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More precisely, it’s my cranky old wireless router which has decided to finally bite the big one.
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Hotels.com, you’re on my list
For all those happy warm fuzzy customer service stories you hear about online service companies, there’s lazy crap like this that goes on.
The Boy’s birthday wishlist
The Boy’s birthday is just ten days away and we really have no idea what to get him this year. He doesn’t really need anything and he’s got enough toys, games, books and clothes to choke a horse.
So I asked him what he wanted. Not surprisingly, the entire list consisted of Nintendo games.
Thanks for holding
In October, I’ll be taking a trip to Milwaukee for a conference. Don’t pretend you’re not jealous. Maybe if you’re nice, I’ll bring you back some Laverne and Shirley shirts. Anyway, I’m technically taking a trip to get there from College Station to Dallas to Atlanta to Milwaukee and then another home from Milwaukee to [...]
A little marketing advice
If you’re going to have a big holiday weekend sale and send out a bazillion e-mails to your customers, you might want to make sure that you know what holiday it is. I’m just sayin’.
Every rose has its thorn
Yesterday, Apple senior VP Phil Schiller concluded his extremely underwhelming Macworld keynote address with the news that they’re finally phasing out DRM on their vast library of musical offerings in the iTunes store. It’s something a lot of people have been waiting for – and grumbling very loudly about - for quite some time. Naturally, [...]
A valuable addition to our modern lifestyle
As you may have noticed, the economy is in the crapper and common sense says that a middle income family like ourselves should really be scrimping every penny that we can. So what do we do? That’s right. We went out and bought a ginormous television.
Expressing my inner anguish through the majesty of song
Man, I love having an iTunes gift card. Unfortunately, I tend to go through them pretty quickly, so that feeling of joy doesn’t last very long. Case in point – I got one on Saturday and I’ve already blown through it. Hope I get some more under the Christmas tree (hint)! Since I’ve got nothing [...]
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