I found a decent tool to solve the video conversion problem I’ve wasted days on which I complained about yesterday. What’s amusing is that the way I found it through a Google AdSense ad that appeared alongside my complaint :-). AVS Video Converter will convert from just about any format to just about any other… Read More »
I’ve got a video in WMV format that was recorded from a GoToMeeting session that I hosted. I want to chop a little off the front and a little off the end and otherwise leave the video unchanged. I don’t want to change the format, the resolution, the compression, or anything — I just want… Read More »
I’ve recently started bicycling to and from work again after a very, very long hiatus. My route home from work takes me past the Boston Public Garden: Because Boylston and Arlington are both one-way the wrong way, I have to make a loop around the Public Garden by taking Charles to Beacon to Arlington. Or,… Read More »
“For two years, I have been attempting to eliminate junk mail from my mailbox. In addition to signing up for the Direct Marketing Association’s “do not mail” list, I have contacted every single entity that has sent me junk mail, literally hundreds of them, and asked them to remove me from their lists. I can count on one hand the number of entities who have been incapable of honoring my request. Same on you for being one of them.
“I’ve spent so much time and effort combating junk mail because it is a huge scourge on the environment, and I actually care about the future of our planet. Apparently, your company does not.
“I will, of course, be posting this letter on my blog and encouraging all those who read it to shop elsewhere. Why should we patronize a store which thinks nothing of ignoring its customers’ wishes and destroying the environment?”
I recently set out to find a decent IMAP client for my BlackBerry Bold, since although the BlackBerry has native IMAP support, my employer’s IT department has disabled it. I found two to consider: LogicMail, which is free, and Tiggit Mail, which costs $30. Both are under active development. I evaluated them and found them both… Read More »
After my last email to Comcast, there was a brief period of time during which service-related emails were actually being sent to me properly, i.e., they seemed to have actually fixed the problem. However, yesterday the problem returned, i.e., once again my wife is receiving service-related emails and I’m not.
To: letterstotheeditor@bostonherald.com To the editor: It has been painful to watch the avalanche of flawed statistics and discredited urban legends wielded by opponents of a primary enforcement seat-belt law in their foolhardy efforts to stop a law which would undeniably save lives. Jonah Goldberg informs us that since there are states with higher traffic fatality… Read More »
To: letterstotheeditor@bostonherald.com To the editor: Councilor Michael Flaherty’s idea to slash the city’s motor pool by having workers ride the T is a brilliant strategy for doubling the number of employees on the payroll. How else does he expect to maintain the same level of productivity when workers are forced to spend half the day… Read More »
It is exceedingly depressing to me that I will be posting this sign in front of our house tomorrow morning after the rain has stopped:
To: CabotSuperintendent@mbta.com Mr. Houghton, Thanks to a helpful bus driver this morning (the driver of the inbound 554 bus that passed through Newton Corner at around 8:20), my daughter and I finally found out the real explanation for why we missed the 554 bus from Newton Corner to Newtonville on Monday and Tuesday of this… Read More »