I am the victim of really bad customer service. My recent purchase of the Studio XPS 13 (or XPS 1340) was a complete disaster. So much so, that I sent a letter to Michael Dell via FEDEX to register my complaint. Rather than rewrite the entire story, here is the letter I sent to them: [...]
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Cruise & Summer
Wow, the summer is over… It went by way too fast. Anyway, we’re back from our Mediterranean Cruise! Over 13 days, we visited Italy, Greece, Turkey, Israel and Egypt. I’ll be posting photos soon. Stay tuned!
Observations from a Roller-Coaster Week
I’ve had some real ups and real downs this week. Some observations that pertain to neither the extreme highs or lows: Chrome is a really solid browser. It has taken me a while to switch but I must say, this thing is pretty solid. I recommend we all give it a shot - google.com/chrome Speaking of [...]
Why I’m Optimistic, Or Will Be Soon…
It’s amazing to me that people are running around like the sky is falling lately. Yes, the economy is in the depths of recession – there is no doubt. And, it will probably go on for a while. In fact, its likely to get much worse before it gets better. In the coming months, we’ll [...]
10 Future Technologies We All Should Look Forward To…
Someone sent me a list on Facebook today – it was corny but I did it, and now I’m thinking in list format. Doing my usual evening trip through my Google reader, I got to thinking about the inventions and innovations I’d like to see. Here we go: 1) HDR Cameras (High dynamic range): I [...]
TaskFreak
I put up a post on Twitter a few weeks ago about how my productivity has improved via use of TaskFreak. Taskfreak is an open-source package that runs on any PHP/MySQL system. Best of all, its lightweight, looks great and does most of it’s updating via AJAX and not through page loads. I had tried [...]
Outsourcing: Test 2
As I mentioned in my last post, I’ve been experimenting with the outsourcing of various tasks. I’ve used overseas resources for projects in the past but decided it was time to sign up for one of the services and try it out for myself. So in my first test, I tried Ask Sunday for my [...]
Outsourcing Your Life: Experiments
Today, after toying with the idea for a while, I decided to experiment with outsourcing my life. Having already had favorable experiences with offshoring work, I figured it was worth it to see if these task-oriented outsourcing operations really would work out. The first impressions are favorable! I decided to test two outsourcing operations. One [...]
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