TECH HARDWARE: Palm’s Sneakwrap Warranty

Sunday, November 4, 2007

http://weblog.infoworld.com/gripeline/archives/2007/10/palms_sneakwrap.html?source=rss

InfoWorld Gripe Line | Ed Foster
October 30, 2007
Palm’s Sneakwrap Warranty

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Indeed, if you follow in the reader’s footsteps on Palm’s website (which as I write this on Oct. 29th remains exactly as he described), it is obvious Palm is trying to hide its warranty. The logical places where Palm should tell a potential customer about the 90-day warranty are silent on the subject. Perhaps the most absurd example is the “compare” page which shows more than 40 comparative features for the E2 and two other Palm handhelds but fails to mention the fact that one (the Palm TX) has a one-year warranty while the E2 and the Palm Z22 have the 90-day warranty.

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Looks like Ed nails Palm on this one. And, I was toying with the idea of getting a PDA again. Palm’s off the list.

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TECHNOLOGY: TomTom takes my friend to three “interesting” places

Thursday, November 1, 2007

My oldest friend reported that, this week in three instances in Georgia, it delivered him to the wrong place. Amusing!

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TECH SOFTWARE: OUTLOOK run all rules

Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Does anyone know of an easy way to have LookOut (Microsoft Outlook 2003) to run all its rules against the inbox? I know I can do it by checking every rule in the box, but seems like its more work than it should be. Help?

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LINKEDIN: prune the deadwood

Wednesday, October 31, 2007

FROM AN LINKEDIN CONTACT’S EMAIL

>the connections you made from that MySQL blast that put the recipients in the cc field instead of the bcc field

Sure, while I haven’t chatted with him yet this year, I know he had two LinkedIn accounts at one time. Wonder if he ever had them merged?

That’s a interesting question.

I don’t know how many contacts I picked up that way. I do know that my “average days outstanding is 231. And my target for LinkedIn contacts is 180.

So I’m glad you asked.

I feel that I have identified about 5% of my contacts that are “dead”. It probably makes sense to prune the deadwood.

Maybe I should have a “census” of biblical proportions? Unlike Herord’s, contacts wouldn’t have to return to their birth city. Just reply to an email. Seems like a good idea.

How do you manage your LinkedIn connections?

Or, any connections?

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TECHNOLOGY: Vanguard’s website

Wednesday, October 31, 2007

http:://www.vanguard.com

Vanguard’s website is so … … frustrating.

Do the developers ever really use the darn thing?

First, it confuses all of your “stuff” into one screen. Sorry, for legal purposes I know Frau and I are a couple. BUT, she does her stuff and I do mine.

Second, it confuses all my “stuff” together. My old pension plan from my own biz two years ago, my IRA, my new pension plan. It’s all muddled together.

Third, it doesn’t allow me to easily change to a new investment. Taxible accounts are very dangerous. Make a mistake and you’ve incurred taxes.

Argh!

I hate technology that isn’t easy to use.

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TECHNOLOGY: A new way to collect DOTCOMERADEN!

Tuesday, October 30, 2007

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Send this link to your friends to tell them about Digg. You could stick it on your blog, instant message it, or email it to people. We’ve even got a handy form below to help you email it.

http://www.digg.com/invitefrom/reimkefj

After you send the link your friends will be able to easily register on Digg and they’ll automatically have you as a friend. Your name will appear also briefly on the homepage as a recognition that you’ve added someone and so other people can see what you did. We count someone as added after they’ve completed registration and they’ve Dugg at least three stories.

Once your friends have been added you can also see them added in your profile in your stats. Thanks a lot for helping us spread the word about Digg!

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dotcomeraden! http://tinyurl.com/34n533

Yet another way to “bond” with me.

Let me adjust my tinfoil hat. There are dragons to slay!

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LINKEDIN: Test “liveliness” of LinkedIn contacts

Tuesday, October 30, 2007

November 1, 2007

180 pings out, 6 dead, 50 live

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TECHNOLOGY: The web warns

Saturday, October 27, 2007

http://www.lewrockwell.com/north/north579.html

 

What To Learn From Maytag
by Gary North

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They did not perceive that the Web would allow bad news to circulate by word of mouse.

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Cute phrase that absolutely captures the meme. The web acts like Paul Revere. Ignore that at your own peril.

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LINKEDIN: anything more than an activity trap?

Saturday, October 27, 2007

Vincent Wright
Staffing Manager, Quoin, Inc.

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What Would A Multi-Billion Dollar Linkedin Look Like?

I dare you to repeat that title three times, fast! ?

What would a multi-billion dollar Linkedin look like?
What would a multi-billion dollar Linkedin look like?
What would a multi-billion dollar Linkedin look like?

All kidding aside: In looking at the profile of Linkedin CEO, Dan Nye, there is an ultra-compact but highly powerful one sentence statement describing his current mission: “Leading LinkedIn to become a multi-billion dollar company and the most customer driven company in the world.” ( http://www.linkedin.com/in/danielnye )

SO???…

“a multi-billion dollar company”?

Does it borrow from Facebook? MySpace? Google? Yahoo? eBay? Amazon? Neither?

What do you think a multi-billion dollar Linkedin would look like?

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It might be able to tell me the last time a person was “active” and it might let me keep some notes about my contacts (i.e., like how I know them — my memory isn’t so good — what was the question?). And, I’ll go way out on a limb here, it might allow me to measure “days outstanding” (i.e., how long since I last interacted with you) and sort by who I need to “freshen up” with.

Now back to reality. Jury is still out -imho- if LinkedIn, Facebook, or even MySpace is anything more than an activity trap!

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TECHNOLOGY: kvetch about the firefighting technology

Friday, October 26, 2007

http://www.lewrockwell.com/rockwell/land-socialism.html

Land Socialism: Playing With Fire
by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr.

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Next we turn to the government’s glorious fire fighting units. As with all government bureaucracies, they resist new technology. They don’t plan for and assess risks. They run around spraying water and chemicals on everything regardless of effectiveness or cost. But meanwhile, they crowd out private fire control efforts. They tell us to flee and then put an antique government bureaucracy in charge and expect us to be happy about it. Finally, when the disaster ends, the federal government dumps billions in aid as a way of placating us. This is an insane approach, or, rather, it is only a sane approach if the goal is to see civilization wiped out and meanwhile expand the state.

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Over, and above, the arguments about “liberty”, I do find some credence in the author’s kvetch about the fire fighting technology.

One would think that that there would be some significant progress in that area.

We know that the gooferment can’t do anything right and that if you throw enough money at something, something will happen.

So cost-effectiveness and technology advances require privitization.

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