1-800-FREE-411: Update
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1-800-FREE-411
Remember when 411 calls were free? Those days are gone — now it can cost up to $3.49 for an information call. In spite of the cost, there are billions of these calls made per year. I admit it — I avoid calling 411. It’s not that I can’t afford it — it’s a matter […]
Seven to Ten Days
There are many things in the queue to write about but I can not resist commenting on an email I just received. Awhile back I was looking for some video conversion software and I found something I thought would be useful and purchased it at Sorenson Media. I then began to receive regular emails from […]
Mailing Preferences
There are a number of stories about geocaching pending. I have to admit that August is a bit slow with only one speaking engagement, in Dallas, and a trip to Oslo, Norway for the tenth anniversary of Opera Software. I could not resist commenting about an email I received today from the BMG Classical Music […]
Raising The Bar – Part 2
I don’t mean to pick on the telecommunications companies but they really make things hard to ignore. The day after the incident with Cingular, I received a letter in the mail from SBC saying "Your enrollment in the SBC EasyCharge program has been approved for the telephone number referenced above". Above my name it said […]
