Little Bobby Tables
Not too long ago, the online comic xkcd ran a strip that just killed me.
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I used to use Yahoo…
Steve Trefethen’s posting about Yahoo is pretty dead on. I used to use the various Yahoo apps and services, but I have slowly replaced them with the various...
What happened after I emailed Sears
Earlier today, I posted about what I went through with ordering a vacuum cleaner from Sears.com. My first inclination was to just call the store. But I wa...
How not to handle Black Friday: Sears.com
On Saturday I was vacuuming when I noticed a burning smell coming from the vacuum cleaner. It wasn’t the burning rubber smell you get when the belt gets cau...
Digital versus paper books
Charles Petzold has a good point about the digital versus paper books debate. Digital books are great when you first get them, but how are you going to read...