Status Updates
- Dear Borders: even at your "store closing" sale where everything is 30% off, your prices are STILL higher than Amazon's. No wonder.
441 days ago - Went to the bank today wearing this shirt [http://goo.gl/GbGpO] and the teller said, "Oh, you must work at Orange Julius". Serves me right.
457 days ago - Just installed CM7 RC1 on my HTC EVO. Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) is looking pretty good. It's pleasantly refined and snappy.
458 days ago - There's this phenomenon in workplaces where people will just devour any kind of food that's left out in common areas. Prank ideas abound.
540 days ago - I wouldn't want to live/work somewhere unless I could wear flip-flops and a t-shirt to work in the middle of November.
552 days ago
- Dear Borders: even at your "store closing" sale where everything is 30% off, your prices are STILL higher than Amazon's. No wonder.
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Gmail scare, Pobox, WebFaction and procmail
In light of the recent Gmail bug that wiped out everything for a couple hundred thousand accounts (which were later restored, by the way), I thought it might be a good idea to set up a hot spare, poop-has-hit-the-fan email … Continue reading
The service Google doesn’t know it needs
I like using an email address at my own domain. Why? It’s portable. My email address can’t be held hostage by any single hosting provider or ISP. I own the domain, so I can move to a different email provider … Continue reading
How I (might) roll: off-site backups
Knowing is half the battle According to Backblaze, June is Backup Awareness Month, so my timing on this post is superb. Everyone who uses a computer knows (or should know) they’re supposed to be making regular backups of their precious … Continue reading
Google Apps: impressions after 14 months
More than a year ago, I decided to switch my personal email account from Gmail to Google Apps Premier Edition. The logic behind that move is laid out in a previous post, so I won’t rehash what’s already been said. … Continue reading
How I roll: outsourcing critical services
Warning: this post is moderately technical in nature. I think it’s the first technical post I’ve done in almost five years here, so I apologize in advance if it’s too geeky for you. I’m trying a new feature around here … Continue reading
Think You Know Your Stuff?
Think you can tell a fake email from a real email, eh? Think you’d neeeeeever give out a username and password to scammers in Laos, do you? Well, now you can find out how street smart you are on the … Continue reading
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Verizon’s Own Personal Internet
I just got an email from Verizon Wireless letting me know that my cell phone bill is now available for online viewing. The message also provides information about paying the bill online and signing my soul over to Verizon so … Continue reading
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Sucking Down Coffee and Wi-Fi
Well, my friends, I am currently living the American dream. In fact, right now I’m a highly mobile, RSS feed reading, social networking, web browsing twentysomething—and I don’t even feel all that cool. I’ve got my laptop. I’ve got my … Continue reading
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Evil, evil spam. So, so evil.
We all know that spam is an inherent evil of using the internet, but apparently I’ve got some particularly bad mojo clogging up my mailbox. The mark of the email apocalypse is upon us!
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Some Unrelated Thoughts and Ideas
While I was driving to work earlier this week, I saw a bumper sticker that read: “I brake for saucy wenches”. My initial reaction was, “Hey! I’d brake for wenches, too!”. My opinion hasn’t really changed much since then. If … Continue reading
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