There’s a strange thing that goes on when you start putting your thoughts on the web. You never seem to know what people will connect with. Last August I wrote a blog entry on the demise of the Sunnyvale Town Center Mall. People continue to comment on that post, something I just spewed out on …
I’d really like to get a hold of Amazon’s shipping time machine. Apparently they can ship something from Kentucky and get it to California on the same day. They can also go back in time and get it there the day before. Wow! Of course I haven’t receieved either. The funny thing is that UPS …
Yesterday, I got a response to my last nastygram to Amazon: Thank you for writing to us at Amazon.com. We are very sorry for the delay in completing your order. I have reviewed your account and can see that this experience has been far less than positive. We strive for convenience and efficiency at Amazon.com, …
I’ve been a fan of Amazon for a long time, but lately their site has been unstable and they’re not shipping things on time. Today I called them for the second time about my Treo 650 and I was told that it was delayed because I changed my shipping options and then changed it back. …
OK, maybe it’s only a “National” event in Boulterland, but it’s been a good week for killing spam. First, I eliminated comment spam on my blog with the world’s simplest Turing test – Jeff Barr’s quick hack to WordPress. Unfortunately it only works for people named “Jeff”. 🙂 I did tweak it a bit to …
Jakob Neilsen’s latest alertbox column lists the top most hated advertising techniques on the web. Unfortunately, Yahoo’s still doing many of them. Loads slowly: There are horrible ads on Yahoo that load javascript from pointroll.com and questionmarket.com among others. These are being served from third party sites and often they’re ridiculously slow. When javascript is …
My Epson 777 printer ran out of color ink today, so I dug into a drawer and found a generic replacement cartridge I bought a while ago. There are all these tabs you have to pull off, so I decided to read the instructions to see if I did everything right. In doing so, I …
I always seem to watch a lot of movies over the holidays. Thanksgiving was no exception I watched 4 which is a lot for me. They weren’t necessarily great movies either. Just ones that were available on the plane or the movie no one else in the room had seen yet (and probably for good …
I really dislike rechargable batteries. Not necessarily the standard sizes (AA, C, D, etc.), but all those weird batteries found in most portable electronic devices these days. I was in the airport last Tuesday when I realized that I had forgotten the charger for my Treo. The battery in the older Treo 300 is not …
I bought my Treo 650 today. Well, kinda. I ordered it from Amazon. Here’s the problem. Shipping estimate: December 22, 2004 – January 5, 2005 I’m really hoping that Amazon is being pessimistic about this since some people got their phones today. The total price will be about $307.75 or 49% off!! $599.99 retail – …