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When I was a kid I liked the idea of being able to pick up the phone to find out the time, or the weather. That’s REALLY what fascinated me about phones, not talking to people, but having a machine talk back to me, locally we always had phone numbers you could call to do that, ( Read more... )

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Why, does Document Manager STILL not install on Windows 7 64-bit? Hello? HELLO MCFLY?  Anyone home over there? Windows 7 64-bit has been around long enough for there to be support for it, and for that matter, we can’t be the only people having this issue. GET WITH THE TIMES!

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A couple of weeks ago, I got a brand new, 3rd generation Amazon Kindle, my second Kindle I have ever owned. Today, after realizing my iPod didn’t sync right, I decided I would pick up my Kindle today instead, slide the switch….uh oh

Part of the screensaver remained on the screen ( Read more... )

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Why do things close so early, like the Comcast office by my house at 6! PEOPLE WORK, PEOPLE WHO NEED TO STOP BY THERE can’t go before that time! 6? What idiot chooses 6pm?

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Can you tell support people are frustrating me?

These last two nights, I’ve been trying to set up a cable box for my grandmother, and anyone who knows me personally knows I know more about this stuff than the people on the phone do, I use a friend who works for them as an example ( Read more... )

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So, remember in my “thanks a pant load” post. I ranted about my iTunes account being hacked? Well, due to that, I had to also cancel my debit card and take cash out. Well because I had to do that, I had no way to pay the rest of my Comcast bill on time, yes, I can pay by check, ( Read more... )

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Thanks a pant load to the losers spamming my Google Voice  number, with BS survey things and bogus collection calls!  That number is not listed anywhere, and it has belonged to me for a few years, and I did NOT fill out your survey.

Thanks a pant load to the semi that got too ( Read more... )

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So I was trying to hit the Second Life Marketplace, and often I am rushing and typing in Marketplace. and Firefox will take me to the American Public Media show called Marketplace instead and on the front page it said “Today marks the one month anniversary of the Japan Earthquake ( Read more... )

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Twice this week I have had problems with Adobe software. Flash Player and Reader in particular. In the case of Flash Player, I even had to  go digging on the web and download an uninstaller. Why should I have to download something that should be INCLUDED with the installer so ( Read more... )

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It was nice when someone from Belkin called me over a broken iPod case, even though the iPod itself was also busted. It was also nice to have people inside Comcast contact me here and by phone when I was having DVR issues.

Now, my beef is with the Jacksonville Electric Authority ( Read more... )