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So, last week I decided to experiment with eBay and put my old big screen TV up for sale. Nothing wrong with it, it just takes up a lot of space in my living room and I don't use it anymore (thanks to my awesome projector.)

Let me say that, in principle, I dislike eBay. I have been a member since like 1999, and I have rarely bought anything. I had definitely never sold anything. In my experience anything you can buy at eBay, you can buy brand new at a store typically for less money. The only thing it might be good for is collectible items or concert tickets, or anything else that cannot be bought or is out of print.

Anyway, I put the TV on eBay and demanded whoever bought it had to come get it in person (no shipping.) That reduced that buyer pool to the New York metro area. I also asked for a crew of 3, and a truck or van. I explained it's a sunken living room and they will have to lift the very heavy TV and make it up a narrow set of steps, etc.

Regardless, and surprisingly, several people bid of the TV, and it looks like I will end up getting some money for it. That will be nice. I had called a couple services and they wanted to charge me money to come get it, so it was sort of a liability. If I am able to turn that into cash, it will be quite nice. Let's see what happens, I won't believe it until the guy actually shows up.

I'm back in NY, everything went fine. Just talked to my parents. I have to call my friend Jose, he left a message yesterday. It's pretty hot, like 90 F or something. I may have to turn on the A/C.

Jordi sent something interesting about a teens using a high-pitched sound as a ringtone that cannot be heard by most adults over 20.

"A high-pitched alarm which cannot be heard by adults has been hijacked by schoolchildren to create ringtones so they can get away with using phones in class. Techno-savvy pupils have adapted the Mosquito alarm, used to drive teenage gangs away from shopping centres. They can receive calls and texts during lessons without teachers having the faintest idea what is going on. The ultra-high sound can be heard only by youths but not by most people over 20.

Schoolchildren have recorded the sound, which they named Teen Buzz, and spread it from phone to phone via text messages and Bluetooth technology."

For the full article:

Teen Buzz

For a link to the actual sound as an MP3:

Sound

If you can't hear it, you are getting old . Luckily I had no problem hearing it myself.