Real Life Sucks

A Burning man lemonade stand.

Salvatore — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:24:08 +0000

Burning man has great lemonade…

11/25/2011

Salvatore — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 11:12:22 +0000

Well it’s 2011…

My last entry was 2010!
May 19, 2010?

Tire Fortress

Salvatore — Wed, 19 May 2010 04:16:51 +0000

This is the Thai army moving in on what appears to be a tire fortress.

This is the Saladaeng Intersection.

The Vice Guide to Travel!

Salvatore — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 03:01:00 +0000

Just want to share this with anybody who hasn’t found out about “The Vice Guide to Travel”

In the Vice Guide to Travel, correspondents from VBS and Vice magazine are dispatched around the world to visit the planet’s most dangerous and weird destinations.

They have soo many awesome episodes. From Liberia to North Korea. Crazy interesting, scary and slightly disturbing.

Vice Guide to North Korea

Wii Disc Error Repair Guide! – Update

Salvatore — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 20:37:30 +0000

Took Nintendo around three days to receive and reship my repaired Wii. The invoice inside the package said components had been repaired/replaced. However it did not fix the fact that all the third party games for the Wii suck really bad. So I traded it in and bought a PS3.

Biodiesel.. Simple Solution.

Salvatore — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 04:21:34 +0000

While maybe not a long term solution, and might not end up being much better for our planet. Its a start.

“J.C. Bell, an agricultural researcher and CEO of Bell Bio-Energy, Inc., says he’s isolated and modified specific bacteria that will, on a very large scale, naturally change plant material – including the leftovers from food – into hydrocarbons to fuel cars and trucks.”

Link
I have a strong feeling that the United States is currently intensively seeking new fuel resources. To publicize such information might cause our current oil suppliers to strike the price down dramatically and cause our attention to shift to other issues, only to reap the price back up. I would love to see such solutions like the one above to work, throw a name at me that can make this happen and I’ll vote.

HA! Vagabonds are the best.

Salvatore — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 00:13:11 +0000

A vagabond is a (generally impoverished) itinerant person. Such people may be called tramps, rogues, or hobos. A vagabond is characterized by traveling, lacking a fixed home, abode, or residence. Vagabonds are not bums, as bums are not known for traveling.

I love to play with the ideal of being completely free, hence broke as well. Vagrant is another word for somebody that wanders!

Wii Disc Error Repair Guide!

Salvatore — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 23:53:38 +0000

I have setup this page to detail my journey on getting my new Nintendo Wii repaired. I just happen to be part of the “very small percentage” of wii consoles suffering from a hardware problem.

“The Game Disc could not be read. Please read the Wii operations Manual for more information.”

This relentless error message will occur randomly while playing the new Super Smash Bros. Brawl game from Nintendo. Nintendo of America has announced that those suffering from the problem, which is most likely due to a dirty lens inside the machine, will be able to send their consoles in to be cleaned, and has set up a web page detailing the specifics of the situation.

“Super Smash Bros. Brawl utilizes a double-layer disc which has a large memory capacity. A very small percentage of Wii consoles may have trouble consistently reading data off this large capacity disc if there is some contamination on the lens of the disc drive.”

I hope this article will help you get your Wii fixed and get it back in a speeder fashion! I will also be reporting the time and solution taken to repair my Wii.

Repair Instructions:

First report the problem with Nintendo and fill out this form Wii Repair Form

– I lacked a printer so i opted to have my shipping label, well shipped to me.
Received my UPS shipping label in exactly two days time.

With the label I received shipping instructions on how to ship my Wii back to be repaired. They will explain shipping container, drop off location etc..

” Because of the nature of this issue, you must send in your Wii Console in addition to your Super Smash Bros. Brawl disc. Please ensure the disc is NOT inside the system. Place your Super Smash Bros. Brawl disc in the game disc case it came in as this will protect the game during shipping.”

I was curious as to why Nintendo needs your Brawls disc?

I’ll update this page with info on how my repair went, currently have not shipped the Wii.

Well my Wii has been shipped
I got some bubble wrap from work, cause I went to Target and they wanted to charge me about four dollars down here in the south. Which I thought was pretty sad. I have been pondering the thought that if bubble wrap is such an expensive commodity that itself should be wrapped in bubble wrap to ensure that none of its bubbles are popped.

Anyway I called UPS to have them pick it up, and they were more than willing to do so. They even offered to have a local driving come that day to pick the box up. Nintendo had sent me a free of charge 2nd DAY AIR prepaid return label. So everything so far has been great service.

– Salvatore

Some other readers feedback on the issue!

I sent mine in this weekend. It was just received today (Didn’t ship until Monday). I’m in New England, yet my Wii went to Redmond, WA. After doing a little research on the Nintendo site, I found out that there is a New York (as well as a California) repair location for the US. WTF? If it went to NY, I’d have it by tomorrow (Friday), instead I’ll be waiting for this “expedited” repair process. *NATCH*

Mmm Fat Pig

Salvatore — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 21:20:39 +0000

Fat Pig Chocolate. Need I say more?

American Vagabonds – What people never see

Salvatore — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 01:59:01 +0000

These pictures would seem like a creative punk photo shoot. However these are real vagabonds, hobos, schnorrer whatever you wish to call them. They are real. They are inspiring and spark curiosity. There are more photos at the link below, credit to ziza.es?