The old bait and switch: promise you one thing and sell you another. That’s what happened when I signed up for a year of VPN service through NordVPN. Their website said: “Easiest VPN Ever. To get on NordVPN, just click and go. NordVPN’s secure VPN software takes care of all the…
WordPress as a platform has been a solid, secure application over the years. The few times a vulnerability has been found, the WP team has been super-fast to patch it, publicize it, and take care of business. That said, there are two major areas where WordPress lacks in security: 1.…
I’m not sure anyone will want to read this entire post, but I wanted to share it and document it in case anyone else finds themselves in the same boat. Charter Communications is a bad, bad company. Charter Communications has terrible customer service. Here is my story. We bought and…
I am completely fine with paying for software that I really like and that serves a purpose for me. However, if you are a software company that is going to use the ‘paid upgrade’ model of charging customers to upgrade to the next major version of your product, make sure the next…
You read that right! According to the WRAL “Techwire,” Raleigh and Asheville will soon be getting blazing fast gigabit Internet, well ahead of Google Fiber reaching our neck of the woods. That’s about 1000 times faster than your average Charter or Comcast cable Internet service. You can download an entire…
US Appeals Court Kills Net Neutrality There goes the Internet. Your broadband provider can now decide to throttle Netflix, Hulu, and YouTube streaming into your house and leave unthrottled their own crappy on-demand service for which they charge you to watch movies. Let’s hope the Supreme Court gets to rule…
