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Re: Automatically add lyrics to iTunes on your Mac

Miki — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 09:33:22 -0000

Perfect! thanks for all

Re: Automatically add lyrics to iTunes on your Mac

raddevon — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 08:43:16 -0000

Glad I could help!

Re: Top Ten Geek New Year’s Resolutions

Andrus — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 09:09:59 -0000

I guess one thing that would be the icing on this geek New Year's resolutions cake could be writing all of them down on http://www.pledgehammer.com . It's a site myself (obsessed with all kinds of resolutions) and a few friends launched about a week ago. It very politely nudges you to donate money to charity if you do NOT stick to your resolution. So there you go, a geeky as well as charitable thing. Would be great to get some feedback on it.

Re: Automatically add lyrics to iTunes on your Mac

raddevon — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 09:21:02 -0000

Glad to hear it, Simon.

Re: Automatically add lyrics to iTunes on your Mac

Simon — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 07:23:20 -0000

Thanks worked fine for me

Re: Why I’m glad I switched to Mac (or Why I will never purchase another Dell item again)

old-Guy — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 12:28:33 -0000

Until the beginning of this year, I used to recommend Dell to my (UK) customers, and sometimes purchase on their behalf - Q4/2007 I bought 9 units. Of course, I was a registered customer. For me, Dell offered the advantage of being able to configure a new PC exactly to customer requirements without hunting through standard specs trying to find a match.
In February 2008, I received immediate confirmation of an order for a Vostro desktop ex stock and quoting my standard invoice and despatch addresses as stored in their customer details for me. Over the next 2 days I was unable to trace the order on their system. Then I get an automated e-mail saying the details on the order don't match my customer details. Sighed deeply and filled out the form. 6 days later they cancelled the order claiming payment was refused by Visa. Check with my Visa provider - no problem, no record of a refusal. Dell customer service can't/won't sort it out. Can only suggest that I place another order - no guarantee they won't foul that up too. By this time the PC should have been up and running for the customer. Naturally this sounded rather implausible to my customer whose principal concern was new PC up-and-running, not my problems with an unreliable supplier. I haven't dealt with Dell.
I now buy off-the-shelf PCs from a reliable wholesaler, with screens, extra memory, interface cards etc., as necessary.

Re: Why I’m glad I switched to Mac (or Why I will never purchase another Dell item again)

Leslie — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 10:00:08 -0000

Mark and I bought a monitor from Dell months ago, and yes, it, too, was defective right out of the box. He was on the phone with "Charlie" (AKA Sanjeev) for hours, and some of that time was spent mainly because Mark could not understand half of what this guy was saying and vice versa. Anyway, a new monitor was shipped to us, and we were told, after we asked, that a return authorization label would come with it. We received the new monitor, which did work fine, but never received anything giving us instructions on how to ship the defective monitor back. Well, Mark grew very tired of talking to "Charlie," so the bad monitor has been sitting in our front room since August, and apparently, Dell does not give a shit.

I do not own a Mac, though I lust after one probably on a daily basis. Why don't I own a Mac? Because I am cheap. That is all.

Re: Don’t vote

raddevon — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 07:29:16 -0000

Wow. I guess I should refreshed my memory about Castle Greyskull before writing this post. Evidently, I remembered the name of it from my childhood but not any of the details about it. Heh heh. Thanks for pointing out my egregious error!

Re: Don’t vote

Dusty — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:45:20 -0000

"There is no value in a popularity contest to decide the presidency..."

I highly agree with you concerning most of your post. I tend to disagree with your last paragraph. Castle Greyskull is a refuge and a fortress of goodness. Contained therein are secrets to empower the owner to rule all of Eternia.
Instead of Castle Greyskull, i believe you meant to say Snake Mountain.
McCain may resemble Castle Greyskull, but he is not the resident thereof. But, then again, if he wins the election, maybe he will move into it and gain all the secrets of the universe....perhaps becoming one of the "Masters of the Universe"! ...perhaps not.

Re: Don’t vote

raddevon — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:10:35 -0000

For some reason, factcheck.org only seems interested in the "old media"--namely TV and robocalls. I'm not sure why they don't cover unsubstantiated claims like mine that don't bother citing sources. Anyway, I assure you it is all true.

I would like to be more optimistic, but I am speaking to the subset of people who have heard their favorite celebrities tell them to vote but don't really give a shit--the people who vote because it has been "cooled" (I verbed a word!) by MTV.

Re: Don’t vote

raddevon — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:06:51 -0000

I'm sure you tell that to all the bloggers. ;-)

Re: Don’t vote

Chris — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 10:45:19 -0000

hmmm...that's so weird!!! i just checked factcheck.org on the two John McCain facts you shared with us, and they don't mention those... can you provide a source for that info??? cause i would love to visit Castle Greyskull!!! that would be freaking awesome!

anyways...i say go vote...more and more people today are learning about the issues and where the candidates are on them. if you don't know whats going on in today's age, then its no ones fault but your own. sadly, the ones that are to lazy to lookup/research the info are most likely to lazy to go stand in ridiculously long lines just to cast a vote (no matter if early voting or not...)

Re: Don’t vote

Tiffany — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 09:33:57 -0000

Love the last paragraph. I wish that this was more encouraging about educating oneself as opposed to just don't vote if you are not educated about things, but this is a good thought!

I love you!

Re: Afraid of socialism?

Tiffany — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 17:53:42 -0000

I love that scene from the movie "Stranger than Fiction" where Maggie Gyllenhal's character expresses that she will only pay taxes for the things she wants taxes to be used for! Unfortunately this is where socialism "fails" us...to be a contributor we will have to concede that we will support some things for the good of people other than ourselves. Our opinion is not always going to be the majority, and sometimes the majority is wrong.

Re: Dear Blog

Dusty — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 22:02:53 -0000

We are here
Also eager to see Raddevon unleash some awesomeness on WhereIsItMade.org
Bring on the good stuff

Re: Dear Blog

Chris — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 21:47:30 -0000

hello? anyone out there? i know your out there... just answer me!

Re: Dear Blog

raddevon — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:38:42 -0000

Thanks for the well-wishes.

Re: Dear Blog

Dusty — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 10:36:02 -0000

Good Luck!

Re: Diablo 3 announced; PC (and Mac) gamers rejoice!

jack — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 12:45:35 -0000

hey can i have the system requirements please need to prepare for the adventure......................

Re: Diablo 3 announced; PC (and Mac) gamers rejoice!

jack — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 12:44:05 -0000

i cannot say how desperate iam to play the game

Re: Diablo 3 announced; PC (and Mac) gamers rejoice!

raddevon — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:19:49 -0000

I hate to admit I did, but it is much deeper than you make it sound.

I'm sure it will play on most everything just like WoW.

Re: Diablo 3 announced; PC (and Mac) gamers rejoice!

ColdWave — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:36:32 -0000

Oh come on, you smiled and you know it! : - )

I can't wait for this game. I just hope my computer can handle it.

Re: Diablo 3 announced; PC (and Mac) gamers rejoice!

raddevon — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:37:19 -0000

That describes any game played only with the mouse!

Re: Diablo 3 announced; PC (and Mac) gamers rejoice!

ColdWave — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:05:41 -0000

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I beat Diablo III!

Re: Diablo 3 announced; PC (and Mac) gamers rejoice!

Tiffypooh — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:47:59 -0000

I am loving the new Comicky title...