Monday, November 9th, 2009

Healthcare and Price Discovery

Today I had a prescription filled.  It costs me $50.  When the pharmacist counseled me on the medication, he asked how much I paid.  When he heard $50, he walked me out to one of the aisles and showed me my medication was available over the counter for half of what I paid.   He helped me get a [...]

Saturday, November 7th, 2009

Amazon’s Weak Defense

After lashing out at Amazon for moving the images to books used by Associates, I got a response. Here is their defense.
It seems that you are using a Third party application to build your links. If that is the case you need to contact them about links breaking.
We offer online automated link-generating tools [...]

Thursday, November 5th, 2009

Dear Amazon – Stop Being So Stupid

As a customer, I love Amazon. As an Associate that makes small referrals from reviews, I am sometimes amazed how stupid they can be at basic web stuff. Back in August I released a new version of my Amazon Image Link Builder, because they are incapable of writing tools that generate valid XHTML [...]

Saturday, September 5th, 2009

Don’t Waste Another Text Message On Me

I just setup a text message block on my phone.  As a cell phone customer, I have two options:

Buy an unlimited text plan, for which I’ll never use.
Pay 20 cents to send and 20 cents to receive each text message.

The unlimited option is a total waste of money for me, which leaves option 2.  I [...]

Tuesday, September 1st, 2009

A Chilly 84 Degrees?

I admit that when it comes to cold weather, I am a nut.  I went last winter without wearing a coat for all but the 2 week snowstorm.  Everyday I take a 2-3 minute ice cold rinse at the end of my shower.  When it comes to cold weather, I’m special.  
With that [...]

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