Or, another way of putting it, I am Mr. Must Be Resourceful Because Sometimes I’m An Idiot.
Names and other identifiable information have been changed to protect the innocent.
This past Monday, while out on a consulting gig in Menlo Park, I received a phone call from a new client who needed some notarizations done during the [...]
I received this response to my recent email, another episode in the continuing saga of my dealings with an ex-client:
I am sorry that you feel this way. I have been asking for months for you to call me to discuss your contract, and you have chosen not to do so. Thank you for the information [...]
I keep getting these stupid scam/spam emails that say:
Someone has just begun to research your background via our website. This email has been automatically sent to you so as to make you aware that your background is being looked into. The popularity of our website is currently growing at a very rapid rate. If another [...]
This response to my original letter came in two parts, the first an unsigned, error-riddled missive from an unknown service representative. It is fortunate for them (and not out of character) that the second letter arrived first.
The first-ever series of layoffs I experienced resulted in me scouring the Internet high and low for seemingly reputable inexpensive online insurance brokers. I settled on ehealthinsurance.com and went through a fairly easy application process. That was a year and a half ago.
Since I have recently been placed in the same situation, I went back [...]
Dear Christie Hefner:
“Once a Playmate, always a Playmate” is the official Playboy philosophy regarding the lifetime relationship between Playboy Enterprises and its centerfolds, an implication that the girls are always on stage, representing Playboy at all times. Their wholesomeness, their actions, their demeanor all reflect on the image of Playboy, both positively and negatively.
Stephanie Adams, [...]
Well, since I covered a few computer stupidities, I guess I should give equal space to software stupidities…
Microsoft Word (somewhere around 1999) - “Word cannot edit the unknown.”
If you typed in ‘God’ at the prompt on an ICL mainframe running the VME operating system, and assuming an appropriately named program was not installed, you’d receive [...]
Stephanie Adams, Miss November 1992, has continued sending nasty emails to a friend of mine, thanks to his innocent comment that her website was hard to read.
Think that Playboy’s Miss November 1002 is a truly delightful lady in a world otherwise filled with hatred and putrescence? Not so much!
One of my regular visitors read the article about the no-talent web designer and decided to let them know about my observations. Looking back, I wish he hadn’t.
