Scott in: Technology
Here is a great tip that could save you over $500 a year: You no longer need to keep a home phone just for internet access.
Costs and Savings
Historically, DSL or “Digital Subscriber Line” worked over your home phone line, which forced us to have to pay for basic phone service in order to get DSL.
Not only is this no longer true, but you would be astounded how much money you could save by eliminating the phone cost.
Scott in: Technology
Every parent goes through a video phase where they want to document their kids life. Most realize pretty fast that their $1,000 HD video camera purchase was a waste since:
So after the first video session, the video camera is forever left in the box. And if it is ever used, the video it produces just sits on a disc never to be edited.
Scott in: Technology
I just sold an old video camera on ebay for $203. The buyer paid via paypal, and normally my next step is to go into paypal to print the shipping information.
This time instead of presenting me with the buyers shipping information, Paypal prompted me to try to their new UPS Shipping solution. Paypal said they had worked out a special deal for their users, so I decided to try it.
For my 5 lb, 10” x 10” x 8” box, Paypal told me it would cost $21.40. I paid it, thinking I would just verify how much it should cost at the shipping place down the street.
Scott in: Technology
Google unveiled their new “Notes” feature yesterday, and ever since I can’t use it in Firefox 2 (even Safe Mode).
This is what I see:
The errors below it are:
in file 1104796821-en-scr… (line 205)
missing } after function body
var Zs=”entry-via-link”;Qs.prototype.gC=function(a,b){if(!a||a.length==0)return;…
in file reading-list (line 111)
_FR_scrollMain is not defined
var userId = “GR-” + parseInt(_USER_ID, 10).toString(16);
Now playing: Nine Inch Nails - Letting You
Scott in: Technology
Since I bought my Blackberry 8830 from Sprint, I have been on and off having a dead battery half way through my day. In fact, just last week I thought of taking it back.
I had noticed that I would take my phone out of my pocket and it would be slightly warm, like it was working while I thought it was off. That still didn’t lead me anywhere productive. I would just pop my battery out and in, and it seemed to fix it.
Scott in: Technology
It certainly seems to be shaping up to be a Christmas filled with $200 Computers:
(Already sold out on Walmart.com)
(Who wouldn’t want a laptop for $200?)Scott in: Technology
You may remember WebTrends from 10 years ago when they were just a web log analyzer. They would run reports based on your log files and grind your computer to a halt in the process.
Steadily over the years they increased their costs and we decided to drop them for a stats package that did the exact same thing but for 1/10th the cost. This was around 2000.
Last week, after making some changes with our current stats provider, I thought about WebTrends and tried to see what new and exciting offerings they had.
Scott in: Technology
If this title sounds familiar, then I know you have a Tivo. That is because Tivo feels it is necessary to let you know that channels have either been deleted or added every time it happens – which means every day.
Every time I turn on my Tivo, another channel I don’t care about has been moved around. I am forced to delete the message before continuing on.
Tivo, please allow me to turn off these messages!
Now playing: Radiohead - Weird Fishes/Arpeggi
Scott in: Technology
I didn’t know this existed.
With Amazon Subscribe & Save, you can “subscribe” to various items you need on a routine basis – paper towels, laundry soap, diapers.
By doing so, you “save” 15% of the cost, and get free shipping.
They definitely don’t have everything, but if they do, it could seriously save some time.
Now playing: Flight of the Conchords - Robots (Live)
Scott in: Technology
The audio director for the Halo series, Marty O’Donnell, also created the jingle for the commercial, “We are Flinstone Kids…ten million strong and growing.”
Via the Major Nelson podcast.
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