James VanDyke

Author: james

  • Bad Company: Royal Carribbean

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    My wife and I are looking forward to a cruise this spring with two other couples on Royal Caribbean. We made our reservations  last fall, including a relatively sizable deposit. The remainder of the cost is due this month. When I went online to pay the remainder I found that Royal Caribbean had added a…

  • Turn off Add-on compatibility check in Firefox 3 Beta

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    I love Firefox, so whenever a new version is available, I immediately download it. One of the reasons I love Firefox is the ability to install add-ons or extensions. Unfortunately many of the authors of the add-ons aren’t as quick to migrate the newest version. Luckily, I found a fix to allow me to use…

  • Intervention Today

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    TigerMan is getting an intervention today. He’s a bad walker. Since that’s his main activity most days it’s a problem. So a dog trainer is coming to work with him. This is the fourth trainer to try to fix him. Here’s hoping.

  • How big is your market

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    If you’re going to start a business or launch a new product you should be able to answer in numerical terms how big your market is.

  • Wanted: AppleTV + TiVo

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    Dear Steve, I watched your keynote address yesterday and found it to be somewhat anti-climatic. The main reason, I wanted you to announce a version of AppleTV that includes the functionality of a TiVo. All you offered was the ability to rent movies. I fine with movies but in order to find a place close…

  • Ford Sync Commercial

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    I saw this commercial and laughed out loud. Since that doesn’t happen very often I thought I would share it.

  • Don’t search for, or buy, domains from Network Solutions

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    Network Solutions recently changed their business practices to hold any domain name searched for on their site for four days before releasing it for possible purchase elsewhere. This is bad because unsuspecting users are effectively locked into purchasing the domain from Network Solutions, one of the most expensive domain registrars, if they want the domain…

  • Worst Website Design, Ever.

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    Occasionally you run into something that’s so bad you can’t stop looking. I had one of those experiences today when a co-worker sent me this site. So the next time you complain about how your website looks just remember it could be worse. Worst Website Design Ever.

  • My work on display at the Dallas Morning News

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    One part of my job is presentations and at yesterday’s SMU Football Coach news conference I was responsible for the content of the plasma displays on either side of the stage. So, when the Dallas Morning News took pictures at the event the screens were in several of their shots. See the pictures.

  • New SMU Football Coach from Hawaii

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    June Jones is SMU’s new football coach. Despite some last minute hand-ringing, Coach Jones jumped ship at Hawaii for the mainland of the Big D. Jones turned around Hawaii’s program in his first year and this year led Hawaii to an undefeated regular season and a BCS bowl berth. Here’s hoping he can do the…