Entries from mistersquid: a digital fiction tagged with 'bad_business'
AT&T CEO Ralph de la Vega Should Be Fired
Not just Ralph de la Vega, but the whole layer of management that reports to de la Vega regarding corporate strategy, public relations, product development, and consumer sales should be fired.1 Besides the obvious hint at a future grab-for-cash...
Boycott Thomson Research
My work currently depends upon Thomson Research’s EndNote. However, because Thomson is currently in the process of suing George Mason University for developing open-source Zotero, I will begin the process of looking for a replacement for EndNote. I recommend all...
Microsoft Word 2008 Inappropriate for Education
I received my first batch of student papers this calendar year, which means I am encountering the Microsoft .docx format for the first time. The Microsoft Word 2008 .docx forrmat is incompatible with earlier versions of Word which shouldn't really...
Chump Change
In June, they were calling it the God Phone. On Thursday, it was the Chump Phone. — "iPhone Owners Crying Foul Over Price Cut"Katie Hafner and Brad Stone The first two sentences of Katie Hafner and Brad Stone's "iPhone...
Ecto 2 is Dangerously Buggy
I have been a licensed user of Ecto weblogging software since 31 March 2006.1I’m posting this entry because the developer of Ecto, Adriaan Tijsseling, has chosen to censor me on his developer’s blog.2If after posting a blog entry (with or...
eBay Blues
I received my first negative rating on eBay for an item for which I was the buyer. I paid immediately and received an item that is significantly damaged. The item is a Griffin Technology PowerMate and its underside is...
iPowerweb webhosting SUCKS
On Wednesday, 12 January, the webhosting for this domain, misterquid.com, is scheduled to go dark. The current host is iPowerweb.com and I can tell you that their service is both overpriced and restrictive. I arranged to have crisishost , with...
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