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Time – Stop Spamming Me

I’ve been nice about it, I’ve unsubscribed (multiple times). However, now I must report you as spam. Also, your email looks a lot better if it’s formatted properly.

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UI Fail – Application icons that look like app state.

I recently installed Grammarian; a stand-alone spelling and grammar checker for Mac OS X. I had a difficult time getting the application to work properly. I thought I was following the directions but still had no luck. After about 15 minutes and, an email from tech support I realized that the problem was the application [...]

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Pending Class Action Lawsuit for LG Appliances

LG appliance problems are not limited to just kitchen appliances. Apparently there is a class action lawsuit for LG washing machines. According to the filing a defect in the machine causes a mold and mildew build up in the dishwasher. Nice. Once again, nice job LG.

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LG Microwave Problems Widespread

I’ve collected a series of links here that show I’m not the only person having problems with LG appliances. Here is a whole series of complaints about LG microwaves from Consumer Affairs.com. I’ve pulled out some select quotes from customers. “Have had spots in the bottom of the oven for the past several months and [...]

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Problems with LG Microwave? They Aren’t Interested

This is one in a series of posts I’m doing on problems I’m having with LG appliances. Why a series of posts on LG appliance problems? Well, great question. You see I purchases three LG appliances. An LG Microwave, LG dishwasher and LG french door refrigerator. All three of them have broken in around three [...]

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YouNote Lite

YouNote is a note taking application that lets you capture text, audio and images. Nothing special here, Evernote is better. ‘Nuff said.

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Loopt

Loopt is a location based social network application which let’s you tell your friends where you are and find out where they are. The application itself is designed well it’s easy to tag your location. For me the novelty wore off after the first few weeks. I haven’t used it in months and am deleting [...]

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Pandora draining iPhone battery

Two days in a row I’ve woken up to a dead iPhone. This isn’t so bad but I generally like to have a working phone while I’m on the road. The first day this happened, I wasn’t sure of the cause. Today, I’ve figured it out. It’s the Pandora client. I don’t think that the [...]

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White Roofs can reduce Global Warming

It’s an idea that is so logical, it’s amazing that it wasn’t thought proposed sooner. Obama’s Energy Secretary Steven Chu, a physicist, has proposed that we start building white roofs and replacing black top with concrete colored blacktop in order to reduce global warming. Scientists say the idea has merit. It’s great that we finally [...]

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Import tables from websites into Excel

I have found what has to be the coolest Firefox plugins ever. I often spend hours scouring the web for bits of information that I need to bring into other documents. Many times, I’ll want to bring in a web table to Excel. This is often met with frustration and a lot of manual tweaking. [...]

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