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Reuters stinks

I was thinking of titling this as Reuters Sucks, but decided that would be too harsh. As I was reading Slashdot tonight, I saw this: Reuters offers correction to Wikipedia slam. junger writes “Reuters put out a hit piece on Wikipedia, saying that the encyclopedia wasn’t credible in ‘covering’ the breaking news of the death…Continue Reading…

What’s the best thing to do with spam?

I was checking my Gmail Spam folder for false positives when I came across a bounced email from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). It said: This message was created automatically by mail delivery software. A message that you sent could not be delivered to one or more of its recipients. This is a permanent error….Continue Reading…

Can’t Print Blank Page

I noticed that I can’t “print” a blank page with my Epson Stylus Color 480SXU. I open Microsoft Word, just have a blank document, and click print. The print status window pops up, as if it’s going to print, but then it seems to complete while the printer doesn’t print out a blank page. I…Continue Reading…

Net Neutrality Actually Matters

It’s big. Microsoft is talking about it. Google is talking about it. It’s highly controversial and there are people on both sides of the argument. And since you’re reading this, it will definitely affect you. It’s almost scaring me. IANAL (I am not a lawyer). I don’t know what to think. But some things to…Continue Reading…

Incorrect Price Tags

I would think there should be a law against this. 2 + 2 = 3 So here goes my rant: never trust someone selling you something. … So, today I was staring at the price tags in the beverage isle and realized that the “price per unit” that they have convienantly calculated for you is…Continue Reading…

Grocery store vs Computer store

I have absolutely no problem cruising around a grocery store that is super stocked. It is interesting to me. Where it all comes from and all of the different types of food and stuff there. It’s an adventure to pick out stuff that I have never had before and see if I can make something…Continue Reading…