Oh, please, Eversource, DO waste my time!
Eversource’s “Energy Savings Plan” application for estimating your energy usage and suggesting ways to reduce it is entirely bogus and useless. Don’t waste your time.
Author Archives: jik
I wish I’d listened to past me’s advice to never again buy a Netgear router
Almost 11 years ago, back in August 2007, I opined passionately here on my blog, “Why I will no longer buy from Netgear“. Alas, I recently failed to heed my own advice, and I’m sorry to say that the results have been somewhat predictable. Last September, I found myself in need of a new router… Read More »
Observian: Avoid companies that lie to drum up business
Observian employees drum up business by lying. If you don’t think that’s OK, I suggest you avoid doing business with them.
Why you should turn off “Ads with your social actions” on Facebook
While I was scrolling through Facebook recently, this came up in my feed: I’ve blurred out the name of one of my friends at the top of the ad so as not to single them out. However, I can say with near-absolute certainty that this particular friend would not knowingly endorse anything that Ben Shapiro… Read More »
MBTA: DON’T gaslight me, DO announce commuter rail stops
Dear MBTA, A couple of months ago, I was riding the 5:10 Framingham-bound commuter-rail train to Boston Landing. I was engrossed in some fascinating reading, but a small part of my brain was listening for stop announcements, or so I thought. Imagine my surprise when I looked up and found myself in Newtonville! Before exiting… Read More »
Hertz: “Reservation”? I don’t think it means what you think it means
Recently, my wife and I splurged on a two-day vacation at Universal Orlando with three of our kids. Because we don’t get to take vacations like this very often at all, we decided to maximize our vacation by taking advantage of various amenities that allowed us to save time and inconvenience by spending more money.… Read More »
Fun and games with Samsung, FedEx, and recycled tracking numbers
I was so impressed with Samsung. I ordered a new laptop directly from their web site at 7:38pm last night. According to the emails I received while I was at work today, the laptop was shipped at 9:45am and delivered at 3:17pm. Shipping was free. Wow, awesome, right? But then I got home, and the… Read More »
“Fake news” poster child: “One Nation United”
The pro-Democratic “One Nation United” organization is a fraud. You should avoid having anything to do with them, other than working to expose who they are and what they are up to.
Will the City of Boston fix the flooding problem on our block?
Our street keeps flooding due to bad grading and inadequate drainage. The City of Boston needs to do something about it.
AT&T: This is why we can’t have nice things
A legitimate email from AT&T does its level best to masquerade as a phishing email.