Day archives: January 27th, 2006

Problems with Dell tech support – Part 1

This is going to be a long one… A couple of weeks ago, I noticed that there was a thin dark horizontal line on my Dell Axim x30. Because it was so thin, it wasn’t that much of annoyance, but it was definitely something wrong with the screen. It only was seen when the backlight …

The value of intellectual property

We received a package today from Microsoft. The USPS customs declaration (I’m in Canada) said the following: 5 CD’s @ .75 $3.75 1 Brochure $.50 Intellectual Property $5.00 Total value $9.25 Can you ship intellectual property? Wouldn’t most people value their intellectual property at more than $5? Inside the package along with the CDs and …