witeowl commented on Use FeedFlix To Monitor Your Netflix Usage Patterns, at 1:06 AM on May 20 @feedflix: Done. Also, I see where my thoughts went astray regarding the per rental cost. more »

witeowl commented on Use FeedFlix To Monitor Your Netflix Usage Patterns, at 11:41 PM on May 19 @feedflix: I'll take you at face value, but there are two weird things from my feed. 1) Netflix received two movies today but Feedflix only shows the earlier return. 2) It estimates that I keep each movie for six days, but then calculates my cost per DVD at the full monthly price of $17.00. more »

witeowl commented on Use FeedFlix To Monitor Your Netflix Usage Patterns, at 10:58 PM on May 19 @xl22k: Ah, you're missing the obvious: Anyone who uses Netflix is a tool! more »

witeowl commented on Bad Customers And The Stupid Things They Say, at 7:34 PM on May 19 Ooh, another one from my days as a shopkeeper. Scene: I've nearly finished mopping my way to the door at the end of the day. more »

witeowl commented on Bad Customers And The Stupid Things They Say, at 7:08 PM on May 19 @CaliforniaCajun: Ha! more »

witeowl commented on Freeze Ground Meat in Small Portions with a Chopstick, at 2:40 PM on May 19 Man, I'm really feeling for the editors today. more » [lifehacker]

witeowl commented on Freeze Ground Meat in Small Portions with a Chopstick, at 1:23 AM on May 19 @witeowl: Crud. more » [lifehacker]

witeowl commented on Freeze Ground Meat in Small Portions with a Chopstick, at 1:22 AM on May 19 Wow, Deprong Mori, if you don't like it, don't do it. more » [lifehacker]

witeowl commented on Are You A Sucker For Using Your Credit Card?, at 6:04 PM on May 18 Also: For those of you who who are stomping your feet, sure that this doesn't apply to you without ever having run an experiment similar to Singletary's suggestion, I have a parable in four lines of dialogue: "Damn, you win again. more »

witeowl commented on Are You A Sucker For Using Your Credit Card?, at 5:43 PM on May 18 @johnva: Well, sure, that's the reality for every statistic. more »

witeowl commented on Are You A Sucker For Using Your Credit Card?, at 3:28 PM on May 18 Any casino worker could have told you this a long time ago. more »

witeowl commented on "Gay" Player Name Banned By Xbox Live, at 2:17 PM on May 14 @witeowl: Ugh, sorry for the bad grammar. more »

witeowl commented on "Gay" Player Name Banned By Xbox Live, at 2:14 PM on May 14 @yourbffjill: I guess I'm saying that, just like "retarded", "nigger", "jap", "beaner", "bitch", "honkey", "kraut", and any number of other words, it's a word that could be used as a neutral word or a reclaimed word of pride, it's often used in an offensive manner so X-Box admin (not being mind readers) needs to take a hard line. more »

witeowl commented on "Gay" Player Name Banned By Xbox Live, at 11:43 AM on May 14 @yourbffjill: True, thanks to a recent semantics movement, we now say that a person "has mental retardation" rather than using the previously medically accurate term of retarded for a person with limited cognitive and adaptive abilities. more »

witeowl commented on McDonalds Wants To Feed You Fried Chicken For Breakfast, at 11:25 AM on May 14 I'm enjoying all of the people acting disgusted at the thought of fried chicken in the morning. more »

witeowl commented on "Gay" Player Name Banned By Xbox Live, at 11:13 AM on May 14 @yourbffjill: Are you really unaware that people use the word "gay" as an insult? more »

witeowl commented on "Gay" Player Name Banned By Xbox Live, at 9:31 AM on May 14 @MissPeacock: As do I, and I find it even sadder that the word "gay" is used regularly and unthinkingly as an insult. more »

witeowl commented on Do You Still Use Browser Bookmarks?, at 9:17 AM on May 14 As with many, I had to fudge my vote. I use bookmarks/favorites on occasion, but rarely refer to them. more » [lifehacker]