…ing phone number over to a VOIP service there’s a paperwork process that has to take place. In a few minutes I’d finished all the forms and immediately got a couple e-mails telling me I was signed up. Within about 10 minutes my entire process was complete including the shipping out of my phone adapter (which I’m still waiting to arrive so I can’t be sure yet that the adapter actually shipped when they claim it did). This s
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…s reliable. I notice it takes longer for calls to go through (we’re talking just a matter of a couple seconds but it’s still longer). Then there are calls that just don’t go through. I have this happen about 10% of the time. I dial and the phone just doesn’t ever connect. I hang up and re-dial and it usually works fine. There are times calls with drop. This happens more than calls not going through. I’ll be talking a
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I was just reading a piece on Huffington Post about 15 of the stranger interview questions of late from top companies. I’ve had a reputation for being one of those people who does exactly this when I interview people. Most of the positions I’ve hired for demand creativity so I’ve found that the interview needs to be creative as well. You’re not looking for monkeys who know how to memorize responses in these roles. The que
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…e dialpad is the information display. It has three soft-buttons below the display. These buttons change function depending on the menu you’re in or the mode the phone is in. By default they are for selecting “Line 1″, to access the “Menu” or to select “Line 2″. There’s also a large round joystick-like button that lets you access several functions. Pushing right brings up the previous callers list. P
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I had a recent experience (as in this past weekend) that I thought I’d put a note up about as I doubt I’m alone. It involves my mother who reads this blog so if this comes off as insulting in any manner it’s not intended and you have my apology in advance (though I should probably already know better that if you have to apologize in advance then perhaps I should stop here but…..) I always enjoy technology even when it doe
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…offer. You’ve got to admire a guy that can be that successful for that long while also changing roles to boot. His current film as director is Changeling. It’s a surprising story about a real event that started in 1928. To tell you about the plot is to expose a bit too much. Suffice to say that the event is an emotional one involving a mother and her son and the truly infamous interactions with the corrupt and inept Los Angeles police
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The VP of Iraq wants a timetable for US troops withdrawal. The President of Iraq supports this request. However, every time anyone mentions removing troops from Iraq, the Right goes into it’s pre-recorded mantra of labeling them with the concept of supporting “cut and run” policies. Of course this sounds cowardly and foolish, which is exactly the point. It never seems to dawn on these idiots that supporting our troops means tha
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The Vice Presidential debate is over and I’m glad we can finally talk about larger issues again. The bottom line for this debate was clear in my view. It was less about who won or lost and more about Governor Sarah Palin‘s performance. She’s the one everyone is curious about. After the incredible disaster of the Katie Couric interviews everyone wondered if she’d destroy the entire McCain campaign in one last major meltdow
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Okay, so FiOS has been working out quite well but today I got some disturbing news. We noticed that over the last couple of days that our main phone number (yes, I still have regular phones) was a bit quiet. I then called ViaTalk about it (they’re our VoIP provider) and they informed me that Verizon, on their own, went ahead and just ported my phone number over for their phone service—a service I hadn’t ordered and don’t want.
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In January 2009 I signed up for FiOS TV and Internet service (but not phone service) with the last post about my troubled experiences here. Things improved slightly during the last 18 months, or more accurately, I adjusted my expectations down a bit. The DVR is still just terrible. The biggest issue is that it’s hardly a DVR during the new TV season. The hard drive is so small that there’s not enough room to leave recordings on it fo
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