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Monthly Archives: December 2005
Stupid hackers
I periodically check on statistics on my server and noticed that for the last 1.5 hours, my bandwidth was constant even though I wasn’t doing anything. I started checking the traffic on my network and saw that some Chinese hacker … Continue reading
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English speaking customer service reps
Yesterday I called my cable company to switch the IP address of my cable modem as I now have a block of 5 addresses and in order to use them, a change had to be made. I called support, negotiated … Continue reading
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Ground loop isolator
I searched for the part to eliminate the hum from my stereo, but all I could find online was one for $10 + $7 shipping. So, I called my cable company to see if they’d come install one for me. … Continue reading
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Poor timing of Macworld
I’ve come to the conclusion that having Macworld Expo in January is a poor decision. Here I am at the end of the year looking to see what else I can buy for my small business to get the tax … Continue reading
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Audio hum
My wife and I have noticed a hum in our whole house audio system and today I finally decided to do a web search and see what came up for fixing it. I found an article which indicated that any … Continue reading
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Brand loyalty
Yesterday I went to Home Depot to pick up some attachments for my Dremel to do some glass etching. The Dremel attachments were about $8 each and I needed 4 of them according to the project instructions I had; 2 … Continue reading
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Sprint Bill, part 2
I looked at my Sprint bill online today as it just became available. I noticed that the balance was twice that of a normal month! Wow, what that Sprint mess up now? After pouring over the bill for about 30 … Continue reading
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Japenglish and Korenglish
The Japanese and Koreans make some pretty good products these days. However, it appears that they don’t bother to have native English speeakers review text of alerts and such on their products. For instance, on my new Samsung A900 cell … Continue reading
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San Diego Weather
I just finished walking the dog and was a bit too warm with a sweatshirt on and a light jacket. We’ve had a little bit of a warming trend lately where the weather has been in the mid 70s during … Continue reading
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Samsung A900
I’ve been using my Samsung A900 cell phone for a few weeks now and am pretty pleased with it with one notable exception. The size is great, screens are great (internal/external), sound quality is acceptable, having a flip phone is … Continue reading
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