Archive for June, 2008

Comcast continues to try to rip off customers

Comcast just could not leave well enough alone. I have written about all this before, but a quick recap. First, they canceled my Comcast Digital Phone service, or at least the claimed they were going to cancel it. I ignored their dire warnings for months and months and when I called them to ask them [...]

Creative Live Ultra! for notebooks WebCam

As I mentioned the other day I am going to write a few posts about some WebCams I have recently acquired. One of these was the Creative Live Ultra! for notebooks. Why did I buy it? Because it was inexpensive. No other reason, but  just because something is inexpensive doesn’t mean it is cheap.

Firefox 3 release day

Today, June 17, 2008, is the release day for Firefox 3. You can start downloading it at 1 pm Eastern Standard time in the US. Firefox wants to set a record for the most downloads in a single day. If you read this why don’t you go grab your copy of Firefox 3 today.

Comcast Digital Voice

My phone service for many years, long before Comcast came to town, came through my cable line. It was from ATT. When Comcast took over, they renamed it Comcast Digital Phone. It came through a box mounted on the outside of the house. When they installed it, they even had to run a new cable [...]

Webcams and the web

I haven’t been a big user of webcams in the past. Not for lack of interest, but more of a lack of other people to use it with. My first webcam was a little Intel number, the yc76. I still have it. It cost a fortune, and I have a hard time throwing anything away [...]