Archive for the 'Technology' Category

Verisign – Behind the Times?

Thursday, December 8th, 2005

This just in . . . VeriSign is offering a free (no laughing) 5″ Black and White Portable Television with . . . AM/FM Radio to the first 75 people that request a white paper on the subject of VeriSign’s overpriced SSL certificates. Here’s a screen shot from the page:

And a closeup of the [...]

Another eWaste Event – Recycle for Breast Cancer

Wednesday, November 9th, 2005

From Matthew’s Blog:
Recycle for Breast Cancer is holding a free eWaste Recycling event from 7am to 4pm on November 19th and 20th, 2005 (Rain or Shine).
As an added bonus, they will be giving away prizes, such as:
– (2) $50.00 Gasoline Cards
– (5) 1lb. Bags of Peet’s Coffee
In addition, Hot Apple Cider and Coffee [...]

First Post Using Flock

Thursday, October 20th, 2005

Trying out Flock for the first time.  Though I’m still not sure what the major use will be, my first impressions of the software was . . . well . . . good!  I was able to setup the blog publishing function with little issue.
Interesting side note, Flock does not yet have a way to [...]

eWaste Recycling Event

Tuesday, October 4th, 2005

FREE E-Waste Recycling Event at the Chronicle Pavilion (2000 Kirker Pass Rd, Concord, CA).
The event is scheduled for:
Friday, October 7th from 1:00pm-6:00pm
Saturday, October 8th from 8:00am-1:00pm
Sunday, October 9th from 8:00am-1:00pm
Get those old broken computers and monitors out of the closet and keep them out of the landfill!
For more information, and locations of other free collection [...]

Tough Time for Military Recruiters

Thursday, September 29th, 2005

3 Free songs from iTunes if you agree to be contacted by an Army National Guard Recruiter.
This ad has been seen making the rounds on the Internet.

A full size – readable screen shot is also available.
Not only is this ad in bad taste . . . the ad is asking potential recruits to enter their [...]

.MAC Upgrade

Thursday, September 22nd, 2005

It appears by the message I received upon logging in this morning that Apple has finally caught up with the times and has upgraded .MAC users’ iDisk to half a Gigabyte. It’s about time.
As of this morning, I’ve seen nothing on the Apple .MAC site talking about this upgrade.
What’s next? Will they make [...]


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