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Google turns adSense into potential smut distributor
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rodtrent
How far is Google willing to go sell advertisements? Google and Creator of ‘Family Guy’ Strike a Deal While, “Family Guy” can be funny at times, there’s a part of the show that doesn’t sit well with me...
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Time Warner has a busy signal for customer service?
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rodtrent
Anyone that uses Time Warner for Internet, Cable, and Digital phone – have you noticed how the service has gone downhill dramatically over the last 6 months? Time Warner pushed out a digital cable box...
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Business 101: How to lose your customer base in 1 easy step
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rodtrent
Time Warner Cable tests metered Internet service We must keep in mind that this is the same company that thought purchasing AOL was a good idea.
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Definitely not formatted for the TabletPC
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rodtrent
I went to the “Show us your Wow” web site today to check it out. Microsoft is usually pretty good about developing web sites that are formatted well for the TabletPC screen. This one is horrible…...
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Finally -- someone else notices
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rodtrent
Digg.com is in trouble… (now, how long have I been chimping about this?) Troubles in Diggville
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I guess the Portable Media Center is dead or dying?
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rodtrent
I love my PMC . It provides video (movies, television, and DVDs), music and audio (in a wide variety of formats), and pictures and photos. The iPod only offers audio. So, the news of Microsoft releasing...
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Too much
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rodtrent
Ebonics didn't work. Why would this? http://vzw.msn.com/news/news.aspx?id=NATL&sid=2&fn=natlnews3.xml
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Blog flair
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rodtrent
What is blog flair? If you've watched Office Space , the movie, you know how Jennifer Anniston's character was blasted by her boss for not wearing enough flair. But, do you also remember how her co-worker...
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Samsung i730: Finally, a gripe
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rodtrent
I've found my first gripe with the i730. The spot on the screen where I use the stylus the most has become worn. I wonder if Verizon will replace it.
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Where's the Beef?
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rodtrent
Remember that Wendy’s commercial where the old lady says, “ Where’s the Beef?” Well — I’d like to propose that this phrase be used from now on when finding a technology...
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Ron posts it -- I shake my head...
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rodtrent
This is a great find: http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/rcrumbaker/archive/2006/06/22/21433.aspx These are some of the apps I’ve been chimpin’ about for years (along with Adobe). It’s good...
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Adobe buys Flash. SMS Admins are left wondering why Flash can't be installed using SMS.
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rodtrent
This topic has come up on the SMS list over the past couple days. SMS Admins are trying to install an update for Flash (used to be owned by Macromedia, now owned by Adobe), and there are problems. Of course...
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Do you believe?
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rodtrent
I’m sure you’ve heard the old adage: “You can’t believe everything you read.” Well, I guess some people either forgot that phrase or are just too young to have heard it. Generation...
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Blogging from Word 2007
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rodtrent
If you’ve spent any time on the MS blogs over the past few days, you’ve probably read several MS employees’ Web blogs, where they are raving about being able to blog from MS Word 2007...
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Agreed...pay for news sites have to go
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rodtrent
John posted this earlier , and I have to agree. This is a big chimp category. You SHOULD NOT have to pay for news sites. This drives me nuts. When I click on a link in an email and am dumped to a pay site...
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When's the last time you had to talk about Trapezoids?
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rodtrent
I had to chat with my daughter about Trapezoids today. I can’t remember the last time I had to even think about these. Fortunately, there’s Google. I had information about Trapezoids in 2 seconds...
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On the phone with Cingular again today.
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rodtrent
I feel like a bulldog on this issue. “Amanda” promised to call me back today to get this issue fixed. No call. So, I decided to call back. I have yet another Cingular rep on the phone who is...
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Cingular still won't give my phone back
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rodtrent
Just got off the phone with a rep. Even though I’ve filed a complaint with the BBB in Ohio, seen the news about the BBB issues in NY, and know they are being sued by the gov’t in Orgeon because...
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What's next?
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rodtrent
After my journey down the cellular-switch road these past few months, I’m convinced that cellular companies aren’t going to last. It’s all a big scam. It’s all snake oil. There...
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Cingular to Offer Music Downloads
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rodtrent
After my experiences with Cingular (which you’ve been privy to), this doesn’t make their service any better… http://www.betanews.com/article/Cingular_to_Offer_Music_Downloads/1127426210
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Interesting...
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rodtrent
Chatted with the Better Business Bureau for Ohio today about Cingular Wireless. Wow! They have a LOT of complaints against them, and it’s not just in Ohio.
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Thanks for this!
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rodtrent
Cingular on the way out. Larry sent this to me today after my post on Cingular’s poor service. You will probably find this just a tad bit interesting: http://www.mobileburn.com/news.jsp?Id=1634
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Why, why, why?
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rodtrent
I’m driving today and want to grab a mint. So I reach over and grab the Altoid box. Why don’t they make mints easier to snag when you’re driving? This boxing structure has to go. I had...
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Poor fellow...
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rodtrent
This poor person listened to Scoble and bought service from Cingular: http://radio.weblogs.com/0133184/2005/09/01.html#a360 Good luck with that!
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Just got off the phone with a Cingular agent who was on my side
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rodtrent
Interesting stuff. I talked to (not mentioning the name) today at Cingular. It was recorded anyway, but this person didn’t care about losing the job because this person didn’t agree with Cingular’s...
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Chimpin'
Price Gouging across the U.S. because of Katrina?
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rodtrent
The U.S. department of Energy wants to you complain (chimp) about it. Go here and lodge your complaint. http://gaswatch.energy.gov/ From what I’ve heard on the news this week, higher prices for gas...
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Funny stuff...
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rodtrent
I noted this morning that I had no email access. I guess I called the wrong number to get it fixed. As soon as I called the RoadRunner Business line, it was fixed in a matter of minutes.
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No email access at the moment
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rodtrent
Want to email me right now? I called RoadRunner this morning and they had an unplanned email maintenance. Not sure what is up with that. Anyway, the email folks said it would be back up in a “few...
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Internet
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Chimpin'
Cingular takes the cake -- and wants YOU to pay for it
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rodtrent
After spending a couple months trying to get a refund for Cingular’s ugly service, I chatted with the “manager”, Evelyn Malone today. She told me that even though Cingular doesn’t...
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Jay had salad for lunch
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rodtrent
I’ve been on the phone, trying to reach Adobe folks for the past 45 minutes. The only person who provided any value was the person, Jay, who answered the phone. Jay is a good guy. He had salad for...
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