rants

Due Process? In my legal system?

2011-11-18

Hi retrohack readers, we interrupt our usual tech/geek/snark offering to make a statement that I feel needs to be made. I know this blog has global reach, but I hope those of you outside the US both forgive this politically aimed post, and also treat it as a heads up. Some countries do look to [...]

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An open letter to Apple about iOS5, aka PoS5

2011-10-25

Love your Apple device and how well it performs? Then for the gods’ sake don’t upgrade to iOS5!!!

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The airline that does this will gain my loyalty for life.

2011-10-06

From Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal-http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=2390#comic Of course that’s bs…if an active piece of electronics could cause a plane to crash, or even go off course, no flight could ever get off the ground, but still, it really pisses me off when that ONE GUY thinks he’s exempt from the rules, kinda like the bastards that [...]

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An open letter to House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-VA

2011-09-02

Representative Cantor, I write this letter to you as a son of Virginia, a registered member of the GOP, and as someone who until recently fancied himself a Reagan Republican. I write this letter to you also as someone who has found himself unable to vote the party ticket over the past several elections; who [...]

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That’s just TMI

2011-07-29

Are we maybe sharing just a little too much information online? Signs say yes; read this article and share your opinion.

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An open letter to John Chambers, CEO of Cisco

2011-01-14

Are you there John? It’s me, Ed. Your licensing sucks. Can you fix it please?

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Now you know your ABCs

2010-12-22

The ITU Spoken Alphabet should be required knowledge for everyone in IT. Forget the A+ certification, can you copy off 32 character a pre-shared key read to you over an AT&T cellular connection with zero mistakes? Can you?

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Every time you don’t bcc, Domo kills a kitten

2010-07-19

It’s called BCC…use it bizzitch.

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Use all your well-learned politesse

2010-07-05

While most IT recruiters are great people who sincerely try to take care of their clients and their candidates, there are a few out there who exhibit some behaviours that are just dead wrong. This rant is intended to call them out on this, and release some of the built-up rage I’m harbouring. It’s also a veiled thank you to five who go above and beyond…if all were half as good as these five, IT would put recruiting on a pedestal.

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howto://enable xbox live behind TMG 2010

2010-06-04

  While I am going to detail how to get an Xbox working with Xbox Live when your Internet connection is controlled by Forefront TMG Server 2010, you might find some helpful information in here even if you have a Linksys, or a Netgear box, so don’t despair yet. And since I considered as an [...]

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Domino’s FAIL

2010-04-30

  The last time I ordered a pizza online was in 2005. I placed the order on the donatos.com website, drove ten minutes to the store, pulled into the drive through, and listened to an operator at HQ reading my online order to the store clerk over the speaker phone. Yes, I drove faster than [...]

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An open letter to our wait-staff from last night

2010-04-19

  Dear wait-staff person who probably is still pissed at the 10% tip, Hi, it’s us, that couple with the two kids who were in booth number five. You might remember us as the ones whose orders were wrong…twice. Or maybe we stand out as the couple at table twelve who, when the owner came [...]

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