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Delta’s response
A couple months ago, I wrote here about my horrible experience with Delta when trying to get from Boston to San Diego. At the time, I also sent my story to Delta’s customer service. Their response (which arrived a whole 2 weeks later) did not do anything to lessen my anger. In fact, it did [...]
Continue reading...How not to write a job posting
19. April 2009
I keep an eye on the job market, just so I know who’s hiring, what they’re hiring for, and where I fit in with my current skills. I don’t read postings on monster.com or anything like that, I just keep up with a few choice job boards. After reading some well-written postings, it’s easy to [...]
Continue reading...Frustrated with Delta
17. March 2009
I woke up at 3:45 this morning so that I could catch a 7:10am flight out of Boston to San Diego. By 5:45, I was third in line to go through security. Thirty minutes later, thanks to the snail’s pace at which the TSA officers were moving and the dozens of people they let cut [...]
Continue reading...Steve Jobs away from Apple until June 2009
14. January 2009
In the article “Steve Jobs taking leave from Apple due to complex health issues” at AppleInsider.com, Steve writes “I’ve have asked Tim Cook to be responsible for Apple’s day to day operations” What are they running over there, a 7-Eleven or something?! This is the single biggest problem with Apple - too much reliance on a [...]
Continue reading...Shark Attacks in Australia, Summer 2009
13. January 2009
The odds of being the victim of a shark attack are said to be very low (worldwide: 75 shark attacks per year) and only 2% of them are fatal. So, what’s with the daily reports of attacks (and deaths!) at Australian beaches this year? Lies, damn lies and … Statistics suggest (1|2) you have a: 1 in 8,000,000 [...]
Continue reading...The Daily Show with Jon Stewart: Censored?!
4. January 2009
Apple iTunes releases only censored version of The Daily Show Though no other movies or TV shows on iTunes are censored, for some reason, The Daily Show is censored on iTunes - that is, the only version of the show you can buy is the one with expletives ‘beeped out’ … talk about a clusterf#ck! Feel the [...]
Continue reading...The Colbert Report - Why Censored on iTunes?!
4. January 2009
Come on Apple, get with the program! The Colbert Report is brilliant show, but why do Apple/iTunes censore it!? They don’t censor their movies .. they don’t censor any other of their TV Shows. B#tch and moan about it - tell Apple using their Request a TV Show page. Can you explain the logic please - Apple? anyone?
Continue reading...My bro and his mo .. for Movember
1. November 2008
Donate During Movember (the month formerly known as November) my bro growing a Mo. That’s right my bro is bringing the Mo back because I’m passionate about tackling men’s health issues and being proactive in the fight against men’s depression and prostate cancer. Donate here » (all donations over $2 are tax deductible) I did! … and others are [...]
Continue reading...Project Inbox Zero
1. November 2008
Your inbox is not a to-do list Merlin Mann is a golden god! … at least in terms of what he’s done by helping thousands of people tame their inbox. In his one hour podcast/video (a lecture given to Google employees in 2007) he makes many salient points about the use [misuse] of email as a [...]
Continue reading...Favourite Podcasts (today)
22. October 2008
You Look Nice Today “A journal of emotional hygiene” This is a classic “talking sh@t” podcast paneled by Merlin Mann, Scott Simpson and Lonely Sandwich. Take for example the episode “Aunt Nancy” where they discuss the relative merits of purchasing domain names to capitalize on new x-ray airport scanning equipment - “xrayhotties.com” - they then move onto [...]
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9. May 2009
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