Having gone through a personal defeat last weekend (not being able to jog the entire self-designated course), I was apprehensive about the race. I was fairly confident that I would finish it, the question was whether I would be able to jog the entire 13.1-mile length. With the race being on Sunday, I did my — Continue reading »
Half marathon
*Note: I wrote this entry last Saturday, but decided to post it after my half marathon attempt. Here's the entry on the actual event: Half marathon, the event As I write this, my body is in pain and distress. I feel like I've been hit by a Mack truck. And that's just a dry run — Continue reading »
Godaddy, a truce
📆 September 30, 2005
Read the first part of this story here: Godaddy, the price of cheap. While the Godaddy people would not listen to my pleas, one guy did. Surprisingly, Bob Parsons, the chief himself had one of his people call me to sort out the matter. I was, and still am, stunned. We are pretty strange creatures. — Continue reading »
Godaddy, the price of cheap
📆 September 29, 2005
Note: There is a second part to this story. Read it here: Godaddy, a truce. What you are about to read here is not meant as a Godaddy bash. It's an account of a recent unpleasant experience I had with this company. Godaddy may be a fine company for some. It was also for me — Continue reading »
Gmail - The price of free
📆 September 25, 2005
The debate on free versus paid products and services has been going on for years. one camp believes that free really translates to lower costs for the end users, while others point to hidden costs associated with freebies such as maintenance, litigation, and complexity of setup and operation. The dilemma is that both are right — Continue reading »
eBay phishing
📆 September 21, 2005
With all the coverage phishing scams have received recently, you'd think that the practice has begun to wane. Not so. Take a look at a sample of an eBay phishing spam I received today. It sure looks like the genuine article. For a split second I thought it was the real thing too. But then — Continue reading »
Convenience fee
📆 September 20, 2005
In one of my previous blogs I had mentioned about getting a traffic ticket in Jersey Turnpike. Yesterday I finally found out the damage via a phone call to the court, and as the officer had claimed, it was $54. Okay, that's not too bad as tickets go these days, even though I still think — Continue reading »
DSL trouble
📆 September 16, 2005
I've had DSL for the past couple of months and when it works, it's great. Trouble is that in my case, I've been buffeted with one problem after another. At the time I had SBC install my DSL it was summer time and the kids were mostly away from home visiting relatives. I was at — Continue reading »
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