Archive for the 'consumer' Category

Address book miscellanea

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

Some tips from our experience in using Address Book under OS X to print mailing labels for us (like long Wedding mailing lists!)
There is a known ‘missing spouse’ problem that we and others have encountered. Here are some tips on what it is and how to simply fix it.
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20051223120527834&query=bugs
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20051221232010333
Tip: Rather than fight to get [...]

Wrangling in regulation

Friday, December 7th, 2007

An article to get your blood boiling over ridiculous governmental regulations disguised to protect consumers but which in reality only limits your freedom of choice as a consumer and caters to lobbyist groups working for self-interested segments of the economy.

The future of recycling

Thursday, November 15th, 2007

Recently The Economist published a good article on the history and future of recycling.
Conclusion: with technology and leadership, there may still be hope for the planet yet.

iTunes 7 missing files

Wednesday, August 1st, 2007

google “itunes 7 missing files” and you can read all about this wonderful feature in itunes. (I recently lost 2 purchased TV show episodes).
The following report is an illustration of what not to do if you don’t want your purchased media to suddenly vanish.
1. I was downloading Battlestar galactica from itunes
2. [...]

Ha, ha! Bally’s

Saturday, March 17th, 2007

First notified of this exciting news by Nate, Bally’s total fitness is not doing so well it turns out. This really brings tears to our eyes, as we used used to be customers of theirs back in the day. Customers who could not end or suspend contracts with the said company [...]