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Pure Greed, Because They Can
By ack154 / in Phones & Apps / July 17, 2013If you've been paying attention to the mobile industry in the last couple weeks, there are a slew of new announcements coming out. Mostly to do with upgrades - and the mobile carriers coming out with ...
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Everyone Owns Your Stuff Except You
By ack154 / in Random Thoughts / December 18, 2012Seriously, you didn't think you owned all of those photos you upload to Instagram every other day, do you? Because you definitely don't. Especially not now. I really hope everyone that uses Instagr...
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Recent eBay Follow Up
By ack154 / in Random Thoughts / July 19, 2012If you recall from the other day I was detailing my latest eBay buying disaster. I just wanted to go a bit further with and and update where we're at. Short version: still no refund or item. I e...
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The 2nd Worst eBay Experience I’ve Ever Had
By ack154 / in Random Thoughts / July 13, 2012You can read about the absolute worst experience I've had over here. This time it was a part for my brother's phone. He has a 3GS with what appeared to be a bad backlight on the display. So I order...
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Customer Service Fail: Walters Elkland Chevrolet
By ack154 / in Random Thoughts / July 7, 2012(apologies, this is kind of long - as I was starting to write it, the "conversation" continued) It's no secret that I don't like spam or stupid mailing lists - email or otherwise. Today is no diffe...
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Screwing Customers is an Art
By ack154 / in Random Thoughts / June 13, 2012And let's admit it, cell phone carriers are modern Picasos! Yesterday Verizon Wireless unveiled their "Share Everything" plans. These were supposed to what everyone had been asking for; finally sha...
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So You Think You Have HD…
By ack154 / in Nerdy Things / August 9, 2011This past Christmas, I was at my aunt & uncle's house for our usual family get-together. We wanted to play some Wii, so it was up to me to connect it to their Sharp LCD TV so we could laugh hyster...
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How to Not Run a Fourquare Special
By ack154 / in Random Thoughts / June 25, 2011Some companies get it. Social media, that is. They can see something, understand it, and use it to its fullest potential. Some companies don't get it. When I was out running some errands and gra...
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We Spent Time Outside Today
By ack154 / in Random Thoughts / May 21, 2011Considering this was one of the first days that it hasn't rained here in.... I really don't know how long, we spent a bit of time outside and just enjoying the weather. Jen probably spent a bit mor...
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OMG! What Do I Do Now?
By ack154 / in Random Thoughts / February 26, 2011A dilemma... I want to confirm that Twitter is down - but I can't get to Twitter! What do I do? I can't tweet about it and ask other people. I can't load twitter to see complaints of the Fail Whale...
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