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Canceling my previous recommendation for NoMoreRack.com 31 Jul 2013 | 10:20 pm
I recently recommended a flash charger for cell phones and other devices, being sold by NoMoreRack.com for a great price. I stand by recommendation of that particular product, but I find it necessary...
Since Diallo Mamadou Oury is so insistent on sharing my personal information, here’s some of his 31 Jul 2013 | 01:33 am
I have no idea why Diallo Mamadou Oury, who lives in Dakar, Senegal, insists on using my email address to sign up for services and web sites all over the Internet (previous postings). But since he app...
On the rationality and wrong of racism 17 Jul 2013 | 12:49 am
After George Zimmerman shot Trayvon Martin, a narrative quickly emerged that Zimmerman “profiled” Martin, that he considered Martin suspicious merely because of the color of his skin and the fact that...
Dear Radio Shack, Please don’t suck so much. 12 Jul 2013 | 06:17 pm
Dear Radio Shack, I understand that there are overhead costs associated with being a brick-and-mortar store that on-line retailers don’t have. I also understand that it’s reasonable to pay a premium ...
Lowe’s pulls a Home Depot on me 8 Jul 2013 | 09:31 pm
Dear Lowe’s, I like you better than Home Depot because your customer service is better than theirs. Or, at least, I thought it was. Perhaps I was wrong. When a customer orders a product through your...
PayFlex gone bad? 30 Jun 2013 | 06:38 pm
In 2009, I wrote about my positive experience with PayFlex, the company administering my FSA at a former employer. By that time I had experienced several FSA administrators, and PayFlex was in my opin...
My current take on Boston’s mayoral candidates 30 Jun 2013 | 06:30 am
I’ve spent some time taking a look at all of the declared candidates for Boston’s mayoral election. Here are my initial reactions, for those who might be curious. People worth considering All of the...
Dilbert was broken, now fixed in comics aggregator 26 Jun 2013 | 07:20 pm
Yesterday, the folks over at Dilbert.com changed their RSS feed, which is what the comics aggregator was using before to fetch Dilbert, so that method no longer works. Therefore, I had to refactor the...
Awesome flash charger for portable device power on the road 24 Jun 2013 | 05:35 pm
It’s rare for me to be so pleased with a particular merchant that I feel compelled to rave about them on my blog, and even rarer for me to feel that way about a particular product, but now is one of t...
Fumes in MBTA buses: significant progress 21 Jun 2013 | 01:52 am
I met several months ago with MBTA management to present my concerns about toxic fumes in certain MBTA buses. Thank you, again, to State Senator Will Brownsberger and his Legislative Counsel and Poli...
