Amazon and Christmas Pain
I have a bit of a love/hate relationship with Amazon.com, but this season, it's more hate. I found the gift I'd been looking for on Amazon for about $10 cheaper than my normal favorite, Newegg.com.
However, I suppose nothing cheap comes without strings attached, not at Amazon anyway. Check out this BS:
Wrapping Text in PowerPoint
A friend asked me today how to wrap text around an image in PowerPoint and it occurred to me that I had never done or even tried to do that. So I looked up the answer and found this from Microsoft's webpage:
The trick is to use a built in Microsoft function .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Tags: Bad Design, Computers, Hacking, Microsoft, PowerPointNordstrom’s Deserves Respect For Fighting Christmas Creep
While complaining about the ills of society and bringing attention to stupidity and abuse are vital (and fun) activities, it is equally as important for us to band together and promote the positives by saluting those who are actually doing it right.
Today, the company that deserves our praise is Nordstrom's. Check out this sign found outside one of their stores:
Christmas .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Tags: Big Business, Christmas, Good Stuff, Holidays, Nordstroms, RetailersGoogle Dashboard is a Good Step for Privacy
For as long as Google has existed, it has been and continues to be my favorite search engine by far. I like the company, their services, and just about everything about them except for one thing: abysmal privacy policies.
Though Google has legitimate use for storing search records to see how long it takes someone to find what they're looking for, there's .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Tags: Big Business, Good Stuff, Google, Internet, Search RecordsSenator Wants Free Credit Report Companies to Actually OFFER Free Reports
"If these companies want to say -- or sing for that matter -- that they are giving people free credit reports, then they can't charge people $15 a month, simple as that," Schumer said. "For years, these companies have said .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]H1N1 (Swine Flu) Myths, Facts, and Governement Negligence
The CDC says swine flu is everywhere. A CBS investigation says it's not. How do you know who's telling the truth? Well, try looking at the evidence.
According to Dr. Mercola of mercola.com:
- The CDC has stopped testing for Swine Flu so how would they know how wide-spread it is?
- The CDC has a long history of conflicts of interest between makers of vaccines .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Every Bank Abuses You With Credit
One hundred percent of credit cards offered online by the leading bank card issuers continue to include practices that will be outlawed once legislation passed in May takes effect next year. What this hardly surprising bit of news is saying is that every single bank, because they've been allowed to thus far, uses abusive and deceptive credit practices. It just boggles .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Tags: Big Business, Courts, Customer Abuse, Dishonest Companies, Regulation, Scams - Ripoffs - Dirty TricksAirTran And Old-School Customer Service
It looks like some companies haven't forgotten what customer service is supposed to mean. Airtran reportedly corrected a mistaken booking and didn't charge anything to do it!
A lady accidentally booked her flight from Baltimore instead of Philadelphia, most likely do to website form goofs or just plain human error.
I have no idea why these two ticket counter attendants took it .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Beware of Hijacked Facebook Accounts
Of course this isn't a problem limited only to Facebook, but the FBI issued a warning about the rise of hijacking scams. This is where a bad guy gets your login information through various means and then poses as you on your account. They'll send an urgent request for help or money to all your friends who may .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Tags: Account Security, Facebook, FBI, Hijacking, Identity Theft, Internet, Scams - Ripoffs - Dirty Tricks, Social NetworkingControl Your Online Banking With Twitter. Seriously!?
With tweetMyMoney, you can monitor your account balance, deposits, withdrawals, holds and cleared checks with simple commands. And, you can even transfer funds within your account. It’s all available on Twitter, 24/7! And, the best part is, our tweetMyMoney service is free! (Emphasis mine)
Why .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Tags: Banks, Twitter