All of the reasons that I left Verizon as a phone service a few years ago are returning while I deal with my new FiOS installation. As I mentioned previously I was excited to move away from Comcast‘s Internet service (a service I had been with for well over a decade and a company I’d […]

Yesterday I called Verizon to try and resolve the phone porting issue and, at the least, get all calls on that line forwarded to another number in our house. I know from past experience that once the port happens the forward just instantly stops working and it’s all fairly seamless. Anyway, I call them and […]

Okay, so FiOS has been working out quite well but today I got some disturbing news. We noticed that over the last couple of days that our main phone number (yes, I still have regular phones) was a bit quiet. I then called ViaTalk about it (they’re our VoIP provider) and they informed me that […]

So it’s now been a couple of days since FiOS went in. A couple of observations have emerged: 1. The DVR needs major work to get into the same realm as the DirecTV DVR’s. DirecTV actively interfaces with their own customer base via sources like DBSTalk to get not only direct feedback but to openly […]

After well over a decade as both a Comcast (Internet and very limited TV services) and DirecTV customer I’ve been contemplating changes. Comcast has been on my list for a long time. I left their TV service for DirecTV 15 years ago because I felt like I was always paying more and getting less with […]

I woke up at 4am Thursday morning to a dire urge to purge. I rushed to the bathroom and somehow managed to compose myself before anything happened. However, nausea dominated me for the next 18+ hours (still there) and I lost the battle around 10am. It was a pitched struggle as it should be. I […]

For Windows users sharing content between friends, family or co-workers is often a bit of a pain. Say I have a large video I need to share. E-mailing it is an annoyance. It’s just too big. It takes me too long to send it and likewise for someone to receive it. There’s even a decent […]

In the past I presented the opening and closing numbers of the Dow Jones Industrial Average for each President back to 1960. Now that we’re at another milestone I can finally put a finishing number on the past eight years (I also caught a couple math errors and corrected them). While I was at it […]

Okay, in 44 years on this planet including the inauguration of eight previous Presidents (though I don’t really recall the ones for President’s Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon) I cannot recall a spectacle the likes of which we’re seeing now. My recollection is that Presidents won the race, stayed in the news, and then took […]

I’m spending my vocational days working for a group bringing out a new audio product and that effort landed me at the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show, known tersely as CES. I’ve been to Vegas many times in the past and it’s just not my cup of tea. It’s a nice playground for adults but I’m […]

In the Minnesota Senate race Sean Hannity has been typically partisan and vocal. In the past he’s made statements along the lines of, “Al Franken will do anything to steal this election.” He’s used completely one-sided arguments to try to make his case. In one instance I mentioned previously he pointed out challenges of ballots […]

One other thing many on the Right espouse that has been bugging me for some time is the so-called “War on Christmas” so dubbed by Bill O’Reilly. What bothers me about this is that it’s not only incorrect but contrary to the very nature of what this season should be about and what we, as […]