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I finally got around to moving off blogspot and onto my own domain. I suppose if anyone cared, or if I had enough subscribers to matter, I should have posted about this before I actually moved it. Oh well. http://www.nathanjohns.net is where it’s at now!

I’ll start by saying I don’t support a government-sponsored bailout of the Big Three automakers in the U.S. Some quick rambling points:

I understand there are a lot of jobs at stake. However unfortunate, this is not a valid reason for the auto bailout. 
The Big Three have been struggling for years. The financial crisis is giving [...]

They need more skits like this.

I tried to register a couple of .me domain names today. Searching for the domain names returned “available!” messages, so I continued through the registration and payment process. Entered credit card info, etc. etc. Even got the confirmation email.
Then I got an email saying “The following domain name cannot be registered – reason: already registered”.
Well, [...]

Time for a doomsday post, but first, a funny cartoon that’s been around for a while:
<a href=”http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/end”>The End of the World</a> from <a href=”http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/”>Albino Blacksheep</a>
When you consider all of the things we worry about these days, it can really be quite depressing. Take the following for example:

global warming
the economy and possible recession
the housing market and [...]

I was shopping at Macy’s with my wife recently when, during a long wait at the register in which I consequently got bored and started snooping around, I noticed how incredibly old their computers were:

And this is the case with most of the department stores I’ve been to. I worked at Mervyn’s for a few [...]

This post is inspired by the Wysz and his hatred for idiot marketing.
I recently received a very official and important looking piece of mail. I get a fair amount of junk mail and quite a few pieces that try to get past the average person’s manual “junk mail” filter by putting things on the envelope [...]

My wife and I celebrated our three year wedding anniversary tonight and enjoyed a wonderful dinner at Left Bank in Menlo Park. Do yourself a favor and have their Salade Nicoise. I’m pretty sure it’s the best salad I’ve ever had.

C’mon guys. Cookie sheets and dustbusters?

Grand Theft Auto IV due out April 29th. Here’s the newest trailer: