Hans Anderson

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In Which Corpus Christi Champion Toyota lost my business

In March 2009 we took our Toyota Sienna to the dealership where we bought it – Corpus Christi Champion Toyota – for the final part of the huge pain-in-the-butt service packet I stupidly bought into. They made it sound like a good deal but we paid stupid tax for 3 years on it.
So on this [...]

It’s in the Bank. For good.

My lawn is a little scraggily.  My 16 year old mows it now, and only when it really needs it.  He does a pretty good job, about as well as I’d do it.   My house doesn’t look too bad, nothing like that yard in Malcolm in the Middle.  But, it’s not the picture of [...]

Ingleside Gold Course Map (photo)

Just for reference, here’s the new (as of Summer, 2009) Ingleside Gold course, par 65. Not only is the course relatively long, but the fairways are narrow. There isn’t much elevation change, but that’s the only thing missing from this difficult course.

Dell Latitude 2100 w/Ubuntu: Thumbs Down

My wife and I wanted to try out the new tiny netbooks and I’m a Linux guy so we bought a Dell Latitude 2100 w/Ubuntu installed. We upgraded a few things, including a touch screen which I was pretty psyched about using. I think Touch Screens will rock the world. I am probably wrong.
I [...]

Create your own tr.im

URL Shorteners can be really useful. Before twitter came along, the main reason for using a site like http://tinyurl.com was to be able to take a long url that wrapped in an email or newsgroup post and shorten it to allow for a better, cleaner view. Sometimes the wrapped URL broke, making it [...]