gdp's Comments

Bus error: Jake Billo's weblog : Mashable fails it hard; Twitter is not THAT important.

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 22:51:29 +0000

Extra services are for chumps. ;) I have no quarrel with your ideas for branding and brand marketing on Twitter, but the site honestly has been hailed as the next image of Jesus on a taco. Let's give the coverage a rest.

Bus error: Jake Billo's weblog : HOWTO: Swipe music from MySpace players at full quality

Sat, 10 Jan 2009 22:08:25 +0000

"Yo duder", that site doesn't work. The resulting MP3's are unplayable. Thanks for your bag of fail.

Bus error: Jake Billo's weblog : A weekend in PA, USA: No tax on clothing? Sign me up.

Thu, 8 Jan 2009 03:15:45 +0000

I had to add a disclaimer above starting with "Dear Christ" because people are just incompetent. :)

Bus error: Jake Billo's weblog : XenonMKV: Convert your MKV files to work on the Xbox 360

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 14:20:55 +0000

Try http://xenonmkv.ev98.net/for now. I'll fix the domain shortly. :)

Bus error: Jake Billo's weblog : Seagate drops warranty from 5 to 3 years on bare drives

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:25:54 +0000

Unfortunately, Seagate's policy change directly affects me as a consultant and reseller. My clients had the peace of mind that their drives were covered with the best warranty around. This is why I'm so displeased; frankly, all hard drives these days are very similar and the warranty is probably the most differentiating factor. I also have an 8-drive RAID5 array in my server using exclusively Seagate 500GB SATA2 drives. When these drives die, I'll likely replace them with comparable Western Digital ones in light of the new policy.

Bus error: Jake Billo's weblog : Apparently you can get scammed using PayPal and Gmail

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:19:51 +0000

No problem, Adam - the more light these scammers get the less likely they'll hit somebody. I absolutely loathe them and I can't believe Gmail still continues to harbor their accounts.

Bus error: Jake Billo's weblog : Apparently you can get scammed using PayPal and Gmail

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 20:11:05 +0000

Sally: If you receive a payment through PayPal, reject/return it and email the person to let them know you're not interested in selling to them. If it's a real scam they won't respond.

Bus error: Jake Billo's weblog : Seagate drops warranty from 5 to 3 years on bare drives

Thu, 11 Dec 2008 16:14:20 +0000

Yeah, I've had a good experience with my Western Digital 1TB external unit that I picked up from Costco. It's got FireWire, USB2 and eSATA connectors and performs pretty well. I just hope Seagate doesn't start blaming the economy for this.