Author: Brandon Kraft

  • Dell Hell… Again?

    I just had the most amazing experience with @DellCares. I decided to buy one of their new XPS 13 2-in-1 laptops and wanted to buy a specific accessory advertised on the laptop’s product page. I searched everywhere. No dice. Jump on live chat. Told that it isn’t on Dell.com yet—can call/chat with accessories and they…

  • Back to Basics

    I found myself hesitant to post short little posts like this because I didn’t want them to get automatically posted to Facebook or Twitter with the default messaging. So, I turned that off. The open web is something I’ve been worried about losing and with the upcoming development of micro.blog, I want to start posting…

  • Welcome 2017

    Vanessa and the kids went into the backyard today to discover a decapitated bird perched in one of our tree branches. Vanessa got them back inside before they looked up from the feathers they saw on the ground. I’m not a superstitious man, but welcome 2017!

  • Gratitude

    Over the weekend, Olivia went to the hospital. Like her previous hospital admit, she had an asthma attack at home we couldn’t get under control so we went to Dell Children’s Medical Center’s ER. Like last time, she needed to more medicine than we could administer to her at home so she was admitted. Four…

  • Christmas Food

    I was doing pretty good on eating semi-decently over the holidays so far. Christmas Day…not so much. Need a food vacation to recover from today.

  • The Toy Aisle

    The Toy Aisle

    In the final days before Christmas, I found myself in Target on a late-night hunt for a few last presents for the kiddos. It has been a long time since I’ve been in the toy section of any store, much less alone in one without any kids. The last few times I’ve been in the…