The Internet has made it easy for anyone to say whatever they want to say to a worldwide audience. This is great. Some people have decided that if they don't like something that somebody else has posted, it is their right and obligation to insult and attack those people. That's …
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A Backup Restoration Story
For most of my computing lifetime, I didn't bother with backups. They were too much trouble, and back when it took 20 floppy disks to back up a Mac hard disk, they took too much time. But now with services like Time Machine, CrashPlan, Backblaze, Dropbox, and Google Drive, it …
Android SDK Tools 22.0.1 Considered Harmful
After finishing up some work on an iOS app today, it was time to go make equivalent changes to the Android port of that app. "I'll just update my Android SDK before I get to work," I said (to myself). I opened the Android SDK Manager and let it update …
Death, Numbers, and Risk
Here are some numbers that many people don't know, or don't want to think about:
There are approximately 6.9 billion people in the world. On average,
- about 55 million people die each year,
- about 1.05 million people die each week,
- about 151,000 people die each day,
- about …
Home Depot Two-Year Replacement Plan Doesn't
When I bought a Yard Machines lawn mower from Home Depot last year, I paid for a 2-year repair/replacement plan. I'm pretty sure the plan was presented to me with language like "If it stops working, you just bring it back and we'll replace it." I've had some bad …
Amazon Marketplace 5-Star Rating Extortion
I recently bought my wife a coat from an Amazon Marketplace seller. We are happy with the coat, but I was troubled when I saw this notice bundled with it:
Leave a 5-Star, Positive Review ~ Receive a Free One Year Warranty!*
Dear Valued Customer,
If you are COMPLETELY SATISFIED with …
"Takers"
There is one hot-button issue that will always draw me into a rant: the assertion that anyone who draws a paycheck from the government is a "taker" rather than a "maker".
My wife is a science teacher in a public school. She worked her way through college and obtained a …
DirecTV Customer Service Sucks, and They Are Watching Me
This past weekend, two of our DirecTV satellite receivers failed. The failures were unrelated: one stopped working after the magic smoke leaked out of the vents; the other kept rebooting itself and scanning its disk, without ever actually starting up.
My wife called DirecTV and told them about the problems …
From Couch Potato to Running a 10K in a Few Months
In August, I started running after a few years of sitting on the couch. I ran the Peachtree Road Race back in 2007, then stopped running completely shortly thereafter. My post-40 physical decline has been distressing, so I decided I needed to get back into doing something active.
Just as …
Apple Product Names
Correct: iPod, iPhone, iPad, iTunes, Mac, MacBook, Apple
Incorrect: IPOD, Iphone, I-Phone, IFone, i-PAD, EyePad, Ipadd, I-Toons, MAC, MAC Book, McIntosh, APPLE, AAPL
(Don't be an idiot. This isn't complicated.)
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