Monthly Archives: March 2007

Comp Time: Your Company’s Secret Weapon

Posted on March 29, 2007 by Walt Stoneburner

Comp Time is your company’s secret weapon to boost productivity, make employees happy, and make the bottom line larger. See it in action – do you work for Company A or Company B. Pretty graphs included. Continue reading →

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Firefox: Problem Loading Page

Posted on March 28, 2007 by Walt Stoneburner

All of the sudden, Firefox started reporting it had problems loading pages and that the proxy server was refusing connections. Problem is, I don’t have a proxy server. …the problem, however was my own doing and very easy to fix. Continue reading →

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Great XSLT Tool for OS X

Posted on March 27, 2007 by Walt Stoneburner

Found an awesome tool for performing XSLT transformations on Mac OS X. It’s called XSLPallette, and it worked flawlessly where web browsers fell down hard. Continue reading →

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More Customer Service at the Apple Store

Posted on March 14, 2007 by Walt Stoneburner

Another real-life example of Apple Customer Service at the Tyson’s Corner Store in Virginia. Continue reading →

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Deleting the Postgres service in XP

Posted on March 13, 2007 by Walt Stoneburner

Installed Postgres 8.2, but the obsolete service for Postgres 8.1 hung around. Here’s how to manually get rid of it. Continue reading →

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On the ride to Hershey’s

Posted on March 11, 2007 by Walt Stoneburner

Well, I suppose it makes sense if you look at it from the perspective of a kid… Continue reading →

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Customer Service at the Apple Store

Posted on March 6, 2007 by Walt Stoneburner

What would normally be a “bad” experience at the Apple Store quickly turns positive, resulting in a generous refund and some interesting tips for future purchases for those not familiar with the differences between Apple Online Store and Apple’s retail Stores. Continue reading →

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Shopping at Toys’R'Us

Posted on March 6, 2007 by Walt Stoneburner

“So, have you had much experience being a seven year old girl?”
“Yup, a whole year.” Continue reading →

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Bread Basket

Posted on March 6, 2007 by Walt Stoneburner

Had some fun with Coastal Flats, and in turn got to see some excellent customer service. Continue reading →

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