameach!

Music Videos are always better when made in the image of MouseTrap

| March 3, 2010

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qybUFnY7Y8w&feature=channel This is an AWESOME music video that Ross Tulman sent me today.  The song is just ok.  But honestly, as you watch, you forget about the music and get mesmerized in the MouseTrap style engineering.  A few times I caught what I believe was manual (or triggered) assistance, but to be honest, it moved so [...]

Starwood and Amazon, best combination since lamb and tunafish

| February 23, 2010

My coworker Ben McLauchlin clued me in to the newest promotion for Starwood Preferred Guest members (i.e. Westin, Sheraton, Aloft hotels) … and this one is almost too good to be true.  For every 2 stays at a SPG hotel, you will get a $100 Amazong.com gift card.  No paperwork, no submission rules … just [...]

Bush “Miss Me Yet?” Billboard Appears Near Highway

| February 9, 2010

Apparently this is a real billboard in Wyoming, not photoshopped.  Certainly shows the tact and professionalism of our previous president and helps to highlight how great of a president he was.  Or, he’s still a moron.  I hope this doesn’t give away my political preference … but I’d take an eggplant over him in office [...]

BootyPop and other Awesome items only come from TV

| December 31, 2009

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4EvVErNhVE One of the  disadvantages  advantages of being home for 2 weeks is all the fun stuff on daytime and late-night television.  I spent an hour watching “Kitchen Tools” on QVC, with such genius products as Banana Seals, Kuhn Rikon Ultimate Snips, Prepology Fizz Savers, Soft Grip Tongs with Magnetic Closure, Microplane Zester Grater. However, [...]

Genius colides, introducing Netflix Origami!

| December 29, 2009

Given the fact that I have a daily Origami calendar at work, Carey clued me in to this fantastic bit of online extravagance today.  If you are like me, you love your netflix (hello sidebar!) … but that pesky tear-off sheet just drives you nuts.  “Such a waste of good paper”, you may think.  Or, [...]