I downloaded Rooms to my Kindle app from Amazon’s while it was available as a free download. The cover looked good, and the description sounded interesting. I guess if I were familiar with Ted Dekker’s House, I wouldn’t have been so surprised by this book, but I’m not, so I … Continue reading →
I logged into the file manager for my web hosting service and noticed a banner note at the top. Reminder: The Terms of Service does not allow inappropriate use of our network for online storage. Please see “UNLIMITED” USAGE POLICIES AND DEFINITIONS for more information. Files uploaded in connection with … Continue reading →
I just noticed a new spam approach. Akismet caught it, but when I checked Akisment, the comment looked real. The suspicious part of it was the URL included with the comment identification. I marked it as Not Spam, but when I was looking at it to approve the comment, I … Continue reading →
The Internet connection went down at 0830 this morning. I thought it was an outage, so I waited until noon to call tech support. ATT tech support says it was my power cord. I drove to Temple, bought a new modem (because they don’t sell power cords), came back, plugged … Continue reading →
Yes, I’ve actually purchased e-Books now. Interestingly, it appears if I purchase them from Amazon via a computer, I don’t get charged sales tax. If I purchase them via the Kindle app, I do get charged sales tax. I wonder why the difference?
Continue reading →We spent a relaxing weekend in Dallas. A friend of ours decided to throw himself a 70th birthday party, and he chose to do it at Reunion Tower in Dallas, so to make it easy, we decided to stay at the Hyatt Regency (which coexists with Reunion Tower). Wolfgang Puck … Continue reading →
Facebook’s been doing some funny things lately. Except, they’re not so funny. First, they changed the link to add a Fan page from “Become a Fan” to “Like.” Facebook users are accustomed to clicking on a “like” when they “like” someone’s status update. It’s an easy way to acknowledge someone … Continue reading →
Facebook’s been doing some funny things lately. Except, they’re not so funny. First, they changed the link to add a Fan page from “Become a Fan” to “Like.” Facebook users are accustomed to clicking on a “like” when they “like” someone’s status update. It’s an easy way to acknowledge someone … Continue reading →
I have a confession. I’ve been reading on my iPad. Darnit. I have some paper books I need to make some progress on, but I’m enjoying reading on the iPad. What has tempted me to the backlit side? Kindle features free current Kindle editions, and some of them have looked … Continue reading →
I took the truck in for it’s 50,000 mile service last week. Actual mileage was 49,600. According to their checks, everything was just fine. My three year old battery showed as still having 73% of it’s life left — or rather, 475 cranking amps of it’s new rating of 650. … Continue reading →
