Category: General

I’ve gotten used WordPress saving my posts, so when it doesn’t, and I accidentally close the tab…. Damn.

Somehow I get the feeling that Rick is sharing all of my posts. Wonder how many friends he has reading that shared items feed. 😉

I have 180 or so items on my wishlist at Amazon. There are a couple of things that would come in handy. The obvious one would be the ability to search through i...

Denise Howell found out about the information siphoning at Build-a-Bear. Wait ’til she finds out about Webkinz. But she’s right about Build-a-Bear: ...

Sometimes I just want to scribble something in my journal. Maybe I can suppress the titles on these posts that don’t really want one. But then what would ...

I used Microsoft Vista for the first time this afternoon, while setting up a wireless network for my father-in-law. Holy shit is it annoying.

There are lots of companies pouring lots of money into digitizing MY medical records, and all I can think is why the hell would I want that?

Following the recent success of The Dangerous Book for Boys, there comes The Daring Book for Girls. The latter looks to be as entertaining and useful as the for...

Power is out in Beekman today. NYSEG‘s electricity emergency phone line had a recorded message about the outage last night, and power was expected to be r...

Make the first sentence pull the reader in. I’m reading syndicated content in Newsgator Online. Even in full-content feeds, it displays only the first few...

Dear Mega Brands: I am not buying any more Rose Art® crayons or MegaBloks. Neither are my friends and acquaintances. Next time, listen and act when one of y...

I’ve noticed that I am becoming more impatient with spending the time to learn new software. I don’t think this impatience extends to learning anyth...

I’ve a story about Verizon Wireless’s anti-customer service, but the heat of anger has faded. And while I want to tell this story to destroy any hop...

As a serendipitous follow-up to my problem with piles, John Gruber points the exact procedures for Not Getting Things Done. Well, hell, I could have told you th...

If kids are smarter today (maybe), then why the hell can’t they do basic math? I know I’m not the only one who has come across the cashier who can&#...

I don’t read things as fast as I find things to read, so I end up with piles of magazines, and newspapers, and books, and print-outs on my desk, or fifty ...

Why is my account inactive? Yahoo! Mail deactivated your mail account because: You have not logged into your mail account during the past four months. I never u...

Joel Spolsky suggests seven steps to remarkable customer service. Along the way (in step one), he used the industry category containing a certain large employer...

I’ve mostly switched instant messaging services. I still have AIM, and Y!M, and other accounts, but the only one which I use with any frequency is Google ...

Steve Jobs asks So if the music companies are selling over 90 percent of their music DRM-free, what benefits do they get from selling the remaining small percen...