Holy f—ing crap Batman, it took about an hour to reset my PayPal password today!
It all began with a quick search on eBay for an XBOX 360 Elite system. I’ve been thinking of upgrading to the Elite and found out quickly that nearly all the usual suspects like Best Buy, Amazon.com and Target did not have them in stock. What should have been a casual scan of eBay turned into a giant fiasco.
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It’s official, AT&T has announced they are taking over all the CellularOne business inside Alaska. According to reports, you can now get the iPhone as soon as December 9, 2007. No doubt this will be one of the most popular Christmas wishes for many Alaskans this holiday season. Read the rest of this entry »
Mobile Geek
Alaska certainly has its share of geeks, techies and entrepreneurial minds. The FrigidGeek blog run by a local high school student (Tyler) is dedicated to the mobile lifestyle. He shares some of the same frustrations I’ve briefly covered in my posts about the lack of competitive options in Alaska. Read the rest of this entry »
Yet again, the ISP choices in Alaska show their lack of timeliness and professionalism. For some of you who may not know what DNS does, it’s basically the phonebook that tells your browser where to find any website by its name “websitename.com”. DNS entries are updated when people move their sites from one server to another or when a new domain name is created. Read the rest of this entry »
Get less for more.
One of the primary motivators for the creation of this blog stemmed from my continuing distaste for the state of ISP (Internet Service Providers) offerings in south central Alaska. Before I dive headlong into a diatribe about the dismal state of Internet access in the Last Great State, allow me to explain how I arrived at the conclusion that “it sucks”. Read the rest of this entry »
