May 28th, 2008
Among other places, I host some of my domains with Hostcentric. I've been with them for, oh, six or seven years, and have had almost no problems (and those I have get resolved quickly). I wrote in for a technical incident for the first time in years and in responding to it, the support agent wrote:—Continue reading....
May 27th, 2008
On the MovieTickets.com "Link to Us" page, where they set the terms for who can link to them (seriously), among the terms is the following:—Continue reading....
May 26th, 2008
Less than a year ago iTunes announced iTunes Plus, higher quality songs for $1.29 instead of the regular $0.99. I loved the idea of better sounding music, but I was ticked off that I couldn't upgrade individual songs for the incremental cost ($0.30 per song). Instead I'd have to upgrade my entire library at once: not an inexpensive proposition.—Continue reading....
May 24th, 2008
My 2008-2009 assessed value notice for my property tax arrived recently. Each year for the last two years my home's assessed value was increased 2% to keep up with inflation, even though my home's actual value hasn't increased the last couple of years (and in fact may have decreased a bit).—Continue reading....
May 23rd, 2008
I love Netflix. I've been a subscriber for about two years (on the three-at-a-time, unlimited plan). I list the movies I currently have at home on this site, along with an ad for them (if you sign up from the ad I get a small commission). I even own a bit of Netflix (NFLX) stock (which has gone up about 37% since I purchased it a few months ago).—Continue reading....
May 21st, 2008
I bring you proof that a geek can't change his spots. I came across some old blog entries from 2000, 2001 and 2002, back when I was experimenting with the concept (and Movable Type). Even then I loved the idea of self-publishing and content management systems. I didn't write too many entries, but I thought I thought I'd add them to Jasonian.—Continue reading....
May 6th, 2008
I've long been frustrated by San Francisco Chronicle's "computer guy" column by David Einstein. He regularly ignores Macs in his columns, either willfully, through ignorance, or because he believes that his audience doesn't care about Macs.—Continue reading....
May 2nd, 2008
If you don't believe your life can change twenty-four hours from now, you're deluding yourself. Twice in the last three weeks I was reminded in the most graphic way possible that you can be out of a job tomorrow.—Continue reading....
