Hey, Micro Center, you DO reimage computers before reselling them, right? RIGHT?
Either Micro Center endangers its customers when reselling returned computers, or it enforces stupid, arbitrary policies which benefit no one. Which is it?
Author Archives: jik
Script for fairly distributing event tickets to people who joined in group order
For the last several years I’ve coordinated the group ticket order for my kids’ school for an annual dance festival that the school participates in. We don’t get to pick our seats for the group order; we tell the festival how many tickets we’re buying, and we get back tickets they’ve chosen. I’ve always tried… Read More »
CVS fixes security hole in their web site without ever acknowledging my report about it
I reported a web site security hole to CVS three different ways. They fixed the hole, but they couldn’t be bothered to acknowledge any of my reports. This is not OK.
How I remember my YubiKey, take two
How I avoid forgetting my YubiKey at work or at home using Tasker and AutoNotification from João Dias on Android, and systemd, udev and Notify from Kevin Bedi on Linux.
The state of Mozilla Thunderbird development is uncertain
The Thunderbird team needs to figure out how to make it possible for extension maintainers to port their extensions to newer Thunderbird versions without a huge amount of effort. Many Thunderbird users rely on extensions, and they are going to keep using Thunderbird 60 until the extensions they rely on are supported in newer versions.
People who own businesses should not act like assholes
Mr. Tobin Jones, owner of MatrixTechs LLC in Miami, Florida, picked the wrong person to harass online. Righteous indignation man strikes again!
How not to design a monthly statement email
This Massachusetts Department of Transportation web site provides the user with an incredibly poor user experience!
Boycott Amazon until they come clean about recent data breach
Early on November 21, 2018, I along with an undetermined number of other Amazon customers received the following email from Amazon: This breach notification lacked most of the information expected to be included in a breach notification from any reputable company, including: How was the information disclosed? For how long was the information accessible? How… Read More »
Chronology of a terrible (as usual) interaction with Google Pixel support
Google’s Pixel support is terrible. Here’s a story demonstrating how terrible it is.
Brookline parking meter credit card fee is obnoxious, yes, but also illegal
Dear Mr. Kleckner [Melvin Kleckner, Brookline MA Town Administrator], I was so happy to see that the Town of Brookline is continuing its ongoing efforts to make parking in Brookline as unpleasant as possible by recently adding a 30-cent fee for all credit-card transactions in parking meters. I’m sure the owners of small businesses in… Read More »