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Gebesse

  1. New blog post - How not to sell a car. bit.ly/JZxuJp
  2. @GLComputing @Xactsoftware Updated my HHC Android this very day. It will be casually displayed in front of clients next week.
  3. @GLComputing I write a regular column called "The Naked Skeptic". I wear clothes while writing but don't tell anyone.
  4. There's a new Australasian Science magazine in the paper shop and I'm in it. I will nag you a bit more when their web site is updated.
  5. I love the smell of Schadenfreude in the morning. "$200,000 penalty for TVI Express pyramid selling scam" bit.ly/KYh6Y3
  6. Big problem working for yourself - your boss knows when you use the company credit card at a brothel.
  7. IT expert tells my client that you can't copy and paste into a password field on a form. I didn't bother to argue.
  8. Imagine how it would be if scammers put their minds to something useful. "Scam scratchies strike again" bit.ly/KB9DPY
  9. New blog post: Thoughts about multi-level marketing bit.ly/JFr0xS
  10. I actually clicked on a Facebook ad the other day. It looked like a scam, so I thought I would check. It was.
  11. Spam phone call this week: "We can get you on the first page of Google". Me: "I'm already there, I do this for a living". Click.
  12. Service: Telstra - bill fixed immediately, CommBank - new EFTPOS machine in <24 hours, KMart - 2x missing edge trimmer part. Impressed.
  13. Overcharge on Telstra bill (plan change not processed properly). Fixed instantly with credit to account. Congratulations and thanks @Telstra
  14. @BMBiznet Hadn't heard about it, but yes. Time & place?
  15. First ever Blue Screen of Death with Windows 7. Almost certainly related to video card rebooting itself earlier today. Exorcist booked.
  16. At a webinar about Facebook marketing. I am wearing safety glasses in case I find a fork.
  17. Better than a chortle, this is a guffaw! Apple 'fixes' Siri, no longer recommends Lumia 900 as "best cell phone ever" bit.ly/JYQNhG
  18. @GLComputing I know - it was a rubbish article. I've had it on my Win6.5 HTC forever. Can't speak for earlier than 2 months for Android, but
  19. ZDNet say "Telstra. Vodafone turn on iPad Personal Hotspot". Did the Android feature turn on by itself, or has "iPad" become a generic term?