Archive for the 'General' Category



Gift Card Laundering, or Buying Other Gift Cards with a Visa Gift Card

Published on 31.Dec.09

I recently received a Visa Gift Card, which is a very nice thing to get, but unfortunately has a couple issues when used online. Namely, there is no ‘Billing Address’ associated with the card, so trying to use the Visa Gift Card as payment at online merchants such as the Apple Store, Apple iTunes [...]


So why is there a crown in the QFC logo?

Published on 09.Oct.09

Nobody seems to know. I’ve asked three people at the local store. They didn’t know. I sent a note to QFC via their online contact form about a week ago – no response yet. So today I called their customer support number, and the operator didn’t know and now it has [...]


iPhone OS 3 drops Friday June 5?

Published on 02.Jun.09

Update: June 8 – Guess not! OS 3 drops June 17.
Just some Tuesday morning conjecture.
After I updated the our Macs to iTunes 8.2 last night and synced the iPhones, I noticed that the ‘next check’ for iphone software updates is June 5. It seems to me that normally the ‘next [...]


Verizon FIOS: Using a non-Actiontec router and Remote DVR

Published on 15.May.09

Just posted the following on the dslreports forum detailing success using an Airport Extreme in front of the supplied Actiontec and getting Remote DVR working.
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r22395674-
Maybe it helps someone else.


Letter to Apple about movie availability

Published on 12.Mar.09

I sent this to Apple today to let them know of yet another lost revenue opportunity. Not expecting a response – but they really need get out of ‘hobby’ mode and improve this.
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I thought it would be great to watch Pinocchio with my son as he’s never seen it. It was released this [...]


Camden in the snow

Published on 08.Jan.09

14″ of snow around Xmas.


Toy trains Star Wars fans to use The Force – USATODAY.com

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Use the Force … cool


Internet and eBooks Continue Advances Over Print

Published on 29.Dec.08

2008 has been good to the Internet. Amazon has reported higher sales orders over last year and electronic mediums continue their march to overtake print sources.
NY Times: Year of the eBook
Pew Study: Internet Overtakes Newspapers as News Source


TooneTown Blog: 10 steps to a multi-protocol iChat.

Published on 22.Dec.08

TooneTown Blog: 10 steps to a multi-protocol iChat..
This is a pretty cool way to add more services to iChat and enable Video Chatting most of the time. Still need Adium for some things – but OpenFire and Chax are great.


Apple – Pro – Tips – Super-Clean Screenshots

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Very Clean Screenshots in OS X.