Archive for June, 2010

How we got Best Buy to eat a dishwasher

Okay, it’s not like I’ve ever been a big fan of Best Buy.

Back in my old Home Theater/E-Gear days, I’d stop in my local version and play dumb with the video guys and ask questions to see how poorly and incorrectly they’d answer them.

My point wasn’t to be mean or just to have fun, but to gauge the kind of strange information being put out there to my readers and what mistakes and misconceptions we needed to make an extra effort to correct.

And yet, like most tech-loving people, I’ve spent my share of spare change at Best Buy.

But during the last couple of weeks, though, my wife and I have gone through a surreal experience with them. Read the rest of this entry »

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Kenny at the AirShow

My son Kenny at the New Garden Air Show

One of the many perks of doing what I’m doing for a living is getting to share a little of it with my kids. Last week, I got to take my son Kenny to the New Garden Air Show, which is pretty close to heaven for a nine-year-old boy.

I think he had a pretty good day. I know I did.

You may notice a new look. This is the first entirely designed from the ground up Word Press template I’ve written, called, oddly Mcgann. I’m oddly proud of it, and plan to do more things like this in the coming months.

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