Hijinks Inc.

Category: Random

  • Been there, done that, now you can get the t-shirt!

    As a new member of the Red Ring of Death club, I found this to be amusing. A company called Split Reason has gone and slapped that bad boy on a t-shirt and paired it with a quote from the computer in 2001. Of course, I’m twisted enough that my first thought was that I should buy one and give it to my wife.

    And you’ve gotta love the explanation they give for the Red Ring of Death: “If you’re not careful, your 360 may jettison you out an air-lock. The red ring of death is just the first sign that something has gone terribly wrong and not only will you not be playing any games, your 360 may rebel and simply kill you.”

  • Thygeson’s Punctate Keratitis

    Impressive sounding, isn’t it? And I have it. Have had it rather…it’s a chronic problem I’ve been dealing with for the past few years. Thygeson’s keratitis amounts to small scratches on the cornea of my eye. I found a few other definitions that sound far more impressive though. Such as:

    Thygeson’s disease is an eye condition named after Phillips Thygeson, an American physician born in 1903. It is now more commonly known as punctate epithelial keratitis or superficial punctate keratitis. It is a type of inflammation of the cornea.

    Epithelial?! I am going to make it my mission to use that word in a sentence this week… right after I find out what it means. Oh, but there’s more!

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  • That hurts…

    As of the time I’m writing this, 46.24% of visitors who happen upon Hijinks Inc. don’t ever come back. That’s right. Good old Google Analytics had that bit of happy news waiting for me when I logged in today.

    Those of you who actually came back, what brought you back? Those of you were are considering leaving at this very moment, what types of posts would bring you back on a regular basis?

  • One man’s guide to becoming the ultimate… housewife?

    That’s right ladies and gentlemen, you read that correctly. I’ve embarked on the journey of becoming the ultimate housewife. Ultimately, this path will lead to becoming a stay at home dad, but I don’t feel the need to expound on that portion of the experience. I hope to use this as a sort of guide to starting your own business, learning how to help out around the house, and becoming a more “well rounded” individual (that’s what my wife says it’s called).

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  • About Aaron

    Aaron NelsenMy name is Aaron Nelsen, and I feel I must set the record straight, I am not the Aaron Nelsen who writes for The Brownsville Herald. There, I said it, I’m sure that just ruined your day, heck, maybe even your life. You’ve probably got this sick feeling in your gut right now, thinking you’ve been duped, tricked into believing I was some literary legend from Texas, only to find out that I’m from Nebraska, and I don’t even write for a newspaper! Sorry kids, as much as I would like to take credit for such masterpieces as “Expo offers ‘nifty’ concepts for green building“, I just can’t.

    And now that I’ve got that off my chest, and scared all three of our readers away for good, I would like nothing more than to tell you random facts about myself. I’m a computer technician, I go to peoples homes and fix their computers, like Geek Squad, only I don’t charge people an arm and a leg. I also do freelance web design on the side, and am currently going to school for graphics design. I have an obsession with coffee, and a hatred for Starbucks. I love music, even though I don’t play an instrument and I can’t sing to save my life, and if I had some advance knowledge that I was going to be stranded on a desert island the one thing I would take with me would be a Solar Powered iPod* filled with music.

    Please note: If you’re wondering what the heck the first part of my post was about, it’s pretty simple, I Googled myself today and you can’t find me until some where around the eleventh page, everything is about some guy who writes for a newspaper in Texas, pish!

    * The Solar Powered iPod doesn’t exist yet, but if Steve ever invents one, I’ll take the credit and happily accept a free one.