As intended, I did take the Asus eee pc along on my trip to Maui last month. It was certainly a lot lighter in the backpack than the usual laptop. I even used it a bit (it has a fairly decent sudoku game on it). The wireless connection was a little flaky; I could sometimes [...]
Tagged asus eeeBisphenol-A, a chemical found in many of those hard plastic water bottles (look for polycarbonates with the recycling number 7, although not all of those have BPA in them) has been in the news recently, culminating in today’s announcement of a ban of baby bottles containing BPA by Health Canada. This continues a trend from [...]
Tagged bpa, kidsI hate getting my eyes examined, which is why I only submit to it every two years or so. Since part of the reason I go is to make sure that any symptoms of glaucoma or macular degeneration are found, I get the full check-up, involving horrible chemicals to dilate the pupils. These, of course, [...]
It’s always nice to have a good customer service experience; not that I expected otherwise in this case. And when it shows a good way to use a customer’s personal information, so much the better.
What happened was, we had a display case built into our dining room wall. I stained it and varnished it, and [...]
I don’t usually get a lot of phone scams on my office phone, probably because it’s unlisted. But I did get one today. Being April Fools’ Day, I wasn’t sure whether it was a prank or a scam; after hunting around a bit on the web I think the latter.
It was a brief call, an [...]
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