An advertisement on the Craiglist.org Web site led to an armed robbery in a Walnut Creek Target store parking lot Sunday night, Lt. Mark Covington of the Walnut Creek Police Department reported. read more | digg story Looks like this is the second time recently something has gone wrong with a Craigslist transaction. This is exactly why [...]
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Problems with small e-commerce sites
I recently made a purchase from a small e-commerce site and I’m quite let down. In this particular incident, I placed an order on 6/25 and was charged for the purchase on 6/26. The product has still not been received despite the sites expected delivery of 6-10 days. 2 emails , 3 calls (messages left), [...]
When it comes to computing, where is the charity?
I’ve been thinking about this concept for some time but finally wanted to write it to down to try and solidify my ideas on the topic. Perhaps my logic is flawed but I guess the point of writing this down is to figure that out. When thinking about computing in general, I’ve noticed the lack [...]
Hummingbird
Shortly after moving in, we noticed a hummingbird coming to check out our herb garden. Since we didn’t have any flowers for him, we decided to get him a feeder. He didn’t return for a month and I was loosing faith that he would come back. However yesterday, he stopped by to enjoy some of [...]
Wired News: Tales From Packaging Hell
Wired News: Tales From Packaging Hell I was wondering when someone would finally write about this annoyance. From the article, “the hardest part of buying electronics these days is opening the products when you get them home.”