because not enough websites start with the letter “Z”
Posted in life on Aug 16th, 2009
In German, Ausfahrt freihalten! means “no parking here!” You see these little signs on garage doors and buildings to warn people from blocking a driveway. Since moving to Manhattan in January our garage has been too full of boxes to hold a car. Gradually over the seven and a half months we’ve lived here, boxes [...]
Posted in life on Aug 14th, 2009
In addition to great customer service, and fantastically fast shipping, Zappos, it seems, has a sense of humor. I’ve been wearing my new Timberland shoes indoors only since they are a little tighter than I’d like, and I want to be able to exchange them for the next size larger if necessary. Consequently I swap [...]
Posted in life on Aug 12th, 2009
Yesterday afternoon, about 1:30 Central time, I ordered a pair of shoes from Zappos.com. The are famous for their customer service, and free shipping plus free returns. Last night I got an email from them stating that my order, while made with the free shipping option, was being bumped up to a faster shipping option. [...]
In any relationship there are dates of significance. Today, August 12, is one such date for Sibylle and I. Three years ago today we met in person for the first time. We had been introduced to each other on eHarmony nineteen days earlier and had already traded well over a hundred emails. Six months ago [...]
Posted in life on Aug 11th, 2009
Most of the day Sunday Sibylle and I searched for the errant Jimmy title in vain. In order to use the Jimmy for the CARS program we need to show proof of insurance for the past 12 months, produce registration for the past two years (current plus previous is fine), and have a free and [...]
Posted in life on Aug 9th, 2009
Today I spent roughly six hours opening every box in the garage and sifting through its contents. Along the way I found several items of interest to both Sibylle and I, and managed to repack several half empty larger boxes into smaller ones. However, I did not find the missing car title we need. Two [...]
Posted in life on Aug 8th, 2009
After reading about it this week, Sibylle researched the Car Allowance Rebate System, or CARS program that the US government is sponsoring. In a nutshell: if your car qualifies you can get up to $4,500 when trading it in for a new car that gets better gas milage. Her research showed that the 1998 GMC [...]
Posted in life, nerdliness on Aug 8th, 2009
As I sat down this evening to start a posting about the CARS program, I discovered that the last posting I made was the 1600th on zanshin.net. I no longer have a word count on the site, so I’ve lost track of the words I’ve written here, but I believe it was well north of [...]
Posted in nerdliness on Aug 6th, 2009
According to last.fm my favorite musical artists are, in order: Genesis (940 plays) The Beatles (725 plays) Evanescence (549 plays) Peter Gabriel (412 plays) Loreena McKennitt (377 plays) Rush (363 plays) Phil Collins (218 plays) Mike Oldfield (191 plays) Johnny Cash (185 plays) Marillion (170 plays) Pink Floyd (169 plays) Led Zeppelin (118 plays) ZZ [...]
Posted in elsewhere, nerdliness on Aug 4th, 2009
A truly inspiring story.