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Twitter for Support?

28.Jun.08 | 4 Comments

Earlier today I was wrestling with trying to use LogMeIn from my Ubuntu install to remotely manage a machine at work. No matter how I went about it, I couldn’t get things working from Firefox 3.
Eventually I whined on Twitter, because that’s how I (sometimes) roll:

Shortly after that I got two big surprises.
First, twitter finally [...]

Tip: WordPress hacked?

08.Jun.08 | 1 Comment

Did your WordPress site get hacked? is a great post by Donncha examining the latest “popular” hack(s), how to prevent them and/or how to recover.
I’ll summarize: Don’t be slow to upgrade.
Lots of activity these days on the WordPress Support forums related to folks getting hacked. Hopefully Donncha is correct in stating that there’s nothing new [...]

Gateway Support Downloads Are… Special

14.May.08 | Leave a Comment

My work machine is a Gateway laptop running Vista Business. While I like the laptop a lot, I’ve been thinking about “upgrading” it to XP in the near future (here’s one reason). Being wise in the ways of the world, I figured I had better make sure there are drivers available for it before I [...]

Twitter Beefs

09.Feb.08 | Leave a Comment

I resisted the Twitter thing until just last month, but since then I’ve become pretty gung-ho about the whole scene. It can be a nice distraction — but unlike IM, I like to think of it as a “queuing distraction.”  I can close the window and not miss anything.
I have two main beefs that if [...]

Return of the Zune

05.Feb.08 | Leave a Comment

We got the daughter a Zune for Christmas. She managed to brick it shortly afterwards. I had a positive experience calling Zune’s support, at which time they told me to allow 20 business days for the entire cycle of return and fix/replacement.
The Zune showed up today — by my count it took 23 business days, but [...]

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