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.
Boston-area Honda dealership commentary
My wife and I recommend Ocean Honda of Weymouth, and we anti-recommend Boch Honda and Herb Chambers Honda.
Thoughts about the Equifax data breach
The Equifax breach is a big deal. There are things you need to do right now to protect yourself.
A case study in troubleshooting the email pipeline, chapter 2
It wasn’t Constant Contact. It was never Constant Contact. Constant Contact is fine. Forget I mentioned them.
Please, Stop & Shop, stop treating me like a thief
Dear Stop & Shop, I’ve been a customer at the Stop & Shop at 60 Everett Street in Allston, Massachusetts for twenty years. I’ve been “in your database” with a Stop & Shop Card for as long as your chain has used Stop & Shop cards. In the past five years, I’ve spent on average… Read More »
Everything about Friendly’s is bad
Below is the letter which I just sent to Friendly’s through their web site. At around 11:00am on September 10, 2017, my son and I visited the Friendly’s restaurant in Watertown, Massachusetts for ice cream. I can say without exaggeration that every single aspect of our visit, from start to finish, was unpleasant. Because our… Read More »
Another step in the long, slow death of Usenet
If you have no idea what Usenet is, you can skip the rest of this blog posting. Twenty-eight moderated newsgroups, four of them in the “Big 8”, died today. Or, more accurately, they died at some point prior to August 13 and they were buried today. Some background info for those of you who may… Read More »
A case study in troubleshooting the email pipeline
How I plumbed the depths of my email server and falsely concluded that the problem was Not My Fault.
CrashPlan for Home: disputing renewal with credit-card co.
I renewed CrashPlan less than two months ago. Given CrashPlan’s refusal to refund my renewal fee now that they’re shutting down and have therefore broken their home backup service, I’ve no choice but to dispute the renewal charge with the credit card company.
CrashPlan jumps the shark
I owe a lot of people an apology. For about the last five years, I’ve been a major cheerleader for the “CrashPlan for Home” backup service. Many times, I’ve been asked directly about what computer backup service I recommend or stumbled across a discussion of that question, and many times, I’ve unreservedly recommended CrashPlan. Their… Read More »