Archive for the ‘internet’ Category

Comcast High Speed Internet: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

As per usual, the views below reflect my own personal opinions and not that of my employer.
Since moving to the Bay Area, I’ve relied on Sonic.net for internet. Sonic, a small local ISP,  has the most intelligent and competent Customer Support team I’ve ever worked with. Seriously. The best.
Unfortunately, Sonic.net provides DSL service that [...]

Amazon wants my money: Prime Eligible Search!

As I was just perusing Amazon.com, I noticed something new. Yep, that is the ability to search only for items that are Prime eligible. I don’t know when this appeared but it had to be recently as I’m a frequent Amazon shopper (thank you Prime).
There are numerous sites out there that have tried to allow [...]

Message to Web Thingy Developers: I am a lazy bastard

This post is dedicated to the hard working developers behind whoisi.com, profilactic.com, FriendFeed.com (to whom I give special thanks for providing distractions for me daily), and all the other social aggregators out there. I do this out of love.

Dave Winer just made a post about whoisi.com, singing its praises and awesomeness.
I checked out the site. [...]