Fraudulent transactions and other fun stuff

March 9, 2010

I received a phone call this morning from the fraud department of my bank.  Their system had detected what appeared to be possible fraudulent transactions.

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My Windows Live ID debacle

February 22, 2010

I was given an Xbox 360 for Christmas (thanks mom!) last year and as soon as I hooked it up I went online with it to see what the Xbox Live service offered.  In order to do this I needed to sign up for a Windows Live ID.  The 360 walked me through the process [...]

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Twitter Updates for 2010-02-19

February 19, 2010

@ThatKevinSmith Thank you for standing your ground. I've written a bit about this topic as well. http://bit.ly/auqkpw # @CortWebber Perhaps ask the man himself? He's at @ThatKevinSmith in reply to CortWebber # @windowslive your support sucks. stop holding my account hostage and get me in contact with somebody who can help me! #customerservicefail # Powered [...]

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Twitter Updates for 2010-02-18

February 18, 2010

Throw Spidey from the Train #nowwithsuperheroes # @shendison only problem i see with AWP is it forces you to use Amazon S3. What if you want to back it up to an FTP, etc.? #fail in reply to shendison # @shendison I was referring to Automatic WP Backup in my last tweet to you. Not [...]

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Watching a major company FAIL at social networking & customer service

February 17, 2010

So unless you’ve been under a rock for the past few years you’ve most likely heard of Twitter, Facebook, etc.  Social networking has taken over as a very effective medium to advertise.  It has also become a launching board for getting customer service issues resolved when the “normal” methods of attempting get help have failed.

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The unpleasantness

February 17, 2010

**NOTE** I meant to have this post up fairly quickly after all of this happened.  Alas, it did not happen as quickly as I had hoped.  DOH! **/NOTE** FOOD POISONING. I imagine the term being announced by the movie voice over guy:

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Twitter Updates for 2010-02-17

February 17, 2010

@rrolfe Yeah, this is going to be an interesting upgrade. in reply to rrolfe # Been following the debacle between @ThatKevinSmith and @southwestair as it happened. It's amazing how much #fail has been exhibited by SWA. # Powered by Twitter Tools

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Twitter Updates for 2010-02-15

February 15, 2010

Watching Flight of the Navigator with my little ones. Are we enjoying it? Affirmative. "You are the navigator!" # Powered by Twitter Tools

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Twitter Updates for 2010-02-14

February 14, 2010

Caught a bit of the olympics today. Meh. Waste of time and money that could be better spent doing something beneficial for the world. # @ThatKevinSmith is ripping Southwest apart for ejecting him from flight. #southwestfail in reply to ThatKevinSmith # Powered by Twitter Tools

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Twitter Updates for 2010-02-13

February 13, 2010

Lol! Just saw the shake weight commercial. I almost fell off my chair. A little innuendo anyone? # WTF is with people going batshit crazy and shooting cops? WSP trooper shot during a DUI arrest. # At les schwab getting new tires. Looks like I get free beef with them. Gotta love the NW. # [...]

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