Ramblings of an Anonymous Coward

More Foo

it has been hit and miss productivity wise today, but regardless i am enjoying my new foo fighters cd that i have been anxiously awaiting. while relaxing to the musical stylings of dave grohl and the boys, i figured i'd share a mess links i've gotten over the past few days.

• an excellent way to not register for sites that require registration. (e.g. nytimes.com)
  
• wow, looks like there is somewhere i can rid myself of all these extra gmail invites. perhaps i'll pick up an orkut one in return? or something cooler.
  
• i'm thinking of using bosxom for some projects at work. it loooks like pretty robust and free weblog software.
  
• six apart has announced a greatly improved pricing model. i'm glad they are seeing the light before it's too late.
  
• i was pointed to gfd's site to read a post on 6/16. i link it here for no particular reason at all.
  
• i vaguely recognize the whole two things thing. some of the ones provided are so true!
  
• so much talk about the da vinci code... the upside is nice articles like Good stories, pity they're not true in devlin's take over at the mathematical association of america. ah! golden ratios and fibonacci sequences. good stuff!
  
• another lorem ipsum generator.
  
• and yet another color palette creator for non artistic schmucks like me.
  
• excellent ways to do lists on the web. a good example of the power of css.
  

found on another site, but since i think it might eventually go away, i figured i'd just snag the text. i'm quoting it verbatim so all credit or complaints should go elsewhere. this could save you $10/month if you are a sprint pcs customer.

Tired of SprintPCS dropping your calls????

I have been a customer of SprintPCS for the last 5 years or so. Recently, due to a job change, I needed to switch cell-phone carriers. I was having a large number of calls dropped in addition to not having adequate coverage in the new areas I traveled for work. When I called Sprint to cancel, customer service gave me one hell of a run around - they even threatened to not let me cancel my account - WTF? Finally, in a last-ditch effort to keep me from canceling, the rep told me how I could get credits for dropped calls and thus lower my bill. The procedure is easy - every time I had a call dropped, I simply needed to do the following :

• Call *2 on your SprintPCS phone (calls customer solutions)
• When greeted by "Claire" (their automated customer service system) and asked what you need help with, simply reply "Dropped Call Credit"
• Sprint will then credit your account 1 minute of airtime at the highest local rate, usually $0.50

The rep went on to tell me "this was permissible for up to 20 times per billing cycle.” Do the math and you will see that it will save you $10.00 per bill. Additionally, if you have a family share plan you can repeat this for each line, saving you an additional $10.00 per line during each billing cycle. The rep stated that even she "does this every month, regardless of whether or not she has had 20 dropped calls. It saves [her] $10.00 per month!”

Posted by ac at June 17, 2004 10:21 PM