TDS Telecom has been trying desperately to get in to the Nashville market. They are directly and aggressively competing with Comcast (whose customer service practices come from depths of Hell) and AT&T (who still think a land line is required for anything). My mother has TDS service and is quite pleased with it. Fiber Optic… Read More »
Little known fact: I got my private pilot license (VFR) about ten years ago. I’d always wanted to be a pilot, so when the opportunity presented itself I took it. Got 42 hours of instruction/flight time in 2 weeks for about $3,000. I’ve flown twice since then, and my medical lapsed long ago. It’s a… Read More »
This is what’s known as “spinner” text. The spambot that attempted to leave this comment wasn’t properly configured, so instead of leaving me a semi-plausible quasi-english comment, I got the full text. What I should have gotten was text from each set of curly braces. Phrases are separated by the pipe character “|”. Spinners allow… Read More »
WP 3.5, updated themes…. Now my header’s gone. Working on that, but lilwizard’s starting to wake up screaming so it may be a bit. ETA: Fixed Anything else amiss?
Starting about 3 years ago, I started saying that we were very close (5 years or less) to having cell phones so powerful that they will be able to replace laptops and desktops. The scenario would be that you’d sit down at your desk and plop your phone on a cradle. That cradle would be… Read More »
To me, and many other folks, owning something means that I can do what I want with it. If I go to the store and buy a DVD, I should be able to take it home, and watch it on any of my devices that have a DVD drive in them right? Nope. At least… Read More »
HostGator is 40% off today for all plans. I moved from self-hosted on an error-prone hamster-powered nettop to Hostgator back in January. Couldn’t be happier. I’ve got the “Baby Croc” package and host about a million domains. Kidding, of course, but that’s what it feels like sometimes. Please note that if you sign up using… Read More »
As I’ve mentioned before, I listen to audio books while running or walking the dog. I’m currently listening to Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson. I’m no fan of Apple or Jobs (Wozniak is another thing entirely), but I feel it’s important to understand one of the most influential minds marketers of the last 200 years.… Read More »
The Brother laser printer I bought 12 years ago no longer works. Well, that’s not entirely accurate. The Brother laser printer I bought 12 years ago doesn’t have drivers that work with anything after Windows XP, and I no longer have any machines running Windows XP. This presents me with an opportunity. You see, I… Read More »
Motherboard issues have been resolved, but not in anything resembling a good outcome. I bought an ASUS P8Z77-V LE instead. Because I had already attached the heatsink to the processor, I had to wait until I got this kit from Arctic Silver in the mail before I could swap out the boards. Swapped everything out,… Read More »