Why Do You Give Gift Cards?

Maybe I am a little off here but I sort of agree with this statement:

"Here’s an idea. Let’s trade perfectly good money, and exchange it for something that serves the same purpose but has an expiration date, loses value over time, and can only be used at one store! Gift cards are the worst possible present you could give someone as a gift!"

In his article at American Consumer News, Matthew Paulson goes into the reasons we're all giving gift cards as well as the message it's sending to the recipient. You are either admitting that you have no creativity in your body or worse:

"When you buy someone a gift card, you are sending them a message that you know how to manage their money better than they are, and should be able to decide which store they spend the money you give them at."

So, here is the question. Do you give gift cards? If so, is it simply because it's more convenient for you? Don't feel bad, that is my reasoning. Perhaps I will begin thinking twice.

So remember, if you're thinking of giving me gift cards for christmas, I suggest you stop in your tracks and grab something more useful for me. I could use a notebook, maybe a truckload of caviar and a parentally-unaccepted amount of coffee.

Whatever, you got me started. Now I'm going to ignore this post and walk to starbucks.

Way to go dad ! [NSFW]

When she starts giving the boys a show her dad walks in...
Just a simple survey, what will you do if you find your daughter doing a web-cam strip tease for the boys?

Let me know in the comments guys!

I'll personally skin her.

Link (Via LiveLeak)

Alson deafeated by sluggish computer

Never in my life, have I hated slow computer that much. Determined not to allow such a breach in my computer slow down my plans to take over the world by manufacturing weapons of mass destruction using my iTunes, I have decided to reformat my computer once again.

I shall take over the world with "mother" once I reformat my hard disk. I call this project "Operation Reunion".

All imbeciles will vanish and the world will be left with only people the likes of me. Vanity at it's peak. I will update you when my Operation is ready. In the meantime, find an anti-air shelter and hide.

Alson lost hope in the online gaming community

I have literally lost all hope on the online gaming communities. I swear I will NEVER ever join one of those shit.

You'll never find me in GameTrailers forums nor the GameAxis forums. Well unless I'm there to

1. Phish
2. Cheat
3. Steal
4. Kill

Other then these 4 reasons, you'll NEVER EVER see Alson on the boards or forums of those gaming website. Although I am interested in new games releases, but I'm still loyal to both RF Online AND Warcraft III.

Introductions aside, let me bring you today's winner...

All the way from planet Retardia comes this retard.

JOSH !!!!

Read all about him here !

Link (via StumbleUpon)

I'll fucking murder him with an aluminium foil.

How degraded can mankind be?

I'll leave you with this question bobbling on your mind for the rest of your lives.

Alson loves falling dominoes

Ever imagined falling dominoes that BIG SCALE, so big it includes cars and luggages. WOOHOO!

This new Guinness ad was shot over a week in a remote Argentine village -- it depicts a falling-dominoes cascade that expands to include falling suitcases, book-cases, flaming bales of hay, junker cars, crutches, and many other objects winding through the hills of the town. It's a lovely bit of filmmaking.

Link (via BoingBoing)

Can you believe it ?

What's the hype about Portal anyway?

Stupid puzzle games.

I prefer Tetris any day. I thought the Portal song was kind of cute. Until i caught news that an IDIOT actually "played" this song on piano.

I stressed played because this dork literally played this song using the in-game piano.

I'm impressed. If this is legitimate, he'll probably score headshots more then the top WCG player. I mean, it's impossible right?

Unless... of course like thousands of 10 year olds do in Steam....

THE AIM HACK

This idiot is fucked. Ban his Steam key people !!!

Without further ado here it is....

The infamous portal song in HL in-game piano.

A hopeful Quicksilver alternative for Windows

Jealous of Quicksilver? Skylight will take away the green eye!

Like Quicksilver, Skylight is an automation utility that lets you launch applications, find files, and execute actions with a quick series of keystrokes.

Skylight’s off to a good start, but it’s still not as robust as Quicksilver. It has a limited set of actions, no ability to create “triggers” or customized key commands, and no support for complex file manipulations. Despite its “infinite plug-in extensibility,” Skylight also has has very few plug-ins.

Of course, it’s in beta, so the future could very well be bright. But for now, that glimmer of hope for a true Quicksilver clone is just a glimmer.

To try it, download it here:

• Skylight

If you’re itching to try out some more automation apps, check out these other Quicksilver alternatives.

Have you installed and used Skylight? What do you think?

via Lifehacker

Alson Vs. Telemarketing

I swear to God. I'll never trust a telemarketer ever again.

Ever since I joined a telemarketing company as a telemarketer. I thought.

Hey it wasn't so bad. Telemarketers aren't that bad. They don't want to eat you up as soon as possible. They take time to chew and torture and churn every single cent out of you as slowly as possible so your money do not die out and they continue to farm on you and squeeze every potential cent from you.

But now I know.

TELEMARKETER CANNOT BE TRUSTED, PEOPLE!

I TRUSTED one, and in return? I get a lecture complete with gift wrappings and an unmatched ribbon.

What? You want prove? Alright, I'll prove to you.

I asked my supervisor if I could use netvibes to check the time as different country have different timezones.

He said YES!

And today? My head supervisor gave the WHOLE telemarketer team a LECTURE.

YOU HEARD THAT RIGHT LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

WE GOT FUCKED UPSIDE DOWN!

Turns out we're NOT suppose to surf any other website other then WorldTimeServer.com AND the company website.

Bullshit, this word came to mind instantly.

Of course, Alson is a cool man who will take this lying down and swallow his pride right?

Yeah... That sounds just like me, doesn't it?

Alson>> Hey Cindy, umm, I told Fred about this before.
Alson>> He gave me and my colleagues permission to use NetVibes to check for world time.
Alson>> NetVibes is faster and it does increase productivity as It's faster then WorldTimeServer
Alson>> So I do not understand why it's banned.
Cindy>> YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO SURF ANYTHING ELSE
Cindy>>OTHER THEN THE COMPANY WEBSITE.
Cindy>> We've detected media files coming in from NetVibes and it'll be hard to explain to the management.
Cindy>> I'm sorry but you cannot use NetVibes in our office anymore.
Cindy>> Be professional, this is an office.
Alson>> Be flexible, this is the 20th century.
Cindy>> What?
Alson>> Nothing, just mumuring to myself.

Damn it, I swore if there's a stressball in front of me. It'll turn into the size of a gum ball.

Remember kid, when a telemarketer calls you, put the phone by your butt and give good 'ol phone a big fart. Daddy will reward you with ice cream.