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Author Archives: britoman
social experiment by mistake
Moving into my new apartment earlier this month presented the opportunity to perform a social experiment. I have an old 27” CRT TV from my college days which due to some strange reasons has continued to follow me. When I … Continue reading
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the cloud?
Earlier today I read an article in Business Week entitled “Hacking for Dummies.” (Please forgive the inaccurate use of the word.) The article discussed how easy and cheap it is for anyone to “rent a botnet” for the day and … Continue reading
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PennDOT dosn’t understand risk
How trying to protect individuals from one form of identity theft may create another. Late last week I filled out a form on the PennDOT website notifying the Department of Motor Vehicles that I moved. A few days later I … Continue reading
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the neighborhood crazy
So I am officially all “moved-in” to my new place. Now, this doesn’t mean that the 40 boxes in my living room are unpacked, but that is neither here nor there… I went to the in-house gym today and was … Continue reading
pay-for TV woe
I learned something new today, even if you a) live in the city where Comcast is based, and b) Comcast has a franchise in the city where you live, you might still not be able to get cable in your … Continue reading
argh, craigslist!
Nothing is every simple, is it? All I wanted to do was post two items I wanted to give away on Craigslist (CL). I spent a few minutes this morning taking and cropping pictures, writing witty little descriptions and (what … Continue reading
que?
Comcast is really starting to annoy me with all of the Spanish language direct mail I have been receiving. I guess this is surname profiling? Should I fill them in that ‘Brito’ is Portuguese?I really want to know what got … Continue reading