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Now if you’re not a webmaster, server administrator, or developer the above line may not mean too much to you. I understand that many people who install WordPress and dozens or more plugins really have no idea what it takes for that to all “work”. In this particular case the above line is one single query made by the “Yet Another Related Post Plugin” on a WordPress database. The query took 9 seconds and examined over 4.2 MILLION rows of data – and this was done on a shared web hosting server. Read more…
So my wife and I just moved into a new apartment and either our old washer got damaged during the move or it just decided to give up the ghost. We hooked the old set up and woke up the next morning to a huge pool of water in the laundry room! Needless to say that the wife was not very happy with the situation and we began perusing craigslist.com looking for a replacement set.
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Update 2: I called the next day and escalated myself to another supervisor. This supervisor looked at the history of the call from the night before and said that he would verify that Amazon.com did indeed have this offer going and if they did he would apply the credits. He made it clear to me that he was doing this not only due to how long I’ve been with AT&T but also due to the fact that if I’m willing to write an email, a blog post, and call more than once – that I was eventually get what I wanted. The supervisor also acknowledged that AT&T doesn’t make money off of the handsets themselves (they pay $699 each for the Torch) but that they instead make money off of the contract for service. It simply didn’t make sense to him for him to block my request when ultimately I was considering switching to another provider over the incident. AT&T stood to lose much more of my money by not giving me the credit than by doing so.
If you try to get such a credit applied to your account I do wish you luck as even this email to the executives got responded to with essentially “We won’t price match, sorry.” Good luck!
This post will consist entirely of a letter sent to AT&T concerning my recent experiences with their customer service department. I give anybody and everybody full rights to reproduce this email in it’s entirety in any way, shape, or form.
To: AT&T Executives
Subject: Extreme Disappointment with AT&T Customer Service (lack there of). Read more…
So today at 6 AM I am driving my mother down to Columbus Regional Hospital for brain surgery. I know this site doesn’t get much traffic but if you can keep my mother in mind today I would appreciate it.
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So it seems that on my own personal blog I’m not allowed to voice my opinions should somebody else disagree with them. While I find it odd that somebody would think that a large portion of what I write on my personal blog is not merely my personal opinion on whatever I’m writing about…. I’d really like to hear from you!
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Well… I got my hands on a copy of the SC2 beta and played it for a few hours and the only real thing that I can say I’m disappointed in is the inability to zoom out. You can zoom in and see the intricate details of a battle but when push comes to shove your ability to multitask and micro-manage are going to be what decides whether you win or lose. I personally would prefer having a larger viewing area available or at the least an option to allow the camera to zoom out further.
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This page originally contained an complete email conversation between myself and Jonathan Burdon however due to legal issues (copyright) I’ve been required to pull down those emails. Fortunately this doesn’t stop me from speaking about Jonathan’s less than ethical actions including cookie stuffing as well as “reviews” lacking any sort of content or value.
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At first glance Windows7 is a very nice upgrade and in my opinion it is what Vista should have been. The Windows7 installation was quick and painless and the user experience is very quick and efficient. I’ve noticed a reduction in system resource usage in Windows7 over Windows Vista.
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So I have a new puppy and I’ve been searching Google to find a good resource for information on the breed and I was surprised not to see any really good forums related to the breed. I love operating forums and I thought it was a good idea to perhaps register a domain and set up a forum for owners of the breed and this is where the problems started. It seems that every domain name that I’ve tried that would even remotely work for the forum is parked by some sort of domain squatter as you can see with these examples:
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Categories: Miscellaneous Tags: corgi, corgi forum, corgi forums, domain, domain squatting, domains, forum, forums, pembroke welsh corgi, squatting, welsh corgi
I’ve just now decided to use this domain as my personal blogging location and I’m just setting up WordPress. I don’t really have anything interesting to say right now and I’m actually about to get some shut-eye. I hope to get this all set up the way I want it tomorrow or the day after and then from that point on I can begin blogging until my heart is content!
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