How does one deal with 135,027 email messages? That’s a question I had to figure out this week. On Monday, someone complained after returning from vacation that his email password didn’t work anymore. That was strange. He said his email would either hang or immediately say his password was wrong. He put in a request …
More than my answering machine, I’ve hated my alarm clock for a long time. About 10 years in fact. I bought it in college when the alarm on my previous one stopped working. Of course it stopped working on a morning when I had to get up for an 8 am class. The professor had …
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The new Blaupunkt Seattle MP74 has been in for a week now and I can finally report on how well it works. The Radio: One of the first things I noticed was that the radio was top-notch. It sounds very clear and you can pick one of six labelled presets from dedicated buttons. No more …
The next part of my ongoing saga to upgrade my car stereo. On Saturday Anne was busy for a few hours, so I decided to give the stereo installation a go. I had the receiver that indeed had two inputs, an iPod adapter, a second input adapter, custom wiring harness for my car, a plastic …
Why is no technology upgrade a simple affair for me? All I wanted was a better car stereo. Here’s part II of what went wrong this time. My Blaupunkt Syracuse receiver a couple of weeks ago along with the accessories. I unpacked it and started looking at what it would take to connect everything up. …
Last week must have been National Warranty Expiration Week. My Roomba, Treo, and my Mac, all vital to me, had issues. The problem with my Mac was the strangest. On Wednesday morning I got to work and suddenly I couldn’t get to my email at home. My machine was up, but it was rejecting my …
My replacement Treo arrived yesterday. It was definitely refurbished, but it looked new. No scratches or anything. The ringer icon next to the switch at the top is black, which means it’s newer than the one I had. That’s good news. There’s also a 90-day warranty on refurbs too, which the Sprint person failed to …
Right now I’m on hold with Sprint technical support. Again. As great as Tracy Chapman sounds on tinny on-hold music, I’ve got nothing better to do than blog about hating Sprint. Maybe a month ago I noticed that my beloved Treo 650 was sick. At random times it would simply reboot itself. This almost never …
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Back in college, I was the editor of my college newspaper, The Bucknellian. Once a week, I would stop by the Public Safety Office. I’d bring a floppy disk with me and I’d go in the back with an officer so they could copy the weekly Public Safety log from some ancient version of WordStar …
I just realized that both places I’ve vacationed in this year (New Orleans, North Carolina Coast) have been subsequently trashed by hurricanes. It would probably be a good idea to stay away from me for the rest of this year. Or perhaps there’s a place you don’t like that I should visit. Los Angeles perhaps? …