Comcast: Why Must I Count the Ways in Which you Suck

A typical night lately with Comcast’s Cable Internet:

> ping comcast.net
PING comcast.net (204.127.228.15): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 204.127.228.15: icmp_seq=2 ttl=45 time=45.688 ms
64 bytes from 204.127.228.15: icmp_seq=7 ttl=45 time=44.837 ms
64 bytes from 204.127.228.15: icmp_seq=17 ttl=45 time=45.918 ms
64 bytes from 204.127.228.15: icmp_seq=44 ttl=45 time=44.433 ms
^C
--- comcast.net ping statistics ---
79 packets transmitted, 4 packets received, 94% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 44.433/45.219/45.918/0.607 ms

That’s right — 94% packet loss.

All my queries to Comcast result in lame form responses, all ripe with denials about how it’s not their issue. So fuck ’em, I’m gonna start my own personal jihad against Comcast until I can publicly shame them into admitting they’ve got issues and engage in egregious amounts of false advertising. I’m keeping a detailed XLS of outages. And I’m not even complaining about “slowdowns,” I’m talking a total lack of availability.

As Colbert would say, Comcast: you’re on notice.

Palo Alto? Really? For Shame.

Local Sex Acts By The Numbers

Palo Alto was the most surprisingly sexed-up burb in the whole mix. It turns out that 1 in 5,000 in Palo Alto are seeking anal. compared to San Francisco, where 1 in 4,000 are looking for backdoor action, Palo Alto may seem paltry for the anal enthusiast and lube salesman alike (in both cases, 27 percent are M4M). But considering that in most Bay Area cities in my survey only 1 in 10,000 are seeking anal, Palo Alto is actually seeking twice as much anal action as the rest of the Bay Area.

When you ride MUNI, thank me Bitch!

…ugh, property tax day. A mere week ahead of income tax day!

This will be a marathon bending over week.

Our Long National Nightmare is Over

or as Fark put it:

Congratulations to Larry Birkhead, winner of the 2007 Anna Nicole Smith Vaginal Dumpster Invitational

Spain Photos

…starting to put a few up on Flickr, of the 2900+ that I took.

I’ll be posting more over the new few days, weeks, whatever.

Get your Gaudi history here. (This is not where the word “gaudy” comes from, as it dates back to the 16th century, but many think Gaudi is gaudy.) And interesting Gaudi tid-bit:

Gaudí’s abandoned plans for a New York skyscraper hotel were re-proposed for the redesign of the World Trade Center after the September 11, 2001 attacks.

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So Long Spain

…aside from the biblical rains the last day and my cafe con gamba (yes, somehow a whole prawn ended up in my coffee at a tapas bar), you have a mighty fine country there. (What I saw at least…)

Oh, and thanks for all the signs and menus in English.

…oh, and to the family yesterday on UA 901 who made me give up my nice window seat so your precious little family could all sit together, that was a serious dick move. You knew I’d be seen as some horrible child-hating bastard if I didn’t give up my seat, and you took advantage of it. If you want to sit together, book in advance and pick out your seats like I did, you assholes. The aisle seat I got in exchange had two old people on the inside who needed frequent restroom breaks — and all your shit was in the bin above my head which you accessed no less than 17 times. (I counted.) Just because you spawned does not give you license to run me over with your stroller, ruin my movie and dinner and especially steal my plane seat for a 12hr flight.

Well, this explains all the churches

Spain’s Greatest Treasure

…yes, that’s a fridge complete with a beer tap. ONLY 839€!

Look Who’s Not Honoring Me Now