Ryan Prins' Blog

Yesterday after work was busy and fun. It began by playing a ridiculous amount of Madden and Tiger Woods on the PS2 after work with Stephen.

The following is kinda a flashback to high school, well… middle school. But, I had a friend whose older brother would have his friends over to play video games quite often. My friend then said something to the effect of, “That is so silly that he has people over to play video games. You think he’d grow out of it.” Well, uh, that’s me now! Read more…

“If we make a chocolate cake, it will be so big it’s hard to pick up” – God I love Costco. Interesting article on how Costco is giving Sam’s Club a run for their money in the bulk market. (nod)

It is so cold in the Micro Lab that I am using the heat from my laptop to warm my hands. This is so sad. Do I really need to have gloves on in here? I mean, damn. I should keep typing since that keeps my hands warm, but I have nothing else to say except that my hands are frickin’ freezing!

The fall of AT&T Wireless – An interesting article in the PI on the fall of ATTWS. I knew that it was bad, but I never knew how bad it really was. Thank goodness my service provider is not AT&T.

Guidelines for Linking – A good read on the usability of links on the web. It is making me rethink how I have links on my site and why usability is more important than presentation.

Yesterday Anthony, Jules, Jamie, and I went to Golden Gardens Park to screw around and enjoy the day since our plans for Mt. Rainier fell though. It was a really nice day out and it was great to be on the beach. I took plenty of pictures and I’ll share a few of them with you to give you an idea on what we did on our day at the beach. Read more…

Skype – If you haven’t heard of this by now you will soon find out. It is a free computer to computer telephony program. It is like a phone call for your PC to another PC. The best part is that it is free. Oh, yeah, their 2 cents per minute rate for long distance to many nations isn’t that shabby either.