Worst Company In America 2011

It’s March Madness over at Consumerist.

… I’ve got to think one of the TelCos will win LOSE.

Here’s Your Lineup For Worst Company In America 2011!

Thanks for the link, Jason.

Blooper vid – Canadians BLUNDER in the snow

Warren and Bill reminded me of my classic 2007 edit of the fun we had over New Year’s.

It’s only had 106 views.

Clearly I should have put the words Blunder and Blooper in the title.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

My gymnastics coach diving bloopers video has 55,000 views.

In defence of techno-tards

Clearly, Kate is not a nerd:

I can’t cope with the relentless onslaught of technological “improvements”

… Just for a start, I find that trying to get the hang of which electronic teller requires the bank- card swipe and which the bank-card chip shove, and which way the card should be positioned for either, and whether I want to use the “calculate tip” function in the electronic teller, and whether I should be calculating the tip on the machine before or after the HST has been added, is enough to drive me to drink. …

Never mind the mystery of the six remote controls now required to operate a solitary TV or stereo, or the random puzzling beeps emanating from other people’s numerous plugged-in gadgets. I know I can’t be alone in my wonder at the breathtaking “efficiency” of ordering a movie ticket online, printing it up, and then having to stand in line at the movie theatre anyway in order to redeem it for a ticket I can actually use. …

read more on Kate of Late

Kate’s right about the remotes. WHY do we still have multiple remote controls in most homes, many of which have only one master of the remotes.

fast and dirty …

But good enough for me.

My personal philosophy is Voluntary Simplicity.

This about sums up my success, so far.

Posted by Avi Abrams on Facebook. He edits the excellent Dark Roasted Blend photo blog out of Calgary.