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Doing the Right Thing

I have been an ATT wireless customer for some years. I was a Cingular customer, until ATT bought them out. I was unsure about the switchover, since I'd already had wonderful (NOT) customer service issues with ATT home telephone service and ATT broadband service over the years. But, it was easier to roll into the new company than look for

Mogulus Pro Offering Way to Expensive

This morning I received an email from the folks over at Mogulus announcing their pro-streaming service. When I looked at the price of the Mogulus Pro offering I just about fell out of my chair.

Flip Mino HD Review!

Just about 30 minutes ago the UPS driver dropped me a Flip Mino HD. I pulled it out of its case turned it towards me and recorded this video. I then plugged the camera into my USB port and used the FlipShare application that resides on the camera and added a couple of titles to the video and pushed it to YouTube.

United Airlines Introducing Co Pays on Mileage Upgrades

I received an email from United today introducing new Mileage Plus rules starting July 1st 2009. Having flown 90,000 miles with United this year I am a very loyal customer. I will easily break a 100k miles before the year ends.

What caused the financial crisis?

It annoys me when people try to blame the problem on a single thing, banks, the government, deregulation, etc. The situation is so much more complex than can be explained by any one reason and most people that are trying to blame a particular factor have an agenda they are trying to promote. Greed and cognitive dissonance should be high

Radio Shack

I walked into a Radio Shack the other day. I needed Cat 5e plugs for a wiring job I was working on. For those that don't know, they are the actual plugs on the Ethernet cable. Bottom line: I was in and out of Radio Shack in under 2 minutes. And it wasn't with positive results. The first thing that

Advertising trouble on TV

I got a tivo a few years back & have had a dvr of some kind ever since. I now have dish so I use theirs which is a good one but not quite as good as the tivo. The biggest plus is of course the time shifting factor. But the ability to skip past commercials is a close second.