Warranty Schmarranty

Here’s an interesting read about Apple’s wonderful customer service. Note my sarcasm?  Anyway, here’s a short clip of the article. The Apple Retail Store Hates You  - I recently visited the Apple store to exchange a defective power adapter which was still under warranty.  I still have the defective adapter, as it has now cost more time and effort than it was originally worth. What I have lost is time, money, and trust in the ethics of the retail store.  What I have gained is disdain for their tactics and a sick feeling every... [Read more of this Article]

Windows 7 Telnet Client

I dropped to a command prompt today on my Windows 7 machine to telnet into my Cisco Router and found, that once Again the Microsoft telnet client is not installed. It seems that, as with Windows vista, the Microsoft Telnet client is not installed by default.   But luckily it’s pretty easy to install,  just follow these simple steps: Click the Start “Pearl” and select the Control Panel from the menu. Once the Control Panel opens, double click the Programs and Features  applet. A new window will open. Select “Turn Windows... [Read more of this Article]

Friday Funny: Carols For the Psycho Challenged

Happy Friday Everybody!!! I hope that you all had a good Thanksgiving.  We are now officially into the Christmas Season!  This time of year the radio stations are playing more and more Christmas tunes… Tune of all varieties, Country, Pop, Rock, Classical, etc… But according to an e-mail I received the other day there is one genre that is missing… Carols For the Psycho Challenged SCHIZOPHRENIA: Do You Hear What I Hear? DEMENTIA: I Think I’ll Be Home For Christmas MANIC: Deck the Halls and Walls and House and Lawn and... [Read more of this Article]

Google Wave Invites

Hello peoples !! Want an Invite to Google Wave?  Well, as It so happens, I have a few to pass out. I’ve still not figured out how I am going to make use of this new service but, I log in from time to time and give it a go.  When I logged into my Google Wave account today I  found that I have 15 more invites to give away!  Hurray!?!?  Now, some of you may be asking: “What is Google Wave?” Well, who better to answer that than Google themselves: Google Wave is a new online communication and collaboration tool that makes real-time... [Read more of this Article]

Friday Funny: When Nature Calls

Happy Friday Everybody!! I hope your week has been Fun and Entertaining.  But, if it hasn’t, then… um… er… HAPPY FRIDAY, it’s almost over! Take a break this weekend, kick back, relax… Don’t think about Thanksgiving coming up. Don’t think about how dirty the house is.  Don’t think about how much food you have to cook.   No, think of nothing.  And what better “nothing” to think of than a good-ole Friday Funny!  In order to help you “not think”,  I’ve elected... [Read more of this Article]

Friday Funny: The Swine Flu – Do you have it?

Hello Everyone, Happy Friday!!!   We’ve been battling the Swine Flu here at my house.  My wife is finally on the mends but,  I though it was important to share the symptoms of the H1N1 virus so people would have a good idea of what to be on the look out for…. Then I got an e-mail doing it for me, I’ve included that below: Hi, I don’t want to worry you, but with all the hype and attention in the media recently concerning the spread of H1N1 virus I decided to ring the Government’s new Swine Flu Helpline yesterday... [Read more of this Article]

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