I recently noticed that Endless.com no longer had free overnight shipping for all shoes. From their site, the new policy says:
We know how hard it is to wait when you buy something online, so all of the items we sell will be shipped fast and FREE – FREE Overnight Shipping for styles marked “New,” and [...]
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No more overnight shipping at Endless.com for all shoes
Life without cable or satellite TV, a 1 year experiment
I’ve been thinking of ridding myself of cable and satellite TV for over 4 years. When I moved to Austin, TX a year ago, I thought it would be the perfect time to give it a try. Here were my requirements:
100% legal
No cable, satellite, or antennas
Minimize DVD usage – I’ll have a DVD player hooked [...]
Amazon Shipping Notification Email Bug / Error
I just received two shipping notifications from Amazon for orders placed over the weekend. However, it seems the item being shipped was omitted from both emails. It seems they have a bug with their systems. Here is one email with my personal information obfuscated.
Greetings from Amazon.com.
We thought you’d like to know that we shipped [...]
Fun with the English language – Diesel t-shirt fabric care
I recently purchased a Diesel T-shirt from Nordstrom. It’s a nice printed T so I wanted to be careful when washing it. Reading the fabric care instructions was both confusing and funny.
It seems I can only wear the shirt inside:
EXPOSED TO EXTREME
AMOUNTS
OF SUNLIGHT COLOR
MAY FADE
And the washing instructions:
THIS GARMENT HAS BEEN TREATED IN
ORDER [...]
Austin Hail Storm, Car Damage – March 25, 2009
On Wednesday evening, I experienced my first “real” hail storm. My car sustained $4500 in damage in less than 10 minutes of bad weather. Luckily I didn’t have any glass damage as the subsequent water damage often totals a car. Hopefully this wasn’t our official welcome to Texas.
Hail measurement:
Here is a video from my [...]