Archive for November, 2007
Welcome back!There’s another article in slashdot today about Google’s “Gdrive” project and apparently I’m a long way from being the only one that can see some serious privacy issues here. On the other hand, some are seeing the problem and it’s obvious solution, but at the very least the way it’s phrased sure looks [...]
November 30th, 2007 | Posted in Business, Computers, File Sharing, Financial, Freedom of Speech, Internet, Opinion, Privacy, Tech, news, software | Comments Off
Powered by Max Banner Ads Up for review today is Find a babysitter (http://www.findababysitter.com.au/). This is an online introduction service to connect parents with babysitters and nannies. It’s a very direct and allows you to get a feel for the site by being able to search the site without having to log on. [...]
November 30th, 2007 | Posted in Business, Misc, Website Review, Websites | Comments Off
Powered by Max Banner Ads It’s getting dangerously close to Christmas (can it actually be almost December first already??!?! YIKES!) and in our house that means that the last bit of shopping needs to be finished in time for online purchases to get here before Christmas. (don’tcha hate it when gifts don’t arrive on time?) [...]
November 29th, 2007 | Posted in Business, Electronics, Financial, Fun Stuph, Hardware, Misc, Movies, Opinion, Tech, Websites, games | Comments Off
Powered by Max Banner Ads Well, it had to happen. Once people started spending loads of money buying IPods and IPhones it would soon start hitting home just exactly how fragile these “toys” can be. Imagine spending hundreds on an IPhone only to have it turned into brick because you dropped it. I [...]
November 29th, 2007 | Posted in Business, Electronics, Hardware, Misc, Opinion, Phones, Tech, Websites | 1 Comment
Powered by Max Banner Ads ”Cyber Monday”, the online equivalent of “Black Friday” apparently has American shoppers doing more online business than ever before. According to Comscore, sales figures hit $733 Million dollars… an increase of 21 percent over last year. This seems to be a growing trend as online shopping becomes more and [...]
November 28th, 2007 | Posted in Business, Computers, Internet | Comments Off
Powered by Max Banner Ads Ok, I don’t normally talk about banking and such here but this one is worth mentioning. I imagine you’ve seen those “WaMu” commercials where the WaMu agent is talking about how they figure that if the guys in the “bankers pen” hate an idea, then it must be a good [...]
November 28th, 2007 | Posted in Business, Financial, Websites | Comments Off
Powered by Max Banner Ads McIntosh College is one of those schools in New England offering degrees and certificates in a variety of career-focused programs designed specifically to give you the skills needed for that most elusive of things.. a good job. http://www.mcintoshcollege.edu/ is built with a simple functionality in mind. The site makes [...]
November 27th, 2007 | Posted in Website Review, Websites | Comments Off
Powered by Max Banner Ads One of the things that gets in the way of some people going into business online is the part about building a website. Hard as it is for some of us to imagine as it might be, the thought of creating a website, particularly a business website is more than [...]
November 25th, 2007 | Posted in Business, Internet, Websites, software | Comments Off
Powered by Max Banner Ads Well, it’s all over except the leftovers… Thanksgiving dinner that is. There was the turkey and all of the usual trimmings.. Stuffing, Cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, lemon salad, green bean casserole, scalloped corn and lets not forget dessert, pumpkin pie and the mincemeat pie that I look forward to every [...]
November 22nd, 2007 | Posted in Misc, Opinion | Comments Off
Powered by Max Banner Ads Apparently Backgammon Masters has been getting so much traffic these days that they’ve launched a new live customer support feature. This is going to allow players to connect “live” with customer support to get help right away on most problems.
According to a press release I saw this explosion in traffic [...]
November 21st, 2007 | Posted in Business, Fun Stuph, Internet, Websites, games, software | Comments Off