Monthly Archives: August 2010

Turn off PayPal Information sharing

PayPal is a great service, leading the charge towards a digital currency that skips over borders. Unfortunately, they too have fallen towards the sentiment that your private information shoudl be public by default to further “advertising and marketing.” This is enabled by default. I had to read halfway down through a muti-page email they sent me today before… Read the rest »

Saddleback caterpillar

I got stung by one of this little guys brothers while hiking on the AT this weekend. Hurt like helland I still have a raised red area where he hit me. The caterpillar will eventually turn into a moth and be non-poisonous, but in its caterpillar stage, it has the worst of the sitnging slug… Read the rest »

Jailbroken App marketplace and Customer Service

I jailbreak my iPhone religiously. I love what it allows me to do, and now that there is a legitimate marketplace for jailbroken apps (yes, these do now cost money) there are services that manage them – and they have CUSTOMER SERVICE! One of these is Rock Your Phone (www.rockyourphone.com). Several months ago i purchased… Read the rest »