Category Archives: rant

My iTunes Hacked, $300+ stolen via PayPal

Posted on January 9, 2012 by robertmerrill

Case of the Mondays? Try this one on. Overnight, I got a notice there was a purchase of something called “Kingdom Conquest” on my iTunes account. I knew one of the other users on my account (in my family) was … Continue reading →

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Love it or Hate It, America MUST Defend Wikileaks’ Constitutional Rights

Posted on December 23, 2010 by robertmerrill

Warning—Rare, but passionate political rant to ensue, below: Companies bowing to government pressure (even if they later deny it and employ PR-disaster-recovery tactics) to restrict payments to Wikileaks are doing so to "protect their brand" (aka: CYA) but also setting … Continue reading →

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Irrelevant Fields on Web Forms

Posted on June 14, 2010 by robertmerrill

Funny. You would think there would generally be no-need for a ZIP Code field on the US Postal Service’s website tool for looking up ZIP Codes. #imjustsayin   At least it’s not required… (wphew!)

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eFax Cuts Off Free Accounts Without Notice

Posted on May 4, 2010 by robertmerrill

I just found out the hard way that eFax will cut off your free account without notice if you receive more than the 10-pages of inbound-faxes-per-month rule for free accounts. Of course, they are hoping you will upgrade to a … Continue reading →

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What is a Blog?

Posted on April 27, 2009 by robertmerrill

<rant> From Wikipedia: A blog (a contraction of the term weblog) is a type of website, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly … Continue reading →

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