I Like Wins...I Also Like the E-brake Sliding Save

Apparently, you don't want to be a purse snatcher in this neighborhood. People with cars will run you down. And other people in the area will come flying out of the darkness to beat you down after you are run over.

!!!!!!FREE Deli Trio Grilled Sandwich!!!!!!

Hey Jimmy!!!!!! I don't normally use exclamation points!!! or CAPITAL LETTERS in my emails, but there's no other way to express how excited I am about my new promotion. Here it is: This week only!!! When you buy anything on my menu!! You get a Deli Trio Grilled Sandwich FREE!!! All you have to do is PRINT OUT THIS COUPON and BRING IT IN! As you may already know, the Deli Trio, like all my Grilled Sandwiches, is made with the finest deli meats! (sorry, I know it's mid-sentence, but "meats" deserves an exclamation point) and cheeses on grilled artisan bread. Enjoy. (See? I'm calming down. I used a period.) !!!!!!!!!!, Jack Offer not valid in Austin, TX, Beaumont/Pt. Arthur, TX, Boise, ID, Lake Charles, TX, Seattle, WA, Tulsa, OK, Twin Falls, ID, Waco, TX & Yakima, WA. April 26th, 2010 - May 2nd, 2010 only. One offer per person. At participating restaurants. No substitutions. Not valid in combination with any other offer.

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Here it is, my first SMS post. Crazy how technology works.

The Ford Fiesta Could Be My Next Car...

After seeing this: Techy-Guy-Ted a.k.a. techyted and I got to drive the Ford Fiesta at the Sacramento Auto Show, and both of us had a blast. We were allowed to drive it hard, fast, and wild, just like Jeremy Clarkson. Both of us even tried e-brake slides. Plus it has Sync.

Woz Understands How To Make The Leak Fun

Don't Buy What GM's Selling Now **UPDATED**

In GM's newest ad, they want you to believe they paid back all the money they owe. While they may have paid back the federal loans, they are still about $45,300,000,000.00 short of paying back the American people. On top of that is the $20,000,000,000.00 that was wiped in the bankruptcy process. If you can't tell with all those zeros, both numbers are BILLIONS of dollars. According to David Kiley with AOL: Prior to today's (4/21/2010) announcement, GM owed the U.S. government $4.7 billion and the Canadian government $1.1 billion. The U.S. government invested a total of $50 billion in GM to get the company through bankruptcy. Besides the debt, the U.S. holds $2.1 billion in preferred stock and stock warrants for a total 61% stake. The U.S. also aided GM with more than $20 billion more before the Chapter 11 bankruptcy to keep it afloat, but that money is not expected to be paid back. See the rest of his article here. The Truth About Cars says this. Don't buy what GM is trying to sell you in this commercial. They still took close to $100,000,000,000.00 from the American people. BUY FORD! **UPDATED** Autoblog added this today.

WTF Ad From Google

Quick question, what is wrong with my blog that Google sends this ad to me? (click on the image to enlarge)

Apple is Greedy. Must Be Run by Liberals.

I think that Gizmodo made some bad choices, but Apple, Inc. is just a big jerk about the whole leaked 4th Generation iPhone thing. Apparently, some sort of police investigation is under way. Whether that means Apple filed a crime report or not, I think Apple should use this as a marketing opportunity, instead of another attack on the people. See the story at TUAW. And because I think this is a well written article, take a look at the TUAW's post about the potential crimes and suits that could be filed against Gizmodo from Apple, Inc. and The State of California as a result of the leaked 4th generation iPhone. I have a real love/hate relationship with Apple, Inc. I love their products, their designs, their way of moving beyond what the other guys are doing to make some of the best technology products in the world. I hate their business model, their weak customer connection once a product is launched, the fact that they slow play everything from updates in hardware and software to establishing alliances with other companies, and the way it seems they believe they have everything figured out already and are just not letting us have it yet. The iPhone came out and amazed the world. It was the most user friendly, feature rich, powerful and fast, cell phone in the world. Of course, instantly people started to notice missing features. Hackers quickly plugged these holes with a hacked phone called jailbroken. But Apple, Inc. did nothing to answer these request from consumers for over a year. They had a small software upgrades or two, and then the iPhone 3G came out. This model fixed the cell network speed issues, but did little for the phones feature set. Meanwhile, hacked or jailbroken phones had many of the desired features (namely the cut and paste feature). Only then, after over a year and 2 models, did Apple start to update the software with features people wanted. The iPhone 3GS came out a year after that and Apple added more requested features to this new model. But some of the features weren't supported on the older models of the iPhone. Apple claimed the older phones couldn't handle the new features, even though jailbroken iPhone users were able to use many of these features. Now OS 4.0 has been announced and Apple is again bringing features that people have wanted for years now. They also announced that some of the features won't work on the earlier models. And, Apple will no longer support the first generation iPhone. So what I'm trying to get to is that Apple is all about the money; which I'm sure makes some people happy, but I think their business model could be tweeked a bit and they'd make as much or more money. Here is what I think: 1. Introduce the product the way you always have. Do the big surprise reveal like always, talking about this most "revolutionary" product, and show the slide show with most of the great features of the device. 2. Bring the product to the market. After the big reveal, continue to bring the product to market at the scheduled release date, sell the crap out of the product, talk about how wonderful sales are and about the fact that you are doing so great. Tell us all about how you have the most amazing whatever, blah, blah, etc. etc. 3. Now it's time to LISTEN TO THE CONSUMERS. After the product is out for a while, start listening to the feedback. But don't just stick to the average Joe users. Start listening to the nerds, the experienced ones, the modifiers, the hackers, the bloggers who write all about your products and provide you with free advertising. Listen to the people! 4. DO WHAT THE PEOPLE ASK! Add the features. ALL THE FEATURES! Add these features the consumers and bloggers and nerds and experts are asking for. Don't introduce a few at a time. Jailbreak an Apple owned iPhone, look at some of the great features that are available, recreate them only better, and make it the next model or the next OS release. Make your phone the best by miles. 5. STOP THINKING ABOUT HOW YOU CAN MAKE MORE MONEY IF YOU DRAG OUT THE UPDATES OVER SEVERAL YEARS AND MODELS. Do everything the best you can now, and the people and your staff and the world will help you realize the next step. That's step #3. Make the next model the perfect phone, with everything you could think of and users talked asked told you about wanting. I know the consumers, bloggers, experts, and nerds are going to find more "stuff" they want the device to do for the next revision. PLAN THOSE FOR THE FOLLOWING MODEL or SOFTWARE UPDATE. 6. Stick to your set refresh/revise schedule. This is very helpful for consumers. If they know you are working on the next model and it will be out on a specific date, they will continue to buy from you. Right now, I'm waiting for that next generation iPhone. If the leaked 4th generation model is truly coming out in July, I may not make the switch to Android that I've been debating. 7. Market to, hear from, and love on, the buyers. When someone becomes an Apple customer, don't look at them as a person who you made money from, but think of them as someone you can continue to make money from. 8. Fix your arrogant image. Take a situation like the leaked 4th generation, and run with it. I believe this is a huge opportunity for Apple to look like the greatest company in the world. Many people who have been put off by the company's apparent arrogance would easily be won over if say, Steve and Gray showed up and revealed the phone together. Steve can make jokes at Gray's expense, making it clear that this was not what the company wanted, even clarifying that in the future this sort of thing could have bigger consequences for the involved parties but Apple is understanding of the mistake this time. By taking the "oops, I can't believe this happened but oh well" approach, Apple would seem sympathetic to Gray, caring about its customers, less worried about the almighty dollar, and become a company with a people focus as well as amazing products. Apple has an opportunity to make this a huge PR campaign. Final thought...I do believe the first generation iPhone did revolutionize the cell phone industry. Every mature cell phone company is still scrambling to find a form factor that can compete with the iPhone. But as the get closer and closer to the iPhone's first model, Apple could be designing the next revolution by building out the very best and most complete iPhone now. Inspiration will come from the perfect phone, leading to the next revolutionary device.

Glee Does Madonna

Fox's Glee is the work of a musical genius. The singers, musicians, arangements, performances, quality, and quantity of music done on the show by the actors is so great. Here is a music video of the cheerleader's coach Sue Sylvester, played by Jane Lynch, doing Madonna's Vogue. This is so great. As in 80's and 90's kid, I loved Madonna and enjoyed the music from this episode of Glee called, "The Power of Madonna." The Sue Sylvester character is a great one. Just a taste of Sue's "personality":

The 4th Generation iPhone is a Drinker

Apparently, the 4th generation iPhone was left at a bar in Redwood City. I don't usually jump on the band wagon about theorized future products, but this one is about the next iPhone, and I need a new one because mine is too slow and LAME! Check out the full story at Gizmodo. Check out the full story about the guy who may have a hit out on his life from Steve Jobs because he left the 4th generation iPhone at a bar at Gizmodo too. Like they said on Gizmodo, "it's just a !@#$ing iPhone", so I too hope the guy doesn't lose his job. I did end up jail-breaking my iPhone, but I restored it because it's too darn old and slow. I think if this thing comes out in July I'll get one, and I'll try to sell my 3G. We will see. If this is the next iPhone, I love it. I'll be super glad they changed the form factor of the phone. I think it's time. Good luck Gray! Here are some photos in case Apple asks Gizmodo to pull them down, and they do.

FREE Fryday this Friday!

Hey Jimmy the Gun, After years of research, months of planning and several hours of trance-based meditation, I've decided to reinvent my French fries. I call them . . . My New French Fries. Felt like it was more important to spend time crafting the fries themselves, not the name. They're crispy, golden, delicious and salted just right for your tasting pleasure. In honor of this groundbreaking news, I've decided to have a FREE Fryday on Friday, April 16th. All you have to do is walk in and ask for them. No coupons or anything. And just to be clear, everyone gets one free small fry. Like, an order of them. Not just one single fry. That would be silly. - Jack Offer not valid in Spokane, WA and Tulsa, OK. Friday, April 16th, 2010 only. One offer per person. At participating restaurants. No purchase necessary. Small fry only.

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iPhone OS 4.0? Who Cares.

Apple announced the 4th major update to the iPhone software. Things like multi-touch, in app SMS, folders, etc. were added in this update. But, who cares? It sure isn't the jail-broken iPhone users. They've already had all these features and more. And they have them without the Apple restrictions. These are a few pictures I got from a friend with a jail-broken iPhone. These pictures show off: Multi-tasking In app SMS 5 icons on the dock He even changed the carrier name to the picture of a pile of poo (to represent AT&T's amazing service) Other things not pictured include: settings quick access free app download changing wallpaper reading and replying to SMS texts while the phone is still locked current status of an app shown by the spinning "working" icon quick location update and so much more the OS 4.0 is not offering. And the best part, it all works on the older generation iPhones.