The Jeff R Project

This came across Twitter this morning and I don’t know who sent it anymore, but I thought it was pretty funny.

25 Hilarious WiFi Network Names (Not safe for work really – no nudity, just words)

For those of you who are not technical, your WiFi network needs a name. The default will be something like Router1234 but you can set it be whatever you want. Mine’s pretty generic and made up of initials. Yawn.

Some people get pretty creative. One of my neighbours has “FuckYouMooch” and another is “ILoveNucks” (Vancouver Canucks that is). The people in the list are WAY more creative and obviously had a lot of trouble with people accessing their network. Enjoy.

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For a long time, Chris and I have been talking about getting another dog. Getting a playmate for Rumble would make all of us happy a lot of the time, but also make my life (and commute with 2 dogs) a lot harder, so needless to say we are still a 1 dog family.

Anyway, now that I’ve finished my laughing fit, I need to relate what brought on that bought of happiness. Although I forget what started it, it basically involved my suggesting a name for the hypothetical new dog.

One of the qualities of a pet name, or given the odd names for children (Apple for example)  these days – kids,  is what I call the field test. Imagine yourself having to call for your dog (or child) across an open field full of families and children. How would it sound to innocent bystanders.

My suggested name for the new dog:

Bitches. But said with a slight ghetto twang to it. You know, like a peeimp (pimp ya know).

It goes downhill from there as I start running the field test on it and was entirely amused by the result.

• “Bitches, come bitches, come.”
• “Bitches want a cookie?”
• “High five Bitches.”
• “Shake Bitches.”
• “I slept with Bitches last night.”
• “Hi, ABC Dog Training? I’d like to register Bitches for puppy class… Hello?”
• “Don’t poop on the rug!!! Bad Bitches, bad!”

I know, about 1/2 of you are SO FURIOUS with me right now for something. I don’t care. For 10 minutes, Chris and I were in hysterics over it. It wasn’t malicious, it was just entertaining. It was even better than my 30 minutes of bad puns about the fastener store.

Fuck you, Ty Pennington.

A while back I got an email from someone about taking surveys online to earn rewards, and thought “That sounds like a scam” so I did some more research.

This company, Web Perspectives is one of the few legitimate survey companies online that actually offer real rewards to it’s members. The rewards for completing a survey vary from survey to survey, depending on what the survey owner wants to offer.

A variety of survey rewards are offered to all of our members. Survey rewards include monthly prize draws for 5 chances at $1,000. There are also special draws for x-box’s, i-Pods, and much more. Many surveys also offer individual rewards in the form of  “Perspective Points”. These range from 100 points to 500 points with a completed survey.

Web Perspectives reward partners:

• PayPal – Redeem 1000 points to transfer $10 into your PayPal account.
• Chapters/Indigo(Online) – Use 1000 points to claim a $10 gift certificate to purchase books, DVD’s, I-pods, etc
• Sympatico MSN Music Store – Redeem 1000 points  for $10 worth of music downloads.
• Cineplex – Redeem 1000 points for a free movie ticket valid at any Cineplex Entertainment theatre.
• Golf Town – Use 1000 points to claim a $10 gift certificate to purchase sporting goods or apparell.
• The Canadian Cancer Society – Donate your reward to a good cause and help other Canadians. You will also receive a tax receipt for your donation.

So, what kinds of surveys do you get to answer? It depends. You can fill in an online profile inside your Web Perspectives account and they will try to target surveys into your interest area. For me, I’ve been getting a variety of surveys about food, beverage, technology and transportation (cars really).

The time required to fill out a survey varies too. Some are short 5 minute ones, but a big one I did on snack-food took me 45 minutes! Yes, you can save and return in most cases.

Some of the surveys you get in your inbox may ultimately end up not allowing you to complete. They pre-qualify respondents in some cases. I got one survey about beer, and since I said I don’t drink beer, I was sent to a nice “Thanks but no thanks” page. This has happened a number of times.

How many surveys do I answer? I get anywhere from 1 to 4 emails a day offering a survey and I don’t answer all of them. Sometimes I’m just too busy and other times I’m just not interested.

So far I haven’t won any of their contests, and keep forgetting to check my points to see if I can redeem them for anything. I fill out the surveys mainly because they are fun. I’ve actually seen the results of some of the surveys (or what sounds like them) on the news.

If you’re looking for a way to make a quick and easy contribution to market research or those other “mystery” polls you hear about, check out Web Perspectives.

Over the past few weeks, there’ve been several lawsuits filed again Apple Corp which are no doubt keeping their lawyer’s busy.

I’m sure the boys over at Dewey, Cheatham and Howe keep busy every day finding new and more intriguing ways of writing evil things into EULA’s, Privacy Policies and going after copyright infringement, but fighting off a variety of incoming suits must keep them busy.

Everyone wants a bite of the Apple. They’re one of the biggest, most prominent companies still making money in today’s economy. They seem to be able to do no wrong that way. Everything with the Apple logo on it has turned to gold lately, which makes them a target.

The lawsuit that was disclosed today makes no sense, and is just one of the dozens of frivolous ones they (and many others) contend with every year.

AppleInsider.com is reporting that Apple is being sued by a guy who’s clearly after nothing more than money.

Apple is the defendant in two recent, offbeat lawsuits, including one filed by an artist who alleges he invented and named the iPod and iPhone in the 1980s, only to have Apple and actress Sarah Jessica Parker steal his trade secrets.

In meeting these people, Wakefield alleges he was asked by the congressman to disclose his “trade secrets” to the FBI, including the concept of the iPod, iTunes, and the iPhone, the last of which he allegedly specifically named nearly 20 years prior to its debut.

Yep. Wakefield claims to have invented the iPod and iTunes nearly before the internet came into existence, prior to the MP3 being developed and other insanity.

The next suit mentioned in the AppleInsider report talks about someone suing Apple because Lil’ Wayne (stupidest name ever) may have used a concept in one of his songs.

They then go on to mention how Apple was also sued for being connected to the Mafia.

I figure if Apple IS connected to the Mafia (and I have no specific knowledge for or against this), then these lawsuits should quietly disappear.

I have to admit that I’m becoming one of those old guys who loves the music of his generation, and when he hears any new music either goes off on a rant about “the state of music these days” or quietly mutters something about the Doobie Brothers.

I pretty much fully blame the internet and MP3 players for this. Ever since I got an MP3 player and the internet, I don’t recall ever listening to radio. The ultimate downside of this is the lack of exposure to “emerging talent.” You know, like Britney or Lady Gag-me. I mean Lady Gaga, of course. Generally speaking that’s not really a problem, but it does mean I’m out of touch with the advances and what the kids are listening to. I also don’t go to clubs or any other place where modern music gets played.

Yep, I’m becoming a curmudgeon at 40. 41, sorry. Sigh.

That said, I have apparently missed Mika. He’s been profiled in a few months of the Gay Newsletter they send us all (that’s a joke), but I tended to ignore it. Last night, for some reason, I clicked on the play button for his latest video and found myself rather enjoying it. It’s light and poppy, modern and yet accessible. Find out more at http://www.mikasounds.com

Maybe I should explore some more of this modern music. Apparently there’s a set of musical triplet boys people are talking about.