Flexcar now Zipcar- February 18, 2008 Someone was asking me about cars and how to manage them. Well, if you live in Seattle, you can actually rent a car for $10hour. it is something called Flexcar. You call a phone number or logon to the web, you reserve a car in any of most garages in Seattle, then you use it for some period and then return it. Incredibly convenient and you don't pay depreciation and most importantly, if you bike or take a bus in, you don't need to have a car. Pretty cool. Flexcar is being acquired by Zipcar, so.http://tongfamily.com/2008/02/17/flexcar_for_business.php ISPs like Shaw block port 25 and break your email- February 17, 2008 Argh, why do internet providers act so smart! Sometimes I can't seem to send email and right now I'm discovering that this is because certain ISPs will block the SMTP port 25 (send mail) and 465 (secure send mail), so mysteriously at some access points, you can send mail and at others you can't. Some great hosters like TQ Hosting allow SMTP on port 25 and 26, so if you find that you can't send, check with your hoster and see if they can't open up an alternative port for you for folks like this..http://tongfamily.com/2008/02/17/shaw_blocks_port_25.php Beware don't get Mac Office 2008 Student Edition...- February 17, 2008 Yikes, the Windows Student Edition was just cheaper, but Anandtech points out that this Mac version has a $130 student edition without Exchange support while the $350 version has Exchange support. I now own two copies of an absolutely useless Student Edition as a result. Arrgggh! There is an even more useless Special Media Edition which is $440 (can you believe that) that has some sort of media cataloging application. While this version is native Intel, it does lose VBA support so macros...http://tongfamily.com/2008/02/17/beware_dont_get_mac_office_2008_student_edition.php |