perfect storm?

Probably our first significant winter storm in 6 years is approaching today. I can do with the high snowfall amounts, but please – no ice!
Several Inches of Rain, Ice, Snow Likely (KSDK.com)

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9 out of 10 e-mails now spam

I don’t have a serious spam problem. I’ve been able to keep it under control in Outlook and in Gmail. I don’t get ANY at work, although everyone else seems to get tons of them (in my opinion, that’s payback for abusing their Internet access privileges).
The number of “spam” messages has tripled since June and [...]

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gift cards

Received an email regarding gift card scams. Usually, these emails are hoaxes, but this one seems to be a reality, but on a more complex scale. Something to think about with the holidays approaching.

Read about it here (warning: you may be hit with pop-ups on this site). Thanks to my sister for the tip! [...]

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A, B, and C

I work for Company A. CL works for Company B and has been for 16 years (the first 6 years was actually with Company A). For the last 9 years, CL has worked at one of Company B’s outside branches.

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most wonderful time of the year?

Thanksgiving’s over. There’s 4 weeks until Christmas. Roughly 28 shopping days. Only 2 (gasp!) paydays.

Work is great. Can you believe I said that? It’s true. With the new helpdesk guys getting more comfortable each day, I’m able to focus on doing what I was hired to do back in September. I’m learning a bit more [...]

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Fan restores ‘Christmas Story’ house

If you’re ever in Cleveland during the holidays, be sure to stop by and see the house that Ralphie grew up in.
For Jones, the gotta-have-it item was Ralphie’s house — the one in “A Christmas Story,” the quirky film that’s found a niche alongside holiday classics like “It’s a Wonderful Life” and “Miracle on 34th [...]

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gobble gobble

Hope everyone has a Happy Thanksgiving!

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“Sony could make bricks”

There was a time when owning a Sony product was cool. That’s not the case these days. Sony took a big hit in 2005 with its infamous rootkit. This year, laptop batteries produced by Sony are exploding. The PSP is dying while Nintendo’s DS is thriving. The UMD format is dead. Sony comes up with [...]

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