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 »
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.
“Dilbert” banned from comics aggregator
The Dilbert comic strip by Scott Adams has been banned from the comics aggregator. I will not in any way support or involve myself with someone who writes stuff like this. If you don’t see why it’s so bad, please read this commentary. If you still don’t get it, please go elsewhere for your comics. Thanks.
Lying about lying with statistics
“Most people lie a lot—roughly two to three times during a ten-minute conversation, studies show.” If you find that claim hard to believe, your bullshit detector is in good working order!
GE “RC24914-E” universal remote: here’s the correct manual to use
GE apparently thinks it’s a good idea to sell at least five different universal remote controls with the same model number. Not only that, but the instructions for programming the different remotes are different, and the instructions for one won’t work for the others. As a result, when you try to search online for the manual… Read More »