Category Archives: product complaints

the science of horoscopes

September 8, 2010 – 5:08 am

Man has been studying the stars since the beginning. Right? No wonder we trust horoscopes: … Researchers at the University of Wales interviewed 34,000 youngsters aged 13-15 last year and found that nearly as many of them believed in horoscopes as believe in God. In America, over 125 million people say they believe in astrology [...]

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top songs Summer 2010

September 2, 2010 – 5:03 am

Here’s how I know I’m old. The biggest hit of the past summer is Katy Perry – “California Gurls” featuring Snoop Dogg, offensive to me in every possible way. I guess that’s the point. One of the few tweenybopper hits I can say anything positive about is Justin Bieber’s “Baby” featuring Ludacris. Click PLAY or [...]

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why does Twitter persist?

August 23, 2010 – 5:03 am

It’s terrible. Like Facebook with 5% of the feature set. Yet every company, celebrity and website feels obliged to tweet. (Even me with my 3 blogs.) Have you heard about the upcoming Facebook movie, The Social Network, based on the 2009 book The Accidental Billionaires? If Hollywood can make an overly dramatic film about the [...]

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testing the Canon FS300

August 20, 2010 – 1:49 pm

On the advice of someone at BestBuy, I bought this camera / camcorder (Canon FS300). Testing the photos in sunlight and shade, outdoors: And indoors: OK. … But poor focus, it seems. … It’s still on all default settings. Indoor video seems lousy. Artifacts. … Not as bad as the FLIP, though. Click PLAY or [...]

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Google soon to be EVIL

August 17, 2010 – 5:14 am

Microsoft was EVIL. Now Facebook and Apple are EVIL. But not Google. Never Google. Their informal corporate motto is Don’t Be Evil. The leading audiocast is This Week in Google. Their Aug. 11th edition was titled Carrier-Humping Net Neutrality Surrender Monkeys (based on Ryan Singel’s post on Wired) Jeff Jarvis, author of What Would Google [...]

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Hotmail ruins my life

August 6, 2010 – 5:01 am

Email is problematic. You’re going to have problems, especially with attachments. But of the major players, Hotmail sucks worst. I was happy to hear they were going to roll out some improvements. Perhaps be only 3yrs behind Gmail. But once I got the upgrade, I’ve had nothing but problems. It just crashed Safari on the [...]

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screen video capture for Mac?

July 15, 2010 – 7:09 am

UPDATE: I eventually paid $69 for SnapZ Pro X, excellent, though pricey. … Later somebody sent me a link for a $30 competitor, Voila. … Looks great. _____ Original post: I need to quickly capture video from my computer. There are still no ideal solutions, as far as I’m concerned. • Jing FREE … 5min [...]

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Canada’s not-so friendly skies

June 30, 2010 – 5:01 am

Cost in CDN dollars for 3,300 domestic miles: Europe = $535 USA =$935 Canada = $1500 Consumers pay more for air travel in Canada than in the U.S. or Europe, says a new study that calls on Ottawa to open the market to more competition. The Frontier Centre for Public Policy, a western Canadian think-tank, [...]

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speed bumps and speed dips

June 22, 2010 – 5:09 am

I’ve seen my share of “speed bumps” over the past few months, caught unawares by a few at too high velocity. They’ve got many names around the world including: speed hump, road hump, speed breaker, slow child, judder bar. My favourite: “Sleeping Policeman“. They do slow vehicles, but there are plenty of downsides, too. If [...]

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the beautiful game SUCKS

June 21, 2010 – 5:06 am

Like most North Americans, soccer is not my game. I like playing it, but watching a nil-nil draw between Elbonia and Molvanîa is only slightly preferable to rotting in a coffin. Like most North Americans, I appreciate skillful ball handling and passing. Soccer highlights, I enjoy. But face it, watching an interminable game of soccer [...]

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