Archive for January, 2007

Free Ticket Hassle

Wednesday, January 24th, 2007

I just got off the phone with a customer rep from United Airlines. I was calling them to book the two free tickets that Jamie and I received when we were vacationing in San Francisco a year earlier (Day 1, 2, 3). Firstly, their phone tree is terrible. My path that I [...]

Math Education: An Inconvenient Truth

Sunday, January 21st, 2007

Really, if this is how math is taught in Washington schools, I’m just as concerned as M.J. McDermott. “When problems get difficult, reach for a calculator” isn’t acceptable to me. You should have these basic math skills… at least.

See what I’ve shared

Thursday, January 18th, 2007

I’ve been a big fan of Google Reader since I read about it a while back. One of the cool features of Google Reader is that I can share items with the world. If you’d like to see what I’m sharing, you can see my shared items by clicking the following link: http://www.google.com/reader/shared/02438335016718417319 [...]

Lost my camera

Monday, January 15th, 2007

When Jamie and I were coming back from my brother’s wedding, we were looking at the pictures that I took when we were on the plane. Somewhere between the time when I took my little camera (Canon SD400) out of my carry on and when I got home, the camera was lost. I [...]

No Fly Back for Ryan

Tuesday, January 9th, 2007

The project I’m currently on out at Microsoft has had new work presented to us and we need a prototype developed by Monday. Seeing that the remaining members of our team were going to head out to the West Region Fly Back this weekend, we found out that we wouldn’t have time to get [...]

Vonage Doesn’t Block Phone Numbers

Tuesday, January 2nd, 2007

There is this telemarketer that keeps calling me (1-888-447-4169) over and over again. I am on the do not call list for both my phones since 2003 and I have called this number 3 times to have my number removed from the list. All three times I was assured that “yes” we will [...]