Update – My contacting the Better Business Bureau (BBB) helped us to finally get paid from StubHub. Interestingly, as part of closing the case, the SubHub Customer Care representative told the BBB that they were refunding my $60 fee (see
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Petroleum, Capitalism, and Socialism
The cost-of-energy crisis has one benefit. It has helped clarify the economic positions of Democrats versus Republicans. While the capitalistic Republicans cajole everyone about drilling for oil in Alaska and along the coast lines, the socialist Democrats scream about nationalizing the
The Tool Changes the Brain
A young Computer Scientist named Leonard, who will be attending Carnegie Mellon University sent me this article, “Is Google Making us Stupid?”. The article describes how the use of the Internet is changing our thinking processes: My mind now expects to take
Pima Air & Space Museum
Since I live near one of the best aerospace museums in the World (National Museum of the Air Force), I typically don’t visit aircraft museums elsewhere. However, since the Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson, Arizona was only a few
What’s the Software License Agreement Say?
If you’re a user of desktop software, you’ve undoubtedly installed Microsoft software with a screen that popped up asking you to accept the End User License Agreement (EULA). The Daily Cup of Tech site has a nice human interpretation of all the
Automotive Industry Decline is Impacting Ohio
I was recently talking with my sons about the pending closure of the GM assembly plant in a south suburb of Dayton. With the closure of multiple Delphi plants and the 2010 shutdown of the GM SUV assembly plant, Dayton
Drilling for Oil
An interesting article in the Wall Street Journal about the coming oil investment boom. I agree with the author’s contention that the increased price of petroleum will motivate all sorts of new research and drilling…
Airline Add-On Fees
Do you ever feel like the airlines are charging you fees for everything now?
Wiring for Technical Support
The photo below shows the typical telephone and electrical wiring in downtown Bangalore, India… the usual source for the Microsoft technical support hot line. Hat tip to Todd Imwalle
Which is Costlier: War in Iraq or Illegal Aliens?
Do you think the war in Iraq is costing us too much? Take a read of this email forwarded to me from BoMo: Boy am I confused. I have been hammered with the propaganda that it is the Iraq war