For the “unbanked” and “unintelligent” Wal-Mart shopper: Purchase online. Go to store and give them cash. Go home and wait for delivery a few days later. I leave it to the reader to detect the logical hilarity in this system.
Enjoy the long, annoying story of my battles with Verizon to simply make my service work correctly. Trust me, this rambling recreation is exponentially shorter than the actual ordeal.
Read More »Posted an hour ago, Friday morning: evidently, North Korea is fueling up a rocket to launch. Way to keep up with the news, SFGate.
Read More »I downloaded the Autodesk Maya 3D software package today, directly from Autodesk, and was dismayed to see this error when trying to install.
For those of you not in the know: the software goes so far as to have “2012″ in the name, but it requires Mac OS X 10.4 (discontinued in 2007) or 10.5 (discontinued in 2009).
I think it may be time to once and for all put the Olympics out of its misery. Read on to learn how London is designing a police state that North Korea would be jealous of.
Read More »Pundits and bloggers everywhere are scratching their heads in regard to the name of the new iPad: iPad. Here’s why they’re wrong, as usual.
Read More »Methinks Facebook may need some help writing error alerts.
Seen today on the New York Times website.
Honeywell International filed a patent infringement suit against Nest Labs this morning, claiming Nest’s new Learning Thermostat infringes several Honeywell patents.
Read More »Uncertainty. Perhaps this is the fault of the media companies, but the consumer’s wrath falls on the messenger when one opens a Netflix queue to find this message:
Cosmos: The Complete Collection has been removed from your Queue. We no longer offer this movie for rental. We apologize for the inconvenience and hope you find many other movies to enjoy at Netflix.
http://blog.sfgate.com/pender/2012/01/24/airline-passengers-gain-new-rights-today/
If only they included the right to not be treated like baggage.
