Thursday miscellanea #333

Dear motorcycle-riding dumbass child who pulled out directly and much too closely in front of me at Madison Boulevard and Slaughter yesterday evening: if I had been adjusting the air conditioning during that particular third of a second and therefore incapable of slamming on the brakes (engaging the ABS! that’s how hard) reacting to your extremely poor decision, your incredibly stupid ass would be a small pile of steaming pink slop in the middle of the road. A police officer would knock on your mommy’s door with folded hands and a somber expression, as well as a rock-solid guarantee that you’d never show your little brother how to throw a fastball (or whatever). I singlehandedly saved your life last night. Hey, dude? You ride as if you were invisible. You will die of this if you don’t. That’s a guarantee, shit-for-brains. Sheesh.
Wayward Pines continues tonight, and if you tune in at 7 CDT, you’ll get to watch the first episode before taking in the second. You should do so if you missed it. This is a good ride.
The Chick-fil-A grilled chicken sub, available only on the catering menu, is tasty but not worth the money because it’s too small. You should pass.
I am really digging the Bluetooth audio on the new stereo in the Technical Writing Express. I had no idea it was so mindless. I get in the car with my phone, and the music just starts. My phone audio pauses when I shut off the ignition. Quite cool. I spent $20 more to get the Bluetooth. Glad I did.
The boys are digging the House of Wolves expansion pack for Destiny so far.
The forecast, as I type, is 52º tomorrow night. I’ll take it. Love another window fan night. Feels stolen so late in the year.
My step-siblings’ father died last week. Please keep them in your prayers.

6 thoughts on “Thursday miscellanea #333”

saintseester

May 21, 2015 at 12:37 am

First!

I am awake at 12:33 am. Why? Because, I drank iced tea at dinner at Atlanta Bread Company.

You know what they have at ABC. You’ve written about it. That confounding Coke machine that mixes it anyway you want. Except I don’t do that. Like you, I cannot deal with the idiots who apparently can’t wipe their own arses, trying to figure out what they want.

So, I get tea.

However, the only damn ice is held captive in that machine.
- saintseester
  
  May 21, 2015 at 12:38 am
  
  I love my life. But sometimes, I hate certain days of it.
  - saintseester
    
    May 21, 2015 at 12:40 am
    
    Oh, and to top it off, for some reason, on your God-forsaken blog site, I have to force refresh if I ever want to see new posts or comments. What is UP with that?
    - Bo
      
      May 21, 2015 at 6:43 pm
      
      Because of the way one of my caching plug-ins works. I’ll work on it.
Tahm

May 21, 2015 at 8:56 am

Dash Cam time.

The other brilliant feature the bluetooth in the car stereo gets you is you never forget your phone ever again. I’ve had times where I’ve gotten home from, say soccer, and couldn’t find my phone. But I could say to myself “I know it’s somewhere in my car… I listened to my tech podcasts on it the whole way home”.

It’s so nice to be able to use your phone as a highly extensible repository of all things media, but never have to take it out of your pocket while driving. The car’s stereo controls work just like it was playing a CD.

The even cooler part is some apps let you modify what the bluetooth control buttons do. So, for instance, on my podcast app, I’ve set it to where when I click the bluetooth “Skip to next” button, it doesn’t go to the next podcast, it skips forward 30 seconds. “Skip back” goes back 10 seconds.

One other cool part, is if there’s a funny video or something that all of your passengers want to watch, if they watch it over your phone, it should play like a makeshift surround sound so that everyone can hear it much better. Of course, drive should keep his/her eyes on the road, but at least they get to listen.
- Bo
  
  May 21, 2015 at 6:43 pm
  
  I hadn’t thought about being able to leave it my pocket. Did that today after I read your comment. Yes, very cool.

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