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 »
Annissa Essaibi-George property-tax cover-up raises doubts about suitability for office
Dear Ms. Essaibi-George, Before today, my wife and I were unreservedly looking forward to voting for you in the upcoming election. Now, however, we’re no longer sure you’re the kind of person Boston’s City Council needs to fairly and effectively represent its residents. We’re worried that you’re just another hypocritical politician who places your own… Read More »
Comics aggregator now supports “Bloom County 2015”
For those of you who use my comics aggregator, please note that it now supports Bloom County 2015.
Citizens Bank: the bad house-guest who won’t leave
UPDATE: I was wrong. Yesterday, when I was digging through my pending paperwork pile looking for another document, I came upon a file folder containing the mortgage discharge paperwork, which Citizens Bank did, in fact, send me. I put that folder in the pile to remind me to take it to the registry of deeds, and… Read More »
The GOP does not have a monopoly on sexist political discourse
Author David Gerrold, who tends to attract a mostly left-leaning following, posted this link recently on his Facebook wall: Here are some of the comments that were posted within a few minutes: “Nice cleavage…did she say something?” (In response to “Geez, what an airhead…”) “Look at the picture again, I don’t think… Read More »