Category Archives: Commentary

Tim Russert dead at 58

Posted on June 13, 2008 by Keith

Just what the title says. Number of political journalists that I can listen to without wanting to throw up: Back to 0.

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Retail point-of-sale terminal suck

Posted on May 29, 2008 by Keith

Would it kill POS hardware manufacturers to engineer some type of advanced credit card POS terminal that doesn’t require me to guess whether I need to press Credit, Enter or Cancel to use my credit card as a credit card? … Continue reading →

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Amazon MP3 Downloads: Proxy and alternative OS users pay a higher price?

Posted on October 14, 2007 by Keith

Just days ago, I documented what I thought were two shortcomings related to the Amazon MP3 Downloads service: Users can only download songs once (minor), and Amazon’s MP3 Downloader utility lacks proxy support (at the time, also minor). As a … Continue reading →

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Two issues with Amazon MP3 Music Downloads

Posted on October 3, 2007 by Keith

I just attempted to make my first purchase from Amazon’s new DRM-free music download service. I say “attempted” because, while Amazon was successful in billing me for my purchase, I was not successful in downloading the music for which I … Continue reading →

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