Al's Blog-o-Sphere

Microsoft has announced that the next version of the Windows operating system, code-named Windows 7 will be called … Continue Reading…

I read this and had to laugh… some antenna advice from The Lord:

In the gospel of Luke Chapter 14, verses 28-30, he admonishes us: “For which of
you, intending to build a tower, sits not down first and counts the cost,
whether he have sufficient to finish it? Lest haply, after he has laid the
foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him,
Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.”

[Thanks to Hans, K0HB]

A conversation on the Reason talk show on WECK this morning about the trouble someone had getting Verizon to honor an offer they mailed to potential FIOS customers reminded me of a recent phone adventure with DirecTV.

I had DirecTV installed a year ago and they threw in all kinds of extras for the first year. But the year is now up and I’m paying full price for everything now, so I’ve been watching the bill a little closer than usual. I opened my last bill and was shocked. Continue Reading…

Did you ever buy something online? Of course you did. Do you realize they track you and try to show you things they think you will buy again? Of course.

But does it really work? Does your history predict what you will buy in the future? Maybe, maybe not. In some cases it has no bearing on what you want to see or are looking for the next time you are shopping online. Continue Reading…