Posts by Christopher Null
Texas Monthly
What I’ve learned in the last year of reading Texas’s premiere “lifestyle” magazine: Lots and lots of people have been horribly murdered in Texas over the last thirty years, and virtually none of the people incarcerated (or executed) for the crimes have been guilty. So, where are all the real killers?
Read MoreHo Ho Ho
The worst thing the movies have ever done to Christmas is confusing the masses into believing the man in red’s name is spelled “Santa Clause.”
Read MoreHush Hush Sweet Charlotte
New favorite feature on the iPhone: “Block This Caller.”
Read MoreDon’t Ask About the Original Star Trek…
Me: What’d you do in school today? Daughter (11): We watched Robin Hood. Me: Which one? Daughter (11): The original. From 1982!
Read MoreOld Car, New Car
I’ve never had much interest in building or rebuilding a motor vehicle — I can focus on a long-term project for weeks, but this seems overwhelming — but this photo essay of a “Volkswagen Ferrari” being put together is so much fun that it makes me want to try.
Read MoreYaPogue!
So David Pogue is headed to Yahoo, eh? Having spent 4 years at Yahoo!’s very first stab at a tech site (which was also planned to be “much more than a site”), all I can say is best of luck. Someone poke me when Walt Mossberg starts at Microsoft, ok?
Read MoreChoose Your Own Adventure
So I’m in the parking garage and go to the elevator… So I go to the stairs…
Read MoreCheap Thrills
Here’s a fun trick you can try. Call someone (or Moviefone, if you are Forever Alone) on your iPhone, and put them on speakerphone. While they’re speaking, place the bottom of the phone (where the speakers are) against your lips. Have fun.
Read MoreNow Celebrating 4013 Years Open!
Google’s kinda funny sometimes.
Read MoreHey, Maybe We’ll Beat China After All…
Woman kills husband, self while learning to park “Learning” is a stretch…
Read MoreThe Perils of Car-Based Advertising
It’s not unusual to almost get run off the road while driving in San Francisco. What is unusual is to almost get run off the road by a car with an advertising wrap on it. Even more unusual was what I spotted on the side of the heavily-tinted car, its driver clearly yelling at me…
Read MoreCopy Hard Disks in Windows for Free
I use Clonezilla regularly to clone disks, but if I can mount both disks in Windows, why deal with the command line? Macrium Reflect does the job, with a few points and clicks, for free. Perfect for if you have, say, two USB drives you want to copy more reliably than drag-and-dropping from within Windows…
Read MoreThis Is The Worst Press Release I Have Ever Received
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: KELLIE PICKLER MAKES SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE ELLEN DEGENERES SHOW Monday night’s Dancing With The Stars episode will feature Pickler and dance partner, Derek Hough, performing to a very special song NASHVILLE, Tenn. (April 5, 2013)- Country music’s Kellie Pickler announced today on The Ellen DeGeneres Show that she and her dance partner, Derek Hough, will dance…
Read MoreA Double-Whammy of Movie News
Have you checked out Film Racket yet? You should, because it’s awesome. Everything I learned from 20 years of talking about the movies is distilled into this new website, which just launched this week. Have you read Five Stars! How to Become a Film Critic, the World’s Greatest Job? Oh, you have? Well maybe you…
Read MoreThe New Math
According to a letter from a KitchenAid warranty provider, this company suggests I pay $517 for a 5-year warranty on a 10-year-old mixer that now costs $340 new. Who’s with me?
Read MoreTopics of Conversation During My Comcast Telephone Call
(in rough order) My job. My children. The Comcast rep’s children. Where I live. Texting. Children having cell phones. Laptops. Wireless routers. Google Glass. Whether mobile technology is causing us to disassociate from society. Windows 8. My Comcast service request.
Read MoreFixing an Unreadable Smart Card?
Anyone have any tips on fixing unreadable smart cards with chips like those seen below? I’ve got $45 stuck on this parking card and nowhere to go with it because it gives a “card error” message every time I try to use it…
Read MoreHow to Update HootSuite Icons/Thumbnails/Avatars
It’s been bugging me that my HootSuite profile icons have been old or, worse, blank. Finally figured out how to update them… courtesy of the HootSuite help desk: To update the icons for your social networks, you should click on your Profile icon in the top left corner of your dashboard. From there, simply click…
Read MoreHow to Restore Items (Including Calendar Entries) Deleted by Outlook Auto-Archive
I spent 20 minutes trying to figure this out today. Nothing online is very complete. Outlook 2007 (other versions act similarly), by default when you install it, auto-archives your email every 14 days. This includes deleting many calendar entries older than 6 months, which makes using Outlook for archival purposes almost impossible. If you forgot…
Read MoreLance Armstrong + Oprah: Here’s How It’ll Go Down
Here’s a digest so you don’t actually have to watch the Lance Armstrong shame-fest. Gosh Oprah, it feels so good to finally admit to the doping. Living with this shame for years has really been impossible. I’ve let my fans down. I’ve let America down. But mostly I’ve let myself down. I take responsibility, but…
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