Jewelery shops have been on my mind recently and I’m happy to see a way to save some money when I make my purchases. According to the New York Times yesterday, Jewelery retailers are looking for ways to reduce costs and one of those ways is to have people use methods of payment besides […]
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How to Forget Credit Cards and Save Money
November 20th, 2007 · 4 Comments
Tags: Efficiency · How To · quality of life · technology
Samsung Hides Phone Software
October 25th, 2007 · No Comments
Note to companies about your software: put the software where people will be looking for it.
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New in Gmail - IMAP Access is Here
October 24th, 2007 · No Comments
I haven’t had a chance to setup my email program to use IMAP instead of POP access but I’m ready to do it. It is available on my Gmail account as well as my evanwilder.com mail through Google Apps. Are you going to switch your desktop email client to IMAP? If […]
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Goodbye Bad Comcast, Hello Better Verizon
October 24th, 2007 · No Comments
I called Comcast last week to ask why I some of my favorite channels said “Please Wait” instead of showing the channel. The customer service representative said that I didn’t get those channels — my channel package […]
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Fire in Adams Morgan is a Reminder to Backup Your Important Files
October 11th, 2007 · No Comments
On October 1st a building a few blocks from mine had an electrical problem that caused a fire that destroyed the entire building (read the Post’s story about it here). Adam and I were talking about the fire that Monday night at tennis and thinking about complete destruction of one’s personal belongings seems […]
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Free Compliments Make Me Smile
September 27th, 2007 · 1 Comment
Here’s another fun web site that might make the world that much happier — a site that does one thing: give compliments. When you visit you’ll get a compliment that matches you. And if you do not just refresh the page until you do!
ComplimentBot 4000 via Geeksugar
Tags: quality of life · technology