Looks like some firm is using digital Turk or some other work farming app/site to encourage blog spammers to rave about the Zune… my spam buckets are overflowing this week with pro-Zune comments from individuals who can’t write English, but don’t write alike either… Interesting development. For what it’s worth; my own opinion of the […]
If you find yourself tired of the political discussion held in public, remember that without the public discussion we no longer have a democracy nor even a republic. Participate, take responsibility, vote. Freedom is not a gift, it is a grave responsibility. Take it seriously people, and please do not become complacent nor subscribe to […]
Most of the time the iOS application ecosystem works exactly the way you want it to. I back up my iPhone daily and my iPad weekly by plugging them into my laptop and frequently update all Apps that I have already “purchased” (mostly they are free) and everything is pretty current and generally works great. […]
Tagged apps, iOS, ipad, iPhone, iPod Touch, Junos Pulse, Skype, software versionsI have my phones all on the Do-Not-Call list, but there are always those who ignore the law and spam anyway. They tend to do it from the same numbers, and I have added them to my phone’s contact list and associated them with a custom ringtone that is 15 seconds of silence so I […]
Tagged iPhone, SpamCalled A&E Appliance Repair for appliance repair of both a Viking under-counter fridge and a Dacor double oven. Identified both by specific model number and asked if they repaired those models and brands. Walked the A&E dispatcher through the error codes on both devices and the exact model numbers, and asked them to pre-buy the […]
We made the announcement at the Winter Gathering, and Erci and I will be less active in La Belle Compagnie for the time being. We’ve been a bit overloaded. We are going downtown to see the Staffordshire Anglo-Saxon Gold Hoard at National Geographic with fellow La Belle members today, and we will still be involved […]
Clearly I have been a little overwhelmed by life lately, and that has been both good and bad… Trivial little updates and one liners are so easy on that mixed blessing/curse of Facebook that I am afraid I have neglected more thoughtful writing here. I will try to catch up a little for those who […]
Years ago I stopped trying to talk friends out of smoking cigarettes, and started trying to talk them into rolling their own so at least they knew what crap was going into the damned things… Now there is a second reason to roll your own: http://boingboing.net/2011/11/27/nyc-sues-roll-your-own-cigaret.html
Enjoying OneTeam (http://oneteam.im/) new Jabber/AIM/Yahoo/GTalk client on my iPhone that supports Jabber Chat rooms beautifully.
If you are getting a new mobile phone, and you’ll be extending your contract, please have driver’s license, passport, military id, or state id ready. The carriers require that in order to extend your contract. You should also sync your current mobile phone to your computer to back up it’s data before switching it out […]
