Category: Tech
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos: Frequent Campaign Contributor, Infrequent Voter
[sc:amazon] Given the overwhelming influence of money in politics these days, it’s easy to get cynical about voting. Even I’m not sure any longer that it makes much of a difference and recently have stopped voting as frequently. Still, it’s...
It’s Time for a Populist Culture War on Corruption
The latest attack on net neutrality provides a perfect opportunity to reassess the operating integrity of our government and the effectiveness of our well-worn responses. Over the past week, I’ve seen requests to sign petitions, requests to call my representatives and requests...
Want a WordPress Quickstart?
Update: I’ve improved the WordPress Quickstart with new themes and images. Learn more! Try WordPress Quickstart My WordPress quickstart is a low cost, performance optimized installation that takes just a few minutes. It’s a pre-installed image of WordPress optimized with caching software...
Amazon Marketplace Fraud Made Easy
Update Nov 2015: Rayah Aladdin reached out to me saying her sister Abby deceptively used her Amazon account. Rayah says she had nothing to do with this and seems credible. Outsourced Customer Service Lets Unscrupulous Buyers Prey on Amazon’s Marketplace Sellers...
Simple Monitor: Low Cost Web Server Monitoring
Today, I’m releasing a productized version of Simple Monitor which offers a low cost, easy to use web server monitoring solution with email and smartphone notifications. It’s available at SimpleMonitorApp.com. Downloading the code to host on your own server is...
Beware of Dealing with Rayah Abby Aladdin of Chicago
Beware of dealing with Rayah Abby Aladdin in Chicago. I had a bad experience and feel defrauded by her actions. In my case, Aladdin is guilty of product laundering – ordering one product and returning a different product, but claiming...
How to Secure Your Mac From Potential Theft
Thanks to The Loop and The Chronicle for promoting this post … follow me @reifman for updates. Let’s get started helping you to secure your mac: My residence was recently broken into (the alarm malfunctioned on entry and only went off...