Daniel's blog

Refurbished and Open Box being sold as new might become an epidemic with current economic conditions and stores having trouble.  read more »

I urge you to not give the automakers free money. The leadership of the automakers drove the companies into the ground and now they want a bail out?  read more »

The Automator workflow I used in Tiger no longer works in Leopard.  read more »

This is a video about John McCain. Watch the video. Make up your own mind.

I got an error when I run any of the Adobe Design Premium CS3 products saying "licensing for this product has stopped working" and then it closes.  read more »

I have been waiting to buy a house in Southern California for 7 years. Every year I save money for a down payment and every year prices go sky high.  read more »

This is a video I took in Japan in September 2006.

The PUC commissioners recently gave their duty of approving fee increases to the companies they are suppose to oversee. Now telecommunications companies can raise their fees anytime they want. I have Cox Communication for telephone service, which is the only option for our area. Cox, of course, did not wait a minute and took immediate advantage and raised their non-publish number rate from .28 to 1.25. There is no cost related to not having a number not published; maybe a savings for not having to print the number in a directory.  read more »

I made Tres Leche for the first time. It turned out great. I used the Alton Brown recipe with a few modifications. I think I like this better than biscuits or angel food cake with strawberries.

I am driving down a road in Vista that has a speed limit of 35 mph. I see a red convertible car pull out from a business going the same direction I am heading. The car stops for several seconds then starts moving slowly. When I catch up to the car, it is going 20 mph and is not speeding up. I see the car is a Mercedes-Benz. After about 30 seconds of this person trying to light a cigarette and not driving the speed limit, I honk. The person then slows to 10 mph and taps his brakes several times and starts gesturing. I point for him to pull over so I can pass and he does. Great.  read more »