Matt Bernier

I often get emails that the very last sentence says “please advise” and it drives me up a fucking wall.  It is something so simple, but it totally reminds me of words that make you sound dumb.  The reasons for this are not as simple as the fact that some people have the bad habit of adding ‘please advise’ to every email. It is because it makes me feel like the person who is writing me the email thinks that I am going to just file their message away and do nothing with it. The difference between me and this assumption, is that when you send me an email asking for help, I am going to respond!  Yeah, seriously. I… » Read More

I was recently chatting with a friend about how some very topically slanted groups have been advertising on one of his favorite websites which actually leans the opposite way as the advertisements.  I realized something very interesting, we talked about it, and I figured I would share it here. First, a little background on how Google Ads work. Whenever an advertisement is clicked, the site that provides the link gets paid a small amount of money and the person who posted the advertisement is charged some amount of money. Also, most people who post advertisements set a specific daily budget for their ads because otherwise it is possible that through Google that advertisement could be seen by millions of people… » Read More

All of a sudden on Dec 15th I started seeing some really crazy events showing up on my Google Calendar: All I could think was that one of two things had to be going on: Some calendar software I am using had a “funny” developer Someone was messing with me I disregarded the first couple events, but here it is February and this stuff is still showing up on my calendar.  Now, this would not be too much of a worry except that it was showing up on my work calendar and my boss started asking questions.  There was an event that was nothing but the word “Fuck”, I quickly deleted it upon my boss discovering it. Then my brain-switch… » Read More

I recently got a new helmet for when I go snowboarding, in case I do something stupid (very likely). The one I got was all white, which is alright but I wanted something unique.  So, I hollered at my good buddy Nemo who does some awesome art.  He said that he could do some Koi fish on there and this is the result: Sphere: Related Content… » Read More

America the beautiful. America is a safe-haven.  America is a melting pot. America is teeming with opportunity. America is full of assholes. I am so worn out every single day by the stereotypical American rearing his/her head.  It is tough for me to even want to talk about the fact that I am lumped in with people who are so purposefully rude, entitled, and awful. I am going to ask this very cliche question, “What happened to us?”.  At what point did we decide that we were not only better than everyone else, but that they were not even really worth the dirt we scrape off our shoes?  Why are we so rude? Why are we so damned self-centered? I… » Read More

I took the day off today so I could catch up on some things, go to the allergist, and go to a concert tonight.  This gave me the opportunity to sit in rooms with large numbers of people I don’t know.  Meaning, I worked at Panera and then the public library because Panera’s wifi stopped working for me.  I took lunch and went to a new-to-me restaurant called “Tuk Tuk Thai“.  Their green curry is AWESOME by the way. If you have been to Tuk Tuk, you know that the seating there can be a little tightly spaced.  This led me to sitting in between a couple and two guys who seemed to work together.  Right about the time I… » Read More

At some point in the day, every single day, I find myself surrounded by people who are way too focused on themselves and the goals they have for the next 5 minutes that they completely ignore the people and environment around them. I am talking about the people who SHOULD NEVER drive and talk on the phone, the people who drive 10 under the speed limit and block traffic, the people who do not use their turn signals, the list goes on and on and on.  You might have noticed that most of the examples in my list involve people in cars, this is because I have started to notice that as people shut the door and put the key… » Read More

About Me/BackStory I might regret admitting this: In almost EVERY SINGLE situation, if a friend or even an acquaintance needs help of any kind I am there 100% to help out in any way possible.  I will help friends move, give free advice on WordPress or other web stuff, pick up a friend from the airport at 11:00pm because her flight was cancelled, I have even run into the burning house of people I didn’t know. It’s who I am and what I do, I always have. Sometimes, I even go out looking for ways I can help.  I have been known to ask NPOs like the 1010Project if I can promote what they are doing through my Twitter feed,… » Read More

I haven’t written a blog post in a long time, but someone suggested I tell this story. I have a bunch of stuff I need to sell, so I figured Craig’s List was the place to go.  Things like, a 5DVD change, a Vacuum, a desk, and some movies.  Simple, easy, 5 minute transactions.  “Here’s your stuff, thank you for the money”.  Seriously, this is what every transaction I have ever been a part of has consisted of. This however has not been the case for the last 3 days. I posted the items on Sunday night and sold some of the movies right away, like within an hour.  I didn’t hear anything else until the next day. This is… » Read More