Insurance of any form is rarely a compelling value proposition for consumers. Take, for example, life insurance. Life insurance is the one product that people buy that they hope to never have to use. From the insurer’s perspective, it’s a safe bet: you don’t want to die, and you’ll do whatever you need to in […]
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Adventures in Cellular Handset Insurance Claims
April 9th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Complaint Department · My Thoughts · Telephones
Hacking Facebook Redux
April 2nd, 2008 · 8 Comments
It would be impossible to argue that there isn’t a lot of hype around Facebook. Microsoft’s recent purchase of a mere 1.6% stake of Facebook for a total of $250 million means that Microsoft believes Facebook to be worth a whopping $15 billion. To put things in perspective, that means that Facebook has a […]
Tags: Computers · pwn3d! (Hacks and Tricks) · Technology
Time to ditch GoDaddy?
March 12th, 2008 · 1 Comment
This morning I found out that RateMyCop.com, a new site that just launched with the purpose of rating police officer’s performance, had been taken down by its hosting provider and registrar GoDaddy. The site launched to mixed reaction, with a sharp contrast between the negative response of law enforcement and mass media and the […]
Tags: Complaint Department · Computers · Police, Law, & Justice
How-to: Upgrade a GoDaddy VPS from Fedora Core 4 to Fedora Core 6
November 25th, 2007 · 3 Comments
The first encounter I had with paid hosting services was Ipowerweb, now known as just Ipower. Their shared hosting service worked well for me for quite a while at a decent price, although I quickly learned that shared hosting was not-so-great when another user on the system was able to turn the server into […]
Tags: Computers
Advanced AIM Spam-bots
November 12th, 2007 · 43 Comments
“I make myself very available.” This attitude leads to both opportunities and annoyances. More often than not, it leads to annoyances. Once of the key annoyances it leads to is spam. Spam arrives in my mail box, my PO box, my email inbox, and now in my AOL Instant Messenger client. […]
Tags: Computers · Spam and Telemarketing · Technology