This happened last week and I thought after all the negative blogs and podcasts Apple wouldn’t do it again. Sure enough, I found this update notice on my Vista machine: I don’t want Safari, most people on Windows don’t want Safari, and trying to trick people into installing it does not help your brand. It’s…
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I’m just sitting here doing some bookkeeping and billing a customer. In order to get paid by this customer, we *must* include their full PO number on the invoice. The PO number is, get this, TWENTY SIX digits long! Even better, there are eleven zero’s in a row between what might be considered a vendor…
Last week I had to travel to West Palm Beach to do a few days of training for a client. I had originally planned on staying at a Days Inn on 45th St. in West Palm Beach. When I told my client where I was staying, the reaction was "Whoa! Under no circumstances should you…
This is an email I sent to the feedback address that amazon provides for Kindle owners: My story: I had been long wanting an e-Reader, and was drawn to the Sony one; However, the Sony was lacking a lot of features, and I was worried about the longevity of their e-book store. When Amazon announced…
On February 2nd, 2008, the South Florida Code Camp 2008 will be held in Miramar, Florida. This will be my first time speaking at this Code Camp. I spoke in Tampa last year. CRM sessions don’t draw too many people, but the ones that are at the session are really interested in what you have…
These are Phil Plait’s choices for the top 10 astronomy pics of 2007. Definitely an eye opening page to visit. Visit his blog at http://www.badastronomy.com/. Lots of good stuff.
Verizon customer service may suck most horribly, but FiOS rocks my world. See picture for all the details you need…
I got a certificate this morning celebrating my 10 years as a member of Mensa. I took the test as a lark on day (a former employer of mine had been bugging me to do it long before I actually did it) and a few weeks later found out that I qualified. The sad thing…
Just before the holidays I decided to try out a Zune 80. The new Zunes are getting pretty good reviews, and I decided that I would try one out so I could get all my .wma music onto the system from my media center PC that died on me. Yes, I know I can convert…
Over the past month I’ve had two client sites have problems with Verizon service. The number of hoops they make you jump through in order to try to solve a problem are incredible. In the most recent instance, the client called to say that no one there can get onto the Internet. I walked them…