I guess we’ve arrived we’ve been inundated with spam.
You never know that people are actually going to the blog until the spam starts hitting.
A hit for everyone else too in the short term
Posted: January 17, 2009 by datechguy in opinion/news, techTags: tips
The Circuit City failure is going to be very painful for an awful lot of people. Tens of thousands out of work. Thousands of their suppliers and auxiliary companies hit hard.
Their competitors who survive will take a short term hit as well as people flock to get discounted deals.
If you are one of those people doing just that REMEMBER fill out those warranty cards with the manufacturer and/or hit their web sites to register. You won’t have someplace to return stuff so protect your investment as best as you can.
And remember if you do have a computer tech problem, DaTechGuy can support you from anywhere in the world as long as you have a high speed connection.
Update: Full details of terms etc are available at the Circuit City Website.
An inherent truth
Posted: January 17, 2009 by datechguy in opinion/newsTags: I wish I said that, pet peeves, reality
The Wall Street Journal’s review of the the Nation’s magazine The Nation’s guide to the Nation delivers some comedy that I suspect the book doesn’t intend. But there is one part of the review that hits a particular nail on the head:
The Nation guide recommends a bookstore in Madison, Wis., by saying: “George W. Bush, Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld do not want you to shop at Rainbow Bookstore Cooperative.” Yeah, remember that clerk, Dylan, the guy who was named Rainbow employee of the month last June? He’s in Gitmo now.
Gird Yourself for Exciting Yet Imaginary Battles! As far as The Nation is concerned, just about every progressive bookstore, musician, theater troupe and mime is committed to fighting the stranglehold of censorship. Except, well, they don’t actually get censored, so it’s like they’re committed to fighting the stranglehold of Klingons.
That line encompasses everything about the left and oppression these days. Over and over they talk about speaking truth to power and how there were censored by the Bush administration except that they don’t challenge any power that might actually strike back. Those days a long gone. Maybe they are referring to the violence inherent in the system.
“committed to fighting the stranglehold of Klingons.” Marvelous!
On the drive home from Anna Maria college my son mentioned that he never liked Tom Hanks. I defended him as an actor and as a producer.
However it looks like the kid might have had a point, as he is channeling Richard Cohen with this brilliant bit of insight. The Other McCain gives an opinion that sounds familiar:
With the sole exception of Massachusetts, we are all living under tyrannical un-American oppression. And we never even realized it until Tom Hanks told us so.
How wonderful it must be to have such enlightenment.
