For those who dislike USPS like I do (previous posts one, two, and three), here is another horror story: USPS: Your Five New, Insured Laptops That We Lost Are Worth $74.
In other words, USPS has no problem taking your insurance money but has a big problem when it comes to paying out the amount you [...]
Archive for the ‘Internet’ Category
10 May
USPS insurance isn’t worth jack
14 Apr
Wikipedia in classical Chinese
The English version of Wikipedia is typically the first resource I turn to when I research something on the Net. I don’t think it would be true for the Classical Chinese version though. And by “classical” I don’t mean “traditional” – I am referring to the ancient ways. Let’s just say that [...]
29 Jan
MacDongle
Yet another Apple-hostile blog post: Why Doesn’t Anyone Give a Crap About Freedom Zero?. Can’t say I disagree.
I like this one’s comparison of Macs to hardware dongles. I like the article even more (and Apple less) when I think of the tight controls Apple is going to place over iPhone applications.
8 Dec
Facebook beacon deconstructed (by someone else)
Facebook has been gathering a bit of negative publicity due to its Beacon feature. It started as opt-out but is now opt-in after all the complaints. Needless to say I have disabled Beacon globally in my Facebook account the moment it was possible (under Privacy > External Websites).
Regardless of privacy issues, the Beacon is interesting [...]
31 Oct
"10 Reasons To Hate Cellphone Carriers"
I haven’t done a pure link post for a while, but given the ordeal I am having with AT&T right now, I just can’t help but to link to this article "10 Reasons To Hate Cellphone Carriers".
Maybe in the future wireless LAN will be so prevalent that we can just use VoIP phones instead? How [...]
19 Oct
Gravatar on my blog
Yesterday Automattic, the company behind WordPress the software and WordPress.com the free blog platform, acquired Gravatar and decided to give away premium services for free. Frankly, I had not heard of Gravatar before reading about the acquisition, but the word ‘free’ got my attention and I went ahead and created an account at the site.
Basically [...]
14 Jul
Overcast afternoon at Fort Funston; Zooomr and Flickr
My friends bailed on the badminton game today, so I lugged my camera to Fort Funston instead. Oh yeah, I brought my wife and dogs too. But instead of the sunny, windy Fort Funston of my past trips, today I was greeted by overcast and plenty of fog.
Nowadays I am [...]
22 May
Time killer: Flickrvision
Try Flickrvision 3D, it’s pretty mesmerizing. And in full screen mode it can be quite a good screen saver.
