Sign up for Comcast, kill trees
I have received no response to the letter below, which I sent to Comcast over a week ago. I can’t say that I’m terribly suprised. My opinion about Comcast continues to plummet. Names preserved to embarrass the guilty.
Author Archives: jik
Comcast: The bloom is off the rose
I wrote previously about my positive experience switching from Speakeasy DSL and Verizon POTS service to Comcast High-Speed Internet and Digital Voice. I’m sorry to say that I’ve had a number of rather bad interactions with Comcast since that rosy day. I’m not sure I can remember all of them, but here are some:
Setting up a chroot environment for an ssh user
Recently, I needed to set up a chroot environment for an ssh user on one of my Linux machines. That is, when this user logged into the machine, I needed it to be trapped inside a chroot “jail”, i.e., a sub-hierarchy within the filesystem, such that it would only have access to the files within… Read More »
Where are the election results?
The Boston Herald has not bothered to publish the results of yesterday’s preliminary election. The Boston Globe published a news brief about one of the races (the Allston-Brighton City Council seat) but didn’t mention any of the others. UPDATE: The Herald published the results of the Allston-Brighton preliminary election on Thursday, two days after the… Read More »
Just how important is the Allston-Brighton City Council Preliminary Election?
I went to vote this morning in the preliminary election for the Allston-Brighton City Council seat that’s being vacated by Jimmy McDermott. The purpose of this election is to narrow the field from six candidates to two before the final election in November (a colossal waste of money which would not be necessary if we… Read More »
Another apology from British Airways
Continuing the ongoing saga of our luggage delayed by British Airways, my wife received the following letter from BA last week. I believe that this letter was independent of the exchange I had with BA, since I wrote to them under my name, not my wife’s. I suspect they’re actually determining from their databases whose… Read More »
Star Simpson and the Massachusetts State Police
It’s amazing how many armchair experts there are who think they know better than the trained professionals who designed the response protocols used by the Massachusetts State Police and better than the trained, experienced troopers who correctly executed those protocols last week at Boston Logan airport.
Triple damages awarded in Sprint case; Sprint tries too late to make the save
I just found out that the clerk magistrate who heard my small claims case against Sprint has awarded me the triple damages I requested. She mailed out the decision yesterday, September 20. I haven’t gotten it yet, but I spoke to a clerk on the phone today who confirmed the decision. Also yesterday, totally out… Read More »
Kids say the darnedest things
Conversation with 2-year-old while washing the dishes after dinner: 2YO: Daddy, after you wash the dishes, will you put on my skirt? Me: Yes, after I wash the dishes, I will put on your skirt. Do you know where yur skirt is? 2YO: It’s with my blanket. Me: Do you know where your blanket is?… Read More »
You call this a bus stop?
Believe it or not, this is an MBTA bus stop (on the outbound side of Commonwealth Avenue in Boston, right before the BU Bridge): Note the clear informative signage (not!), the comfortable, shaded bus shelter (double not!) and the easy access to the bus from the sidewalk (as long as you don’t mind walking over… Read More »