Watches that I want...

1. Tissot Le Locle T41.1.483.53 (black) or T41.1.483.33 (white)
MSRP $550, available for $340-$400



2. Stowa Antea Creme
$495.76 direct from Stowa


3. Citizen Eco-Drive Nighthawk
MSRP $395, available for $200-$240


4. Orient Executive CFDAC004W
MSRP $290, available for $203 with 30% discount from Orient or $155-175 elsewhere.

"Smart Quotes" not so smart after all

If you work in the publishing industry and you send Word files around to multiple people to edit -- especially if what you're working on will end up online:

FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS HOLY TURN OFF THE FREAKING SMART QUOTES.

That is all.

Metro Rail Fun: #1

I think I'm going to start bringing the paper on the Metro in the morning, going to the SuDoKu page and filling it in really fast with random numbers so that people think I'm some kind of genius.