Month: July 2008
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Stickers, Stickers Everywhere!
I wonder who had the big idea to put a little sticker on each and every vegetable or piece of fruit in the supermarket. Sure, I am exaggerating a little, since there are probably still some produce items that are not individually labeled, but probably not many! I see this kinds of stickers regularly on…
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Serious Internet Bug Causes Concern
News has been coming out on some of the big media sites (see CNN) about a serious flaw that allows hackers to control how traffic is routed on the internet. I’m not sure what took the media so long to catch this story, but this is something that has been known for a while, and…
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A Good Way To Quickly End Political Poll Telephone Calls?
It’s no secret that I pretty much hate telephone calls from anyone but family and friends. There are of course exceptions, doctor’s offices confirming appointments, employers, someone advising you that you won the lottery — that kind of thing. Although I dislike receiving calls from those political pollsters, I don’t dislike them as much as…
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Just In From Delta Airlines: We Really Don’t Care!
They say flying is no fun anymore. You have to pay extra for the food now and even for your luggage on some airlines. I am not sure if Delta Airlines is one of them, but one thing I do know is that their idea of customer service sure has taken a dive. I talked…
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Stop Cluttering The Screen!
I cannot remember when the trend started, but just about every television channel on the air these days has to have their logo on the screen during every program. I believe these are generally referred to has "bugs" and although a small semi-transparent bug in the lower-right corner of the screen does not bother me…
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Watch For Zero Percent Credit Card Offers
With all the foreclosures and credit card defaults these days, it seems the credit card companies are having a harder time signing up new customers. This can work to your advantage, and in some cases, you don’t even have to sign up for a new card. I recently used my Discover Card to make a…
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Massachusetts ‘Cannot Afford’ Sales Tax Holiday
Some readers may know that I am a former resident of the Bay State, commonly known as The Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Sometimes I consider myself more of a refugee than just someone who decided to move away after living there all my life. Living in New Hampshire these days, I still watch a lot of…
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Should The Oil Speculators Be Reigned In?
These days there seems to be a lot of argument about whether or not speculators are a major factor in the rising price of oil. Speculators basically invest their money on the basis of what they think the value of something — in this case — oil, will be in the future. I traded stock…
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Online Pharmacies: Not What You Might Think
Like a lot of people, when I heard the phrase "online pharmacy," I would always think of all those spam e-mail messages I would get that were pitching Viagra or Cialis or some other drug or herbal supplement that would promise to dramatically increase the size of a certain part of my anatomy. Because of…
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Anatomy of A Work At Home Scam
Every so often I like to troll around the net a bit and see what kind of scams are out there attempting to lure people in. As much as I like the well-known classified site Craig’s List, their “Jobs” section has become a place that draws scamsters in droves. Although I’ve actually had good luck…