Category Archives: Web Places

Neat places on the web, fun sites, and other stuff worth visiting.

Apple’s Discussion Boards

Posted on January 1, 2011 by Walt Stoneburner

An amusement – notice how many of the Apple discussion threads report “2 Helpful, 1 Solved” and not only is the issue unsolved, but often there aren’t even three messages in the thread. Something’s broken, and apparently Apple doesn’t care. Continue reading →

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Netflix Recommends

Posted on May 10, 2010 by Walt Stoneburner

WTF did Netflix recommend this? Continue reading →

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MobileMe Sync Problems – Resolved

Posted on July 25, 2009 by Walt Stoneburner

Apple’s MobileMe service stopped syncing for me, claiming there was one conflict, which it wouldn’t let me resolve. Here are the steps and a Python script that fixes it. Continue reading →

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MacHeist 3: A Look At Group Purchasing Behavior

Posted on March 31, 2009 by Walt Stoneburner

Have MacHeist sales stagnated? He’s my take on why, and what can be done to fix it, and how it has to play out… for the better! Continue reading →

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Connecting Models and Photographers… why so hard?

Posted on March 11, 2009 by Walt Stoneburner

There are numerous sites that proclaim to connect models and photographers, however based on the design and business models I’ve seen, I don’t think it can work in present form. Here’s why. Continue reading →

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Ugh, wimp.com has video ads

Posted on March 11, 2009 by Walt Stoneburner

Here’s a case where mini-ads just killed the experience for me, and as a result became a deterrent from visiting a once popular site for me. Continue reading →

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Photographers a Threat? Uh, no.

Posted on June 15, 2008 by Walt Stoneburner

Bruce Schneier talks about The War on Photographer, where photographers are presumed to be terrorists. This stuck a chord with me, as I’m a photographer, and I have been stopped in the manner Bruce describes. Continue reading →

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Beyond.com: don’t trust it.

Posted on June 15, 2008 by Walt Stoneburner

Would you trust a service that scrapes dated resumes, creates profiles without your permission, and make it difficult to get rid of them? Didn’t think so. Then in my personal opinion, you wouldn’t trust beyond.com — find out what unsolicited content was waiting in my inbox. Continue reading →

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Remember those split-books?

Posted on June 14, 2008 by Walt Stoneburner

After ranking over 10,000 items in Amazon, I’m seeing interesting stuff from time to time. However, none as amusing as this. Continue reading →

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Verizon News Groups (FiOS)

Posted on February 14, 2007 by Walt Stoneburner

Got Verizon FiOS? Get News Groups working – tech support number, host name, port number, and hints included. Continue reading →

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