Consumer Thoughts

Archive for October, 2006

30 Oct

Meevee sucks more than I thought

You may recall my October 1st post on how awful Meevee is. I’ve been happily using the redesigned TVGuide.com for weeks. I did send MeeVee an e-mail detailing why I was leaving. They replied today. Their autoresponder had said it would take 7-10 days for a response (already unacceptable), and it [...]

25 Oct

Watch for recalls

Two sites that everyone should have in their feed readers or live bookmarks are the CPSC recall site and the FDA recall site. (At the FDA site, in the center column click Recalls, Product Safety and on the page you go to, click RSS Recalls News Feed in the right column.)
Just today, my family [...]

17 Oct

Ouch - a few new iPods have a virus

From Gizmodo:
Apple just called Giz Editor Noah Robischon to apologize about a few video iPods—less than 1%— that shipped with the Windows virus RavMonE.exe. The virus snuck onto iPods made after September 12th, via a Windows assembly line machine. The bug won’t cause any damage to macs and iPods, but it will reduce the security [...]

12 Oct

Attention all parents

A note from your babysitters, nannies, and/or child care providers:
If you have a two-year-old little boy who is potty-training, is wearing big-boy underwear, and especially has trouble with the snap and zipper on his jeans;
You have NO BUSINESS putting a belt on him. Especially if you’re not the one taking care of him.
Enough said. [...]

08 Oct

Need a new computer NOW? Get free or discounted Vista

From Download Squad:
Everyone who buys a PC after October 28th (as the rumor goes) will get either free or discounted Vista next year. Press releases indicate that anyone who buys a new computer with Windows XP Pro, XP Tablet PC, or XP 64-bit edition will be able to upgrade for free, and only those with [...]

07 Oct

Quick Links: Google Gadgets and more

Google Gadgets - put all these gadgets on your site
Integrating Google Gadgets into Wordpress themes
AIM Light - tiny version of AIM
MedBill ManagerWeb 2.0 solution to managing your medical bills and insurance

01 Oct

Tuesday is Anti-DRM day

Hit BoingBoing for the info:
200 ways to fight DRM this Tuesday
DefectiveByDesign’s Peter Brown writes in with “Zuned” — a sticker-designed produced for October 3, the International Day Against DRM.
There are over 200 projects proposed for the Anti-DRM Day, from Free DRM-Free movie downloads to encouraging French citizens to continue turning themselves into the police for [...]

01 Oct

Microsoft Office 2007

Test out Microsoft Office 2007 without installing anything by heading to this link in Internet Explorer (sorry, doesn’t work in other browsers) and see what you think!

01 Oct

Meevee’s new site is awful

Several months ago, fed up with TVGuide.com’s slow load times, I signed up for MeeVee and was very happy. Now that they’ve redesigned, and TVGuide has redesigned as well, I’ve gone back to TVGuide.
Just a warning to those who go to MeeVee, McAfee’s Site Advisor reports MeeVee’s video player as adware or spyware. [...]

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