http://www.jacobsheehy.com Jacob's thoughts on technology, politics, and daily life. Sat, 07 Jun 2008 04:32:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've attached an e-mail I received from Bell today. I've never seen anything quite like this before. They include form elements in the email, presumably to make it as likely as possible that I will sign a contract with them. I was very careful not to enter into a contract ... http://www.jacobsheehy.com/rants/e-mail-from-bell/ Web browsers have been broken ever since their invention. There is a fatal flaw in every single web browser I've ever used, and I bet you've come across this flaw without realizing how serious it is. Sure, you may have felt some frustration, but it was likely undirected and you ... http://www.jacobsheehy.com/technology/browsing-the-web-with-a-tree/ This image is from http://www.skype.com/allfeatures/subscriptions/#uscaSubscriptionTab. I feel that commentary is unnecessary. http://www.jacobsheehy.com/random/the-use-of-unlimited-in-advertising/ Microsoft has been using a strategy of "validating" software for some time. They think that they can find out if you're running a legal copy of Windows, and, if you're not, stop giving you benefits. These benefits are downloads from Microsoft's website that enhance Windows. If you've purchased a legal ... http://www.jacobsheehy.com/technology/silly-validation-from-microsoft/ My new computer arrived with a new, forgotten about feature. In all this excitement of actually getting a new computer, it had completely slipped my mind that it would be arriving with Windows Vista. I decided that I would not make any serious judgments until I had used it for ... http://www.jacobsheehy.com/technology/four-things-i-hate-about-windows-vista/ I will preface this post with a cautionary statement: I wrote this in a fury of anger and so it is not fully grammar or spell checked. I hope it's somewhat coherent. My last entry in this blog was on July 30th. As you can read below, I had just sent off my HP DV8310 notebook to get the letter 'T' replaced, and was expecting it to return to me in three to five business days. This is ... http://www.jacobsheehy.com/technology/hewlett-packards-repair-service/ And that's about all there is to it. Surely you all know that since December I've been missing my 'T' on the keyboard of my computer. I've had many opportunities to send it in to get it fixed (after a long period of hoping they could just send me a ... http://www.jacobsheehy.com/jacob-sheehy/i-have-no-computer-for-a-while/ My hearing is finally back! For those of you who missed this whole thing, my right ear was blocked for about a week. In short, it's back now thanks to helpful nurses. I had a plan, starting last Monday, to listen to the all the Pink Floyd albums in chronological order ... http://www.jacobsheehy.com/music/i-can-hear-again/ I've been going to the festival every day since I last posted, but yesterday was the first time I could be there from the afternoon all the way until midnight (it was a Saturday). I saw so much yesterday it's going to be difficult to not leave anything out. First, I ... http://www.jacobsheehy.com/music/the-montreal-international-jazz-festival-part-two-the-better-part/ For the last few days, after I finish work and sometimes after school, I've been enjoying the free concerts at the Montreal Jazz Festival. It's going on every day from about one in the afternoon to midnight, and I've been there as much as I can. Only a couple of minutes ... http://www.jacobsheehy.com/music/montreal-international-jazz-festival/