Monday, February 25, 2008
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
9 Tips For Coping With The Next BlackBerry Outage
Always keep a spare fiber-optic cable with tin cans attached to each end.
Take a deep breath, stretch, and count to 20. When you're relaxed, you can throw your BlackBerry much harder.
Acquire an advanced degree in telecommunications engineering, so you can decipher the eventual explanation from RIM.
Call your local Homeland Security office and threaten to blow it up in the name of Holy Jihad. Then the BlackBerry outage will be the least of your worries.
While they may not be fast, today's carrier turtles are more reliable than ever.
Use your writing or photography skills to chronicle the tragedy for future generations. The world must never forget.
Consider learning semaphore.
Take advantage of the accompanying chaos to loot an iPhone.
If you experience feelings of murderous rage, remember: incompetent buck-passing millionaire executives are people, too.
Take a deep breath, stretch, and count to 20. When you're relaxed, you can throw your BlackBerry much harder.
Acquire an advanced degree in telecommunications engineering, so you can decipher the eventual explanation from RIM.
Call your local Homeland Security office and threaten to blow it up in the name of Holy Jihad. Then the BlackBerry outage will be the least of your worries.
While they may not be fast, today's carrier turtles are more reliable than ever.
Use your writing or photography skills to chronicle the tragedy for future generations. The world must never forget.
Consider learning semaphore.
Take advantage of the accompanying chaos to loot an iPhone.
If you experience feelings of murderous rage, remember: incompetent buck-passing millionaire executives are people, too.
Monday, February 11, 2008
Friday, February 1, 2008
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Top Ten Reasons to Shop Local
10. Local stores are more likely to carry locally produced foods which supports local agriculture.
9. Local business owners contribute to more local fundraising and 501(c)3’s.
8. Local businesses provide a majority of jobs.
7. Local businesses support other local businesses.
6. The business community becomes reflective of this community’s unique culture.
5. The sales taxes I pay support this community and county: fixing my roads, maintaining my recreational facilities, . . .
4. Competition and diversity result in fair prices and more choices.
3. Shopping local reduces my carbon footprint.
2. Local business owners invest in the community and have a vested interest in the future of this community.
1. My hometown is more important than a cheap pair of underwear!
9. Local business owners contribute to more local fundraising and 501(c)3’s.
8. Local businesses provide a majority of jobs.
7. Local businesses support other local businesses.
6. The business community becomes reflective of this community’s unique culture.
5. The sales taxes I pay support this community and county: fixing my roads, maintaining my recreational facilities, . . .
4. Competition and diversity result in fair prices and more choices.
3. Shopping local reduces my carbon footprint.
2. Local business owners invest in the community and have a vested interest in the future of this community.
1. My hometown is more important than a cheap pair of underwear!
Friday, January 25, 2008
Charter deletes 14,000 email accounts
Dude, where's my e-mail?
That's what thousands of Charter Communications customers asked on Monday when the company inadvertently deleted 14,000 active e-mail accounts, according to an Associated Press story published on Thursday.
Officials at Charter believe a glitch in software during routine maintenance caused the e-mail accounts to be deleted. The company is offering $50 credits to customers who were affected.
A company representative told the news service that there was no way to retrieve the messages, photos or other attachments that had been sitting in people's in-boxes when they were deleted.
Anita Lamont, the Charter spokeswoman who spoke to the AP, explained how the mistake happened. She said Charter gives each broadband subscriber a free e-mail account. But since many people use other e-mail addresses, the company routinely deletes unused accounts. On Monday, some active accounts wound up being deleted with the inactive accounts. Lamont said it had never happened before.
Charter provides broadband Internet, TV and telephone service in 29 states. The company has about 2.6 million subscribers to its broadband Internet service. The customers affected by the e-mail deletion were spread throughout the country, according to the AP story.
That's what thousands of Charter Communications customers asked on Monday when the company inadvertently deleted 14,000 active e-mail accounts, according to an Associated Press story published on Thursday.
Officials at Charter believe a glitch in software during routine maintenance caused the e-mail accounts to be deleted. The company is offering $50 credits to customers who were affected.
A company representative told the news service that there was no way to retrieve the messages, photos or other attachments that had been sitting in people's in-boxes when they were deleted.
Anita Lamont, the Charter spokeswoman who spoke to the AP, explained how the mistake happened. She said Charter gives each broadband subscriber a free e-mail account. But since many people use other e-mail addresses, the company routinely deletes unused accounts. On Monday, some active accounts wound up being deleted with the inactive accounts. Lamont said it had never happened before.
Charter provides broadband Internet, TV and telephone service in 29 states. The company has about 2.6 million subscribers to its broadband Internet service. The customers affected by the e-mail deletion were spread throughout the country, according to the AP story.
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