Seven years later, Micro Center is still in the Junk Mail Hall of Shame
After seven years, Micro Center still can’t handle, “Don’t send me junk mail,” or putting valid URLs in their mailings.
Author Archives: jik
On restricting access to Boston’s exam schools
Dear Mayor Walsh, My wife and I have lived in Boston, in a house we own, since 1997. We have five kids, the oldest of whom was just graduated from Boston Arts Academy and has been admitted to Boston University as a Menino Scholar. We expect to stay in Boston until our youngest child is… Read More: On restricting access to Boston’s exam schools »
What you can do to prevent the next Orlando
Only one thing will help prevent crazed gunmen from buying weapons whose only purpose is to slaughter people and then using those weapons for their intended purpose: electing a president, governors, and federal and state senators and representatives who aren’t beholden to Big Carnage.
Take back Congress: support these candidates!
Holding onto the presidency isn’t enough. We need to take back Congress. Click through and support these candidates!
Dear Massachusetts RMV: little things make a big difference
The Massachusetts RMV, where, “These are the hours we’re open,” has an implicit, “… unless we feel like it.”
RoR Resque “uninitialized constant” errors: the explanation nobody on the web seems to mention
TL;DR if you suddenly start getting “uninitialized constant” errors and your jobs aren’t running, then check and make sure you haven’t accidentally connected the wrong app to your Resque queue.
Hack of the day: Synology NAS: “semi-public” Photo Station albums
Shell script for giving a list of DSM users access to all the albums in Photo Station.
Recruiters to avoid: add CyberCoders to the list
Add CyberCoders to the list of cold-calling, lying, obnoxious recruiters with whom you should never, ever, ever do business.
#GlobeDelivery also fails to NOT deliver to people who DON’T want papers
(See the previous chapter of the Globe Direct saga.) To the staff of the Boston Globe and everyone else who has anything to do with your vile “Globe Direct In association with redplum” weekly advertising circulars: When I asked you over and over and over again for six months to stop mailing me your advertising circulars…… Read More: #GlobeDelivery also fails to NOT deliver to people who DON’T… »
OnePlus: the cell phone brand for masochists
OnePlus phones come with glaring software bugs, including inexcusable bugs in new features, and customer service that is beyond awful. If you want a phone that Just Works™ and customer service that actually solves problems, avoid OnePlus at all costs.