Nov 30 2005

Read “The Tipping Point”

Tag: General — Richard @ 9:04 am
I just finished reading Malcolm Gladwell’s “The Tipping Point”, and thoroughly enjoyed it. It’s a great primer on social trends, delving into various personalities and environmental stimuli as the catalysts for change.
 
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Nov 30 2005

Don’t ever buy from PriceRitePhoto.com

Tag: General — Richard @ 8:51 am
Few things burn me up like bad customer service, and taking advantage of people who don’t know about the sneaky scammers out there on the net. Thomas Hawk has an excellent example story about what can happen if you deal with the wrong people.
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Nov 13 2005

SMS codes for Yahoo

Tag: General — Richard @ 8:52 am
Who knew you could use Yahoo over SMS in this manner?  If I don’t manage to keep my new SK2 for very long, I may be forced/get to try these out :)
 
 SMS for Yahoo IM:
· Login:
To: 92466 msg: IN [Your Yahoo! ID] [Password]
· Logout:
To: 92466 msg: OUT
· Message to other User:
To: 92466 msg: TO [Their Yahoo! ID or their YIM Friend Code (ex. "101")] [Message. . .]
*OR*
To: 92466[+YIM Friend Code (ex. "92466101"] msg: [Message. . .]
· Ignore other User:
Reply to a sent message: IGNORE
· Add a New YIM Friend (Buddy):
To: 92466 msg: ADD [Their Yahoo! ID]
· Delete a YIM Friend:
To: 92466 msg: DEL [Their Yahoo! ID]
· View your YIM Friends List:
To: 92466 msg: GET ALL (”*” by Friend’s name means they are on-line)
NOTE: If entire list is not shown:
Reply to Msg: MORE
· View your YIM On-Line Friends List:
To: 92466 msg: GET (3-digit code is the YIM Friend ID)
NOTE: If entire list is not shown:
Reply to Msg: MORE
· To show a list of all YIM commands:
To: 92466 msg: HELP
 
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