I wrote previously about the painful experience I had trying to transfer from stock from Citi Smith Barney into my Vanguard brokerage account, and about the bogus transfer fee that Citi Smith Barney charged me without prior notice. Citi Smith Barney charged the fee because I initiated the stock transfer from Vanguard. I did it… Read More: Citi Smith Barney refunds transfer fees »
Shmarya Rosenberg reports that the OU’s NCSY is creating a service award named after a rabbi who protected Baruch Lanner for decades, concealing knowledge that Lanner had sexually abused children in his care and smearing the children and parents who dared to go public about the abuse. It’s just one scandal after another with the… Read More: Terrified by the idea that I might find myself forced… »
About a year ago, my wife and I bought an expensive sleeper sofa from Jordan’s Furniture. Well, actually, our parents bought it for us. We paid a lot of money for it because we wanted the American Leather sleeper sofa, which has a rather unusual design. The mattress is actually several separate foam cushions mounted… Read More: Jordan’s Furniture warranty: buyer beware »
For those whom this might amuse: From: Jonathan Kamens <jik@kamens.brookline.ma.us> To: info@commutercheckdirect.com Subject: Typographical error on “Commuter Benefits Order Fulfillment” email OK, so admit it, I’m ridiculously picky, and this is a ridiculously trivial thing I’m writing to you about. Still, on the off chance that someone there might care about it… The “Commuter Benefits… Read More: Grammar Police on patrol »
For users of my comics aggregator… When comics.com switched to their redesigned Web site, they started exporting much larger versions of their single-panel comics. This is annoying, so I’ve fixed the aggregator to notice comics from comics.com taller than 400 pixels and restrict their display height to 400 pixels.
The astute nerd will note that when the traffic delay time shown above is converted into seconds, it comes out to 4,294,967,220, and when you cast the 32-bit signed integer value -1 to a 32-bit unsigned integer, it comes out to 4,294,967,295. The conclusion is left as an exercise to the reader.
A little less than a year ago, my employer, Tamale Software (since acquired by Advent Software, in what I would happily classify as the fourth successful acquisition of the five in which I’ve been involved), decided to outsource its human resources function to the Professional Employer Organization (PEO) Administaff (note: Tamale used Administaff, but Advent doesn’t,… Read More: Administaff disappoints »
November 14, 2008 Branch Manager Chase Group 2775 Sand Hill Road, Suite 120 Menlo Park, CA 94025 To whom it may concern: I am writing to complain about Citi Smith Barney’s poor service, incompetence, gouging me out of a bogus $95 fee, and then trying to snow me into believing that it wasn’t your fault.
I went for a walk downtown today to get a new battery for my wife’s watch, and I was pleasantly surprised to have positive experiences with four different businesses. So here’s a shout out to… Long’s Jewelry and Watch Store at 100 Summer Street (617-426-8500). I stopped here first. The woman who helped me was friendly,… Read More: Recs for downtown Boston businesses: Long’s Jewelry, Minuteman Coin &… »
We have a ceramic sugar bowl with a loop on the side which holds a small sugar spoon. When the spoon is inserted with the open side of the spoon facing the bowl, it fits properly, all the way into the loop. When the spoon is inserted with the rounded bottom fo the spoon facing… Read More: On sugar bowls and psychology »