You’ve all received them before: those annoying emails from people in faraway countries claiming to be diplomats, bankers, lawyers or heirs to huge fortunes. They have millions of dollars sitting in some bank account but for some reason they need your help to get the money out of the account. If you help them, you’ll get to share in the fortune, to compensate you for helping.
Of course, it’s too good to be true. To get the money out, you usually have to …Continue reading » How to Block All Email From a Country
Today a user received this warning when opening an email: “Office File Validation detected a problem while trying to open this file. Opening it may be dangerous”. The error only occurred when the email he was opening was formatted as Rich Text (i.e. RTF file). The user’s email client is Microsoft Outlook 2003 and he has enabled the setting “Use Microsoft Office Word 2003 to read Rich Text e-mail messages”. After a bit of investigation, it seems that the error started occurring after …Continue reading » How to Fix Office File Validation Warnings After Installing Windows Updates
I switched to Telus Optik TV several months ago after being a Shaw HDTV customer for many years. So far I prefer the Telus Optik TV but I do miss a few things about the Shaw HDTV (i.e. Shaw’s generation of HDTV just before the new Shaw Gateway and Exo services).
One of these days I’ll write a full review of Telus Optik TV. For now I just want to talk about some much needed improvements for Optik TV. I emailed the following suggested improvements to Telus a few months ago but …Continue reading » Telus Optik TV is Great But Needs a Few Improvements
I’m sure many of you have seen the curvaceous POM Wonderful juice bottles in your local supermarket. I’ve seen them too…and walked right past them without even giving it a second thought. Until now, that is.
Last night I was checking out the latest offerings on Netflix when my wife spotted the Morgan Spurlock documentary The Greatest Movie Ever Sold. Here’s the description from Netflix: “Intrepid filmmaker Morgan Spurlock (Super Size Me) directs this bitingly ironic documentary, which scrutinizes the pervasive marketing, advertising and product placement practices that have become de rigueur in the entertainment industry.”
That sounded interesting so we decided to watch it…and I’m glad we did. While not quite as entertaining as Spurlock’s previous documentary, Super Size Me, I still found it engaging and thought-provoking. Ironically, …Continue reading » POM Wonderful Is Wonderful!
