Mar01

Thanks Victorinox! New backpack zipper pull tags sent free of charge

by todd on March 1, 2012 at 11:34 am
Posted In: Hardware


A little over two months ago I lamented that my Victorinox backpack was in great shape but unusable because all its zipper pull tags had broken off. I contacted Victorinox customer support via email shortly after that and after a brief exchange (they needed the backback’s model number), I was told the new pull tags would be shipped free of charge.

It took a while, but the new zipper pull tags arrived today. Thanks for Victorinox customer support for making my backup useful and usable again. It is wonderful to know that some companies still treat their customers well.
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Feb22

Hmm. Evernote SSL certificate not valid

by todd on February 22, 2012 at 10:57 am
Posted In: Web

I just noticed that Evernote’s SSL certificate shows up as invalid in Chrome. Not overly concerned at the moment. But, I would like to see this fixed soon.

Here’s what a valid certificate looks like in Chrome.

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Feb20

Skynet: Google wants to build an antenna farm. Skynet and T-800 Terminator are next

by todd on February 20, 2012 at 1:39 pm
Posted In: Google

Google more-or-less controls (mostly more) the search engine landscape. It has autonomous cars. Google+ has assimilated other Google properties (including search). Google is bypassing privacy settings in Apple’s Safari and Microsoft Internet Explorer browsers. And, now this…

Google Seeks To Plant Antenna Farm in Iowa (Data Center Knowledge)

Let’s call this Google Skynet. What’s next? Can the T-800 Terminator be far behind? If anyone sees a certain former Governor of California visiting a Google facility for a 3D scanning session, let me know. :-)

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Feb20

Thanks to Tumblr support staff! Actual good support. What a concept!

by todd on February 20, 2012 at 11:48 am
Posted In: Web

Two friends and I have a podcast about comic books. So, I created a free Tumblr site as a home for the podcast last year. I pay Podbean to host the actual podcasts. Podbean can create JavaScript to embed a Flash or HTML5-based podcast player on websites. This combination of Tumblr and Podbean worked fine through 2011. Then, something happened around the start of the new year. Neither the Flash nor the HTML5 players showed up on Tumblr when viewed using Firefox, Chrome, or Safari in Windows or OS X. For some reason, it rendered and worked fine in Internet Explorer.
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Feb16

Hit 6 million steps on my Fitbit activity monitor

by todd on February 16, 2012 at 7:10 am
Posted In: Hardware

I passed 16 million steps using my Fitbit activity monitor. Hoping to hit 10 million steps sometime in early 2013 at this pace.

5 million step mark – Nov. 2011

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