Recently while trying unsuccessfully to view a video on a blog it came up that I was using an older version of Windows Media player. It was suggested that I upgrade Windows Media Player to view the video, but I declined. The reason for this is simple. I can no longer trust Microsoft not to cripple my machine with some form of Digital Rights ( Read more... )

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in a move the boggles the mind declared carbon dioxide a public health hazard.

For those of you that slept through all your biology and chemistry classes, carbon dioxide (CO2) is the primary gas we humans give off when we exhale. Carbon Dioxide is also the primary gas that most plants need to survive and ( Read more... )

Los Angeles, CA - Based on bits and pieces of various news items I've managed to catch over the couple weeks I've managed to figure out a few things.

We have some moron in Congress wanting to tax executive bonuses at 90%. There is another set of morons wanting to go after bonuses already paid out to people working for companies that accepted ( Read more... )

Reading this article in the Money section of USA today brought my last post to mind: A woman after my own heart. It seems that Best Buy's sales are in a slump.

Best Buy (BBY) said a slowing economy will hurt fiscal 2008 profit and it reduced its guidance, as consumers held back on high-end TVs, digital music players and cameras ( Read more... )

Raelyn Campbell is very angry with Best Buy. In fact she is $54 million worth of angry according to her lawsuit.

Six months after bringing a damaged laptop computer into a Best Buy electronics store for repairs, and three months after the firm admitted losing it, Campbell filed the whopper of a lawsuit recently in Washington, D.C., Superior Court ( Read more... )

Chicago, IL - One of my offspring called today and let me know that CompUSA is closing after this Christmas Season. To quote, "That is the end of an era ( Read more... )

Romulis, MI - An article in today's Slashdot pissed me off beyond belief. According to the article Verizon Wireless is making to sell your call detail records to their partners. These details will include date, time, length of call and calling or called phone number. A notice (Sideways PDF) was included in recently mailed statements ( Read more... )

My friend divalea had a fire a little over a year ago. Lea and her family got out safely. But the house and contents were destroyed. Worse then that she lost several beloved animals that no amount of money can ever replace. For those things that could be replaced, fortunately they have State Farm insurance ( Read more... )

Daytona Beach, FL - According to numerous reports Sprint has finally found a way to deal with their most "squeaky wheel" consumers. Recently, Sprint fired those consumers that continually pestered Sprint's stunningly incompetent customer service to fix repeated and ongoing billing errors, technical problems, service issues ( Read more... )

Morrisville, NC - A good friend of mine went through her credit card statements only to discovered that the interest on her Amazon sponsored credit card through Chase Bank had been jacked up to 22.24% annually. Puzzled, as she had in introductory rate of 5.9% that was still well within the allotted period she called to have the mistake corrected ( Read more... )