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Posts from December 2006

Indie Rock Cover of Justin Timberlake’s “SexyBack”

In a strange, yet incredibly gutsy career move, Canadian indie rockers Rock Plaza Central have covered Justin Timberlake. The band came into focus after a series of good reviews by elitist online music site Pitchfork Media. Their cover of “SexyBack” is currently available for free download on Pitchfork.read more | digg story


Are You Paying Too Much Rent?

Tonight I watched the commandN video podcast (episode 72), and Amber recommended a very cool site called Rentometer. The site will tell you if you are paying too much rent or not after you enter your address and some apartment details.
It does not seem that this tool is incredibly accurate (unless there are 2BR apartments [...]


Verizon Customer Service Can’t Do Math

Another person has recorded a customer service call, and this time it is with Verizon. Apparently, this guy was quoted 0.002 cents for calls in Canada. However, Verizon was simply multiplying 0.002 x his number of minutes. Therefore, he was billed 100x more than he should have been.
The customer service representatives in the recording fail [...]


Apple’s iPhone will Change U.S. Cell Phone Market

Apple did it to MP3 players, and they are about to do it to cell phones (yes, after years of rumors the patent has finally surfaced for the iPhone). This is only my prediction, but I think it’s fare to assume that Apple is going to change the way people think about their cell phone. [...]


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