https://reinkefj.wordpress.com/2007/03/22/
alumni-control-of-educational-institutions/
“ALUMNI: Control of educational institutions”
Which I thought was pretty good!
TECHNOLOGY: The FEEDBLITZ burp missed one article
Saturday, March 24, 2007
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LINKEDIN: Yes another LinkedIn person shows up to “help” me!?! At 1:23 AM? Sounds like a bot.
Saturday, March 24, 2007Hey Gang, A new LinkedIn person shows up. At 1:23 AM on Saturday?
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From: LinkedIn Customer Service [mailto:support@linkedin.com]
Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2007 1:23 AM
To: R @ R CC
Subject: Follow up from LinkedIn for Groups (KMM43057I88L0KM)
John,
I am the new manager of LinkedIn for Groups. We recently switched backend systems as well as management of LinkedIn for Groups. I would like to help resolve whatever outstanding issue you might have. I apologize if you have not received a timely response to your inquiry.
Please feel free to email me at groups@linkedin.com or respond to this email to inquire about the status of your group.
Thanks,
Ben Guthrie
Manager, LinkedIn for Groups
===== MY RESPONSe =====
From: r @ r cc
Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2007 8:01 AM
To: ‘LinkedIn Customer Service’
Subject: RE: Follow up from LinkedIn for Groups (KMM43057I88L0KM)
Ben:
Hello. Congratulations. I hope you have a fireproof suit, thick skin, and a “tin ear”. From a PR and service pov, this is a disaster.
I requested LinkedInJaspers back a while ago. As I was told, I submitted it by fax. (Not a scanned email; faxed!)
Off the top of my head, I forget if I asked for LinkedInJaspers or Linkedin_Jaspers. It must be without the underscore because I have a Yahoo Group setup for it http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/LINKEDINJASPERS and the domain name http://www.LINKEDINJASPERS.com ready to go.
(I don’t have the dates handy. The form is in my office at work; in the table draw next to my fax machine.)
I’ve emailed in several queries. Was told either automatically or by a person, that some would get back to me. Black hole after that.
I know from LinkedInPowerForum, that there were “problems” at LinkedIn, so I am not crazed. Good thing you all have no competition!
I still want the group, public, with the logo, so users can display it, and I have been holding off announcing it to my group, until LinkedIn got it’s act together.
So, I’m still here in Limbo, waiting, like all the other “lost souls”.
I appreciate your email, and don’t envy you your tasks. I really do. BUT, I have had several other emails saying “I’m so and so, from LinkedIn, and I’m here to help”. Black hole! Never to be heard from again. So I hope you have better success than those others. The fact, that you don’t have any clue as to what my particular problem is, doesn’t exactly fill me with hope.
But, you get the benefit of the doubt on your “honeymoon” in the new job.
So, when will my group be activated, when can I activate it, and how do I “badge” my people?
Good luck,
Fjohn
One ticked Off LinkedIn User
P.S.: My cofounder of the group is a lawyer and I have been holding him off physically from “dropping” paper on LinkedIn. It’s supposed to be a fun hobby. Not a death march.
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TECHNOLOGY: Inkscape is an Open Source graphics editor
Friday, March 23, 2007
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Inkscape is an Open Source vector graphics editor, with capabilities similar to Illustrator, Freehand, CorelDraw, or Xara X.
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Open Source!
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TECHNOLOGY: FEEDBLITZ burps again?
Friday, March 23, 2007FEEDBLITZ, the free service that transforms the RSS feed from my blog http://www.reinkefaces life.com into a daily email, burped and didn’t send anything out Thursday. I have to look and account if anything was missed. I use that email as a backup for the free WORDPRESS service that hosts the blog. After all, if WORDPRESS disappeared, then I wouldn’t wan to lose all my whizdumb!
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XPfails – luggable – bringing up THUNDERBIRD for OUTLOOK
Tuesday, March 20, 2007The failure of OUTLOOK is the final straw. I’m bringing up THUNDERBIRD to replace it. It found the Outlook contacts, but not the Accounts or Messages. Argh! This will be a heavy lift to get THUNDERBIRD into position. Then, I’m going to unload OUTLOOK messages for archive purposes. Then uninstall.
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TECHNOLOGY: The copyright laws are not going to survive
Monday, March 19, 2007http://www.lewrockwell.com/north/north517.html
College Fraternities vs. the Textbook Industry
by Gary North
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The copyright laws are not going to survive in their present form. Neither is the publishing industry.
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Concur.
Cheap foreign websites. Loaded by postal mail. Untraceable.
Can you spell paradigm shift?
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XPfails – luggable – OUTLOOK won’t send email
Monday, March 19, 2007OUTLOOK won’t clear the outbox. Disabled Plaxo and LinkedIn toolbars.
TECHNOLOGY: The 46 Best-ever Freeware Utilities
Saturday, March 17, 2007http://www.techsupportalert.com/best_46_free_utilities.htm
The 46 Best-ever Freeware Utilities
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This page is updated regularly – most recent: 13 Mar, 07
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Updated and worth a detailed study.
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TECHNOLOGY: 500 GB MyBook for under 200$?
Friday, March 16, 2007http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?
c=us&l=en&s=dhs&cs=19&sku=A0616000
500 GB 7200 RPM USB 2.0/FireWire 400 External Hard Drive
– My Book Premium Edition
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The 500 GB 7200 RPM USB 2.0/FireWire 400 My Book™ Premium Edition External Hard Drive from Western Digital® offers an easy, high-capacity solution for conveniently storing your photos, music and videos. The drive offers FireWire 400 interface for enhanced speed performance while its USB 2.0 interface gives convenience and compatibility among multiple computers. The compact case shock-absorbing metal keeps the drive cool and takes up less space on your desk, stacks horizontally and allows two or more drives to nestle neatly together like volumes on a shelf. With the Intelligent Drive Management feature, the drive turns itself on and off with your computer while Safe Shutdown™ feature prevents the drive from being powered down until all your data has been written. In addition, the drive incorporates a capacity gauge that lets you see at a glance how much space is left on your drive. The included WD Backup™ software simplifies backing up your data, helps set scheduled backups for future backup while the included Google software helps search your drive, manage your photos, and simplify Web searches. Bundled with USB/FireWire Cables, AC Adapter, Power cord; this 500 GB My Book™ Premium Edition is an ideal external hard drive for all your precious digital assets.
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For 197$!!!
I don’t understand why it’s so cheap?
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XPfails – luggable – My restoration plan
Wednesday, March 14, 2007I have the hardware for the clone and reformat. I have misplaced my copy of O2003. Argh! I need that before I can move ahead. Double Argh!
Why do I need the source distribution media and the magic code to unlock it? There has to be a better system. this makes me crazy! If I ever buy another pos copy protected software, then I’ll have my head examined.
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