From the monthly archives:

February 2009

Banned for life from Pathmark

22 February 2009

Sometimes I’m amazed at some of the stupid things businesses do to drive away customers. Here’s one for you, I’ve been banned for life from Pathmark, which happened back in 1972. Pathmark is a regional grocery store chain, with a few stores in northern Delaware as well as up around the New York City area. [...]

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SMS short codes and the evil that is M-cube

21 February 2009

This post is to document frustrations I had removing a monthly charge from M-cube to my wife’s cell phone for $9.99 a month from the SMS short code of 44999. Now most sane people would just contact their cell phone provider and complain right away, but I’d figure I’d just do it the way you [...]

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25 Random Things About Me

5 February 2009

Often on social networking sites people try to create a viral message that says something silly, like you have to copy it and spread it to n number of your friends for good luck, etc, etc. Well I got hit by one that says you need to write down 25 random things about yourself, tag [...]

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Importing a mirrored disk pair into new Windows 2003 Server

2 February 2009

At home I run a Windows 2003 R2 Server configured for Active Directory and file service for my couple of computers in the house. Way overkill but I originally did it for the learning experience and now maintain it so I don’t lose touch. Since I’m in management now, I don’t do much “real work” [...]

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