Category Archives: Internet

UVerse has me by the balls

It’s true. They know they have the best product available. And they know that they will really, really, really, really have to piss me off before I switch to another service. My Residential Gateway has been resetting sporadically for the past 2 months. Note the word sporadically. sporadic |spəˈradik|adjectiveoccurring at irregular intervals or only in [...]

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You’re Welcome

We Are Keeping Netflix Profiles Dear Raishad, You spoke, and we listened. We are keeping Profiles. Thank you for all the calls and emails telling us how important Profiles are. We are sorry for any inconvenience we may have caused. We hope the next time you hear from us we will delight, and not disappoint, [...]

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Be Cool Netflix

Important News Regarding Netflix Profiles Dear Raishad, We wanted to let you know we will be eliminating Profiles, the feature that allowed you to set up separate DVD Queues under one account, effective September 1, 2008. Each additional Profile Queue will be unavailable after September 1, 2008. Before then, we recommend you consolidate any of [...]

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The Guide To Not Being A Chump

When someone asks for your password, don’t give it to them. Simple. But apparently not simple enough for some. That’s right. My brother gave his Steam password to someone posing as Steam Customer Support. Unbelievable. You know, they should teach a class in school – Internet Smarts. I think it’ll be beneficial. Like stick it [...]

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Seeqpod = Genius

Seeqpod is a pretty neat site. I’ve been using the iPhone version for a few months now. It’s a very easy way to find a song and play it on your iPhone. All that time though, I never tried visiting Seeqpod from a regular desktop browser. Turns out I was missing something great. Before, when [...]

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I love the modern way …

Google spies on me? Google knows too much. Exhibit A: Here is an email to Long In it, I’m essentially stating that I’m like Charlie Brooker. In his latest article in the Guardian, he essentially points out that you can’t go on vacation if you’re single. It’s true. It’s just the way things are. So [...]

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Honestly, I’m Kinda Surprised

Doing some cleaning, and I found this on my desktop That’s right, The Bible is the most popular book in DFW. I figured Harry Potter would be up there. But The Bible? Who are these people trying to fool/impress? #3 and #5 prove that most of Facebook’s users have at least a high school education. [...]

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The Internet – A Wonderful Place

I got a message on ebay from another user, kiki3681 from France. They wanted to know about the Airport Express I purchased. bonjour, j’ai vu sur ebay que tu avais acheté une borne air tunes en provenance de hong kong pour un prix de 50 euros environ… je pense faire le meme achat, mais j’ai [...]

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A Place for Jerks

People on the internet can be jerks. Take a look at this review for the Monoprice iPhone Headphone Adapter. You can see that “Raishad” writes This does not fit the iPhone. Not at all Hey it’s valid criticism, since the iPhone adapter that “Raishad” got, didn’t fit his iPhone But then that jerk Austin from [...]

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Gremlins

Yesterday, my blog broke. I don’t know what happened – the main page wasn’t loading, but the admin pages were. All my posts were there. Everything was there, except some of the images I uploaded. It was strange. I went to a backup, updated, and here we are. To make up for it, here is [...]

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