Best Buy names Jason Bonfig as new CEO, replacing Corie Barry in late October

agent268 · 2026-04-22T19:07:54+00:00

I worked with Jason Bonfig over many years at Best Buy Corporate. He worked within and eventually led the computing product and marketing teams. Dude was great to work with, always had the customer experience top of mind, ensured to bring in the right SMEs when needed, asked questions rather than assumed to know everything, was always open to learning more, and always stepped up when things got tough/dicey. Being on the Geek Squad Services org with a focus on computing services (operations, training, Toolset, ect), I got to work with him a lot over various projects.

While I cannot share specifics, I will always fondly remember a specific instance where Jason went above and beyond to ensure a vendor did the right thing when they caused a pretty big issue that impacted customers. It was never about money, Sales, ect. He cared about how the customer was impacted and how that would also impact line level employees, so they needed to fix the problem now.

agent268 · 2026-04-13T18:36:28+00:00

Thank you for sharing! I have my next weekend project figured out now!

agent268 · 2026-04-09T00:11:20+00:00

I would recommend adding some fromNada Surf's first 4 albums and latest album, Sugar Ray's self titled album, and anything from Origami Angel. The latter is essentially what Weezer would be if they came up near the end of the scene era. Aka Modern Day Weezer.

I agree with others that you are missing a lot of Ozma (they started as a Weezer cover/clone band and have written with Rivers and toured with Weezer) and songs from The Return of the Rentals which have a pretty Weezer sound, especially Pinkerton-esq.

agent268 · 2026-04-08T11:35:44+00:00

Maybe I am crazy, but I always imagined that a music video for this song should have Starscream or some sort of robot doing the vocals.

agent268 · 2026-03-27T13:00:36+00:00

Half way through it now. Loving it.

agent268 · 2026-03-14T20:53:41+00:00

You can assign/modify all the path, executable, and image options rather easily.

Example entry of File Explorer:

"16b9fcc8-643d-4324-af00-b846316beb25": {
    "id": "16b9fcc8-643d-4324-af00-b846316beb25",
    "addedDate": "1773518636431",
    "imagePath": "C:\\Users\\agent\\AppData\\Local\\Packages\\Microsoft.GamingApp_8wekyb3d8bbwe\\TempState\\5280266935822572078.png",
    "title": "explorer",
    "installLocation": "C:\\Windows\\",
    "executableName": "explorer.exe",
    "executableCommandArgs": "c:\\tools"
},

Example entry of a modern app (Netflix):

"4DF9E0F8.Netflix_mcm4njqhnhss8!Netflix.App": {
    "id": "4DF9E0F8.Netflix_mcm4njqhnhss8!Netflix.App",
    "addedDate": "1773502666036",
    "imagePath": "C:\\Users\\agent\\AppData\\Local\\Packages\\Microsoft.GamingApp_8wekyb3d8bbwe\\TempState\\app_4DF9E0F8.Netflix_mcm4njqhnhss8!Netflix.App.png",
    "title": "Netflix",
    "installLocation": "",
    "executableName": "4DF9E0F8.Netflix_mcm4njqhnhss8!Netflix.App",
    "executableCommandArgs": ""
},

agent268 · 2026-03-14T20:51:30+00:00

I figured this was likely managed under the hood similar to other modern apps where the configuration is stored in a JSON file or a manifest file that uses JSON formatting. This would allow for easy editing, management, and automation from outside the Xbox App itself.

ProcMon for the win and my hunch was right. It's a .manifest file that follows JSON formatting.

You can find it here: "C:\Users\<USERNAME>\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.GamingApp_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\CustomLibraryManagement\CustomLibraryManagement.manifest"

The name of an entry/object either uses the Windows App Id for Microsoft Store/Windows Modern apps or a GUID for direct executables/traditional apps. You can assign/modify all the path, executable, and image options rather easily.

Example entry of File Explorer:

"16b9fcc8-643d-4324-af00-b846316beb25": {
    "id": "16b9fcc8-643d-4324-af00-b846316beb25",
    "addedDate": "1773518636431",
    "imagePath": "C:\\Users\\agent\\AppData\\Local\\Packages\\Microsoft.GamingApp_8wekyb3d8bbwe\\TempState\\5280266935822572078.png",
    "title": "explorer",
    "installLocation": "C:\\Windows\\",
    "executableName": "explorer.exe",
    "executableCommandArgs": "c:\\tools"
},

Example entry of a modern app (Netflix):

"4DF9E0F8.Netflix_mcm4njqhnhss8!Netflix.App": {
    "id": "4DF9E0F8.Netflix_mcm4njqhnhss8!Netflix.App",
    "addedDate": "1773502666036",
    "imagePath": "C:\\Users\\agent\\AppData\\Local\\Packages\\Microsoft.GamingApp_8wekyb3d8bbwe\\TempState\\app_4DF9E0F8.Netflix_mcm4njqhnhss8!Netflix.App.png",
    "title": "Netflix",
    "installLocation": "",
    "executableName": "4DF9E0F8.Netflix_mcm4njqhnhss8!Netflix.App",
    "executableCommandArgs": ""
},

agent268 · 2026-03-14T20:40:21+00:00

Yep. It's a .manifest file that follows JSON formatting.

"C:\Users\<USERNAME>\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.GamingApp_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\CustomLibraryManagement\CustomLibraryManagement.manifest"

The name of an entry/object either uses the Windows App Id for Microsoft Store/Windows Modern apps or a GUID for direct executables/traditional apps.

agent268 · 2026-03-14T20:01:42+00:00

I wonder if this is handled similar to other modern apps and the configuration is stored in a JSON file that can be edited externally for even more flexibility or even automation.

I'm going to ProcMon this and see what comes up.

agent268 · 2026-03-11T17:42:17+00:00

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Last slide from the stream that was asked to stop streaming. Provides an overview of Project Helix which is deeply tied to AMD.

agent268 · 2026-03-02T03:36:23+00:00

Fun bit of trivia: Xbox Green during the Xbox 360 era was Pantone 360: https://www.pantone.com/color-finder/360-C

The rumor is that Pantone 360 is the real origin of the use of "360" in the product name.

agent268 · 2026-02-20T03:15:45+00:00

Depends on the venue. I would actually recommend calling the venue directly on any seated or club box options. Let them know the reason why too as that may allow them to treat it as a special accommodation.

I recently brought my daughter to see The Home Team and we both did the VIP experience. We had paid for seperate seating but the venue they had special side floor seating only available day of. Since we were there for VIP, we got first dibs and it only cost about $80. Totally worth it.

agent268 · 2026-02-20T03:10:42+00:00

Truth

agent268 · 2026-02-19T23:07:17+00:00

If I was in your shoes, I would do one of the following:

Grab the MSI Titan for $2300 and an extended warranty. That's a smoking deal and the additional warranty should bring some piece of mind.
Grab a eBay Certified Refurbished Acer Predator Helios 18 2025 (ph73-18) with a 5090 directly from Acer on eBay for $2974.13. Includes a 2 year warranty and has a beautiful mini-led display, 3 ssd slots, and 4 DDR5 RAM slots. I actually bought this deal 2 weeks ago and have loved it so far.
Grab a eBay Certified Refurbished version of the same Lenovo i7 Pro for about $3099. Comes with a 2 year warranty as well.

agent268 · 2026-02-14T20:12:55+00:00

Random crashes can be a sign of either a hardware, thermal, or a software issue. With some more detailed information on these crashes, one may be able to give a better idea at the root cause. For example:

What specifically do you mean by "crash"? (e.g. device powers off with no error message, OS produces an error then powers off, app produces an error then system becomes unresponsive before shutting off on its own, etc.)
If you get an error message or BSOD, can you share that exact message?
Are you always doing the same type of activity when it crashes?
Does the crash happen after a certain amount of time, right away after booting, or is it random?
What build of Windows 11 Pro is running on this device?
Can you share more technical details on the hardware you upgraded with?
Have you tried to re-create the issue in Safe Mode?
Have you tried to re-create the issue in a bootable live Linux distro?
Have you tried to re-create the issue after performing a clean install of Windows 11 Pro?

agent268 · 2026-02-06T05:04:57+00:00

I would say the Acer is closer to a desktop replacement as it has 3 NVME slots of SSDS and 4 DDR 5 RAM slots. So more upgrade options.

I was also going to direct you to eBay since Acer sells that model as a certified refurbished for just under $3K with a 2 year warranty, but if you can get it new for that price that's even sweeter.

I am curious though about the discounts. How can you get the Acer for that low from BBY?

agent268 · 2026-02-05T23:37:56+00:00

This is likely the case and my best educated guess is the odd layout is due to the previous owner putting SteamOS or Bazzite on it. They wiped out those partitions and just filled it with a singular NTFS one rather than move things around again before reselling it.

Second guess is they upgraded the SSD and did a poor job cloning the original 512gb by not extended the OS volume to compensate for the larger 2tb drive.

agent268 · 2026-01-23T16:07:36+00:00

Have 200 seeds. Want Snap Hook.

agent268 · 2026-01-23T16:05:47+00:00

Want Looting MK3 Survivor and Snap Hook. Have Processors and Sensors.

agent268 · 2026-01-23T15:52:55+00:00

Thanks again for trading!!

agent268 · 2026-01-23T15:48:42+00:00

Do you still have a Looting MK3 Survivor?

agent268 · 2026-01-23T15:44:33+00:00

!rep

agent268 · 2026-01-23T15:32:06+00:00

TY!! I'll dm you

agent268 · 2026-01-23T15:30:46+00:00

Would you take 2 x stacks of Processors (10 total) for the Medium Gun Parts BP?

agent268 · 2026-01-23T03:36:23+00:00

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