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g+ cover photos just got bigger

Cover photos on google+ just got bigger. Great! What for? I don’t know yet. What looks really bad though is the new round shape of the profile photo.

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2013 03 06 Rants Comments (0)

Bye bye, Moneybookers (Skrill)

I had such high hopes for you, thought you might grow up to challenge PayPal. I soon realized that you were special. Your special SMS verification lead to a number of complaints from customers who claimed they’d never received your message. Those special “ISO” country codes you used in your merchant gateway forced me to [...]

2012 06 01 Attempted Humor
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eFax reviews and alternatives

eFax alternatives? There are a lot of companies offering similar (or even better) services for fax sending and receiving. I eventually signed up with PamFax not only because they were cheaper, but mostly because they make it extremely easy to cancel your account.

2011 12 23 Business Tips
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EU Council adopts directive to harmonise consumer rights in distance purchases

After more than five years of consultations and discussions, the Council of the European Union has finally adopted a new directive harmonising “consumer rights in distance (including on-line) and off-premises purchases” (press release (PDF) and directive (PDF), hat tip to heise.de). Despite the talk about “better protection of consumer rights”, I believe that the central [...]

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2011 10 11 eCommerce Comments (0)

Seagate BlackArmor NAS 220: NAS to NAS backup

I’ll provide instructions for NAS to NAS backups using two Seagate BlackArmor NAS 220 below, but first I have to warn you that these devices have two serious drawbacks which might render them completely useless for this purpose…

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2011 03 29 Hardware
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