Archive for the 'Rants' Category

Dell, DHL, everybody loses

Friday, April 20th, 2007

Last weekend I ordered a Canon SD800IS from Dell. Dell shipped it on Monday. So far so good.
Dell used DHL to ship it. I’m sure DHL is cheaper than UPS or Fedex because otherwise I don’t understand why anyone uses DHL. I got a call on Thursday from DHL […]

Comcast DVR

Friday, November 17th, 2006

Best Buy delivered my new TV on Wednesday.  It’s pretty great.  I wish I could say the same about Comcast HD service.  After the TV came I went out and swapped my digital cable box for a new Comcast HD-DVR.  The HD signal is great but the box does not have accurate channel information.  The […]

Revenue streams, trust, and (no) privacy

Monday, September 4th, 2006

Stories like “Google developing eavesdropping software” remind me why I have a healthy distrust of any company where the end-users are not the source of revenue. In theory, if I’m paying a company $x/month for some service then that is how the company makes money.
If a service is “free”, then I […]