FourSquare Oustings…

Posted on May 5, 2010 by joelignacio

It was a busy FourSquare day…

8:54am I just ousted Justin C. as the mayor of San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge on @foursquare! 4sq.com/8h00P3

8:54am I just unlocked the “Super Mayor” badge on @foursquare! 4sq.com/9qJYCm

9:16am I just ousted @the_giger as the mayor of Rivet SF on @foursquare! 4sq.com/9kRLIP

9:45am I just ousted moucri as the mayor of Joel’s Cube on @foursquare! 4sq.com/dpIaDQ

12:49pm Feliz Cinco de Mayo!!! (@ Tlaloc Sabor Mexicano w/ 3 others) 4sq.com/9z5FMc

Cooking Channel on DirecTV?…

Posted on May 5, 2010 by joelignacio

I first heard of the Cooking Channel a few weeks ago at a friend’s condo while watching a show on the Food Network (on Comcast cable). The Cooking Channel is a new channel that will premiere on May 31, 2010 and showcases more cooking shows than the Food Network. My friend said that Food Network was moving some of its “cooking” show over to the new channel.

I didn’t know if DirecTV (which we have) will carry it… So I tweeted them, asking if the were going to carry the Cooking Channel. They replied:
“@joelignacio no plans for that at this time, Joel. If that changes, we’ll post it here.”

Today, I just saw another commercial, but this time on DirecTV… so I checked the Cooking Channel’s site and saw this post that mentions:
“If you currently get the Fine Living Channel, it replaces that on May 31st — same channel.”

We currently get the Fine Living Channel, so I now think we will get the Cooking Channel once it premieres. I tweeted DirecTV back asking:
“@DIRECTV Just read that Cooking Channel will replace Fine Living Channel (232) on 5/31. Does this also apply to DirecTV? http://j.mp/aeic3N”

Cataracts + Portfolio

Posted on May 4, 2010 by joelignacio

Dang… Today seemed to be a long day…

I took a half day PTO from work and left around 1:30pm so I can take my Mom to a Optometry appointment at Kasier. After the Optometrist saw her, he called me in and explained that the blurriness was not caused by a change in her prescription, but because of Cataracts. To be honest, I’m not that familiar to what Cataracts is, so I have to do some research on that… The Optometrist said that it is fixed by an operation and if my Mom wanted to, he can call the Ophthalmology department and have them schedule an appointment to get more info.

I thought the mention of an operation would freak my Mom, but she was pretty calm and sounded like she wanted to do it. My Mom told me that my Grandma had a operation to correct her Cataracts, so this may explain her calmness. I guess we’ll wait for the Ophthalmologist’s call back.

After Kaiser, we do more errands, going to Recology Vallejo (formerly known as Vallejo Garbage) and 1st Pacific Credit Union.

I then had an appointment to set up a portfolio at Wells Fargo Bank. I’ve never done stocks, or bonds, or mutual fund, so this investing thing is kinda new to me. Last week, my Banker (who is kinda cute, by the way) suggested that I invest my money from my CD that recently matured to something that will make more money… so I hope my brand spanking new portfolio does well.

I just heard on the evening news that the stocks just dropped today… but my portfolio account doesn’t actually get the funds until tomorrow (Wednesday), so I think this news is actually good for me… I think it’s best when you buy low (or something like that)… see how inexperienced I am at this… I’ll see…

After the bank… me and my Mom went shopping.I was racking up points on FourSquare, from all these check-ins, but their server then went down, so I couldn’t check-in at Costco and Seafood City. It was kinda frustrating, because I thought I was gonna be gipped points… but I was able to retro-check-in once I got home.

I just remembered something I was telling everyone at work:
Feliz Cuatro de Mayo!!!