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Mediacom is Crap

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For a day I had no internet service and our cable TV was very fuzzy. After talking to three different people, all who take the word “service” our of customer service, the best answer I could get was they could call us within the next 48 hours to SET UP AN APPOINTMENT to check what the problem was. Why am I paying for a service, and it is a service, in which I get nothing in return. We all had papers and speeches to write so having no internet was not a good thing. We explained to Mediacom that we are college students that are working on school assignments and we needed the net back ASAP and their response is, “maybe you shouldn’t rely on the service if it is that important.” Oh really, I shouldn’t rely on a service that I pay for, that is marketed as being reliable? Then they told us to maybe have a backup service or change services. Well, I didn’t know it was your job as a Mediacom employee to tell customers that your service is crappy and unreliable and tell them to find other services.

If we didn’t only live here for 1 more paying month, we would switch. I will NEVER use Mediacom’s crappy “service” again, and I urge everyone else not to either. Sattelite is becoming a better value, and DSL via SBC is just as good, if not better, than Mediacom.

Contact Mediacom to tell them how crappy their service is here: Contact Mediacom

Teaching

Today I taught High School. I think it went fairly well. I wasn’t as nervous as I thought I would be. Don Smith, the supervisor from SMS, came and observed me and provided some feedback that I’m sure will be helpful to me. I felt sorry for the students because they were writing the whole hour, but I wanted to keep them busy because I knew that Don would be there and I didn’t want them getting out of hand. The class was unbelievably well behaved. I was pleasantly surprised. Usually they are monsters, but they were all at their best behavior today. I’m glad it went as well as it did.

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Some Updates

There is a new look, for now. You all know how often I change the look, and with WP 1.5, it’s a lot easier to do so.

I also added the “Listening to” section in the sidebar via a plugin I saw at Gregory Bowers’ excellent site.

I will also be using the WP-People plug in as soon as I add people to my database. What it does is when a person’s name is put in a post, it links their name to a bio about the person. So if there is a person I talk about a lot on the blog, you can click their name and a short bio and other info will pop-up. Pretty cool stuff.

EDIT: I changed my Listening to plugin, after seeing a better, newer version on another site. Check it out here: WP-Scrobbler

AOL Eavesdrops

AOL has some new “Terms of Service” for those who use their AOL Instant Messaging servers, and it’s pretty crazy:

Although you or the owner of the Content retain ownership of all right, title and interest in Content that you post to any AIM Product, AOL owns all right, title and interest in any compilation, collective work or other derivative work created by AOL using or incorporating this Content. In addition, by posting Content on an AIM Product, you grant AOL, its parent, affiliates, subsidiaries, assigns, agents and licensees the irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide right to reproduce, display, perform, distribute, adapt and promote this Content in any medium. You waive any right to privacy. You waive any right to inspect or approve uses of the Content or to be compensated for any such uses.

maybe its time to start using some encryption add-on tools

Source: http://www.benstanfield.com/thrash/2005/03/aol_eavesdrops_.html

More Jazz Fun

Adam Dorn (son of fabled jazz producer Joel Dorn) is dj mocean worker (aka mowo). His tight mixes and eclectic influences keep his music one step above. Not to mention, he has funny videos. Take a look at the video for his mix for Chick a Boom Boom Boom here: Chick A Boom Boom Boom