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Monoprice.com Update

After policing their site for penetrations and weaknesses, it appears that Monoprice had decided to open up shop again by going through PayPal.com, which isn’t a good proposition for a budget minded business to operate under.
I wasn’t expecting them to stay with that as the primary option, and Monoprice updated their front page:
We are unable [...]

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Comcast says it is pleased to announce its Usage Meter

I got this in my inbox today (I’ve been waiting for it too, still not happy):
Dear Comcast High-Speed Internet Customer,
We are pleased to announce the pilot launch of the Comcast Usage Meter in your area. This new feature is available to Comcast High-Speed Internet customers and provides an easy way to check total monthly household [...]

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Facebook and Twitter are the ListServ and Chain Letter of the 21st Century.

I have been thinking about this for awhile now. I’m a person who desires control over their information. Someone might coin me a privacy nut. But I don’t want to forever be in a database of a business because I purchase an e-card. The more I thought about Facebook and Twitter, I wanted to get [...]

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Monoprice, public disclosure in real time.

Apparently Monoprice.com, a great place to get discount goods to fulfill your geekiness requirements, has gotten into a bit of a fix. Something happened that made people give notice to Monoprice. A ripple in the force I suppose. Some people were wondering about odd charges on their credit cards, and somehow linked it to Monoprice.com. [...]

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Classmates.com could have been Facebook.com

Classmates.com, a site dedicated to gathering school chums in one big mass and keeping them in touch. The service never caught hold the way that Facebook has, but I think Classmates has been generating revenue for awhile now:

Classmates Media:

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Why does a USB charger have access to anything at all? Energizer, please explain.

So, TIL [Today I Learned], that a USB charger by Energizer has, for the last two years, had a back door open. According to CERT and this MarketWatch announcement. Which charger? The one below.
These are the reasons why I have no problem with Apple dictating what can and can’t be on its own systems. When [...]

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People Upset Over Fake Core i7 Blame Newegg instead of Counterfeiters

I used to have a sign in my office that read:
Quality
Speed
Low Cost
Pick Two.
It reminded people that although you can get something quickly at a cost, it won’t be cheap. But if you want something cheap and fast, it won’t be the highest quality possible, and if you want something low cost and high quality, it [...]

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Busy working on projects and job hunting…

I’m working on a lot of projects and still job hunting, so things are very quiet here on this blog. I’ve got changes going on at ohmTown and SMASHorTRASH while having relaunched MobWatch, JewelCrafting, and BeadBaby. JDrater, StreamStars, and about 3 others are going to be launched soon. In all cases, these are niche social [...]

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What Just Happened to Competition and Consumer Power

Let me get this straight. The Amazon Kindle allowed consumers to purchase books for, lets say… $10. And they were selling, and the publishers had to take that price point because it was selling, and very well. Maybe they didn’t make as much, I hear it was a 30/70 split with Amazon taking the 70. [...]

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TechCrunch Intern Kerfuffle Highlights Importance of Ethics and Tech

If you read the comments, which come from a surprising amount of people with vanity domains and from people using their real names, you’ll notice that people may be suspecting pretty much every review of a business because one person decided to take more than their wage in compensation for said review. Bias is a [...]

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What do you think Social Networks are all about Mr. Hyde?

Andrew Hyde decided to commit location based service suicide because his interaction with sites like FourSquare led to him being discovered in the real world. It is disconcerting when someone shows up on your doorstep due to your interaction online. I know from personal experience due to a bad interaction with Samsung posting my personal [...]

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And projects continue to be relocated!

I’m still moving projects and launching associated blogs. I’m going to be moving things like MobWatch.com which is an online reputation manager that I’ve been wanting to advertise for awhile, and another rating/review site called JDrater.com which centers around rating and reviewing attorneys and law firms in the US.
Stay tuned, and if you are interested, [...]

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Moving Projects to a New Server

I have to say, you really need to pick your host properly. I use two hosts, Powweb and InnoHosting. Inno has gone above and beyond in the last few days as a switch was required from another host that I started with. I’ll stick to Powweb and Innohosting.
I’ll get more into this later. So, to [...]

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One Year, One Guy, 330 Posts, Thousands of Page Views, No Money

Happy Blogaversary to Me! It has been one year of blogging for me as of today. It is fun, but I might have to blog and launch a podcast or two. We’ll see about that.
I started blogging a year ago, part time while I was in school. I completed my AAS, BS, and MBA in [...]

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CommuterEdge.com – Hints, Tips and Tricks for the Modern Commuter

CommuterEdge is the latest launch. It is a site dedicated to discussing the various hints, tips, and tricks for the modern commuter. The tricks could be anything from uploading documents to your Kindle so you always have a copy with you and extended battery life required for a long trip, to paths in New York [...]

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