Teleidoscope

Wed, Apr 11, 2007

TurboTax Security Problem

Posted at 8:55 pm MDT to Current Events

Damn. I'm glad I looked for another Tax solution instead of switching to TurboTax Online. Thanks to paranoia and reports that it didn't play well with Linux based browsers.

Apparently they had some serious security and privacy problems this year.

I've gotten my Federal refund. And TaxAct cost about a third of what I spent last year on TurboTax.

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In-N-Out Hamburgers

Posted at 8:30 pm MDT to Travel

In-N-Out Hamburgers are legendary. People on John Scalzi's Whatever blog go on and on about how wonderful they are. Since I am here in California this week, and there is an In-N-Out between my work site in San Jose and hotel in Sunnyvale, I decided to try them out.

I had a Cheeseburger, Fries and a Chocolate Shake for about 6 bucks.

The shake was decent.

The fries were adequate, though a bit dry. On the other hand I know they are fresh and made from real potatoes: I watched the cooks putting peeled potatoes through the slicing machine and into the friers.

The Cheeseburger, made fresh to order, was excellent: big and juicy and tender and easy to swallow. The sauce they used was delicious, and they had no problem with my request for no lettuce. I accepted the onion option when the checkout clerk offered it, and the onion slice was 1/4 inch thick and as big as the hamburger bun.

I have never been much of a fast-food or burger eater, but when I am in California I will keep In-N-Out in mind for when I don't want a big dinner (Lunch at the cafeteria was grilled ahi tuna with jasmine rice and a spicy ginger-apple relish. Juan at the grill thought it was funny I was having tuna even though it wasn't a tuna melt.)

I think next time I will save the fries' calories for something more fun, though. There's a Ben & Jerry's in the same shopping center.

And they have Dark Chocolate M&Ms in the vending machines at work. This is dangerous. My dark chocolate Easter bunny is (headlessly) waiting for me at home.

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