25. November, 2003 - cell-number portability
- I got some feedback saying that it might not be smart to order from Andgor Toys, who I pointed to last Friday. There’s an update there.
- New Rules May Set Off a Cellphone Scramble as people move to new providers.
- Number Portability Tips for Consumers has some tips on how to keep the number from your cell-phone when you switch carriers. [boing boing]
- New U.S. Rules on Cell Numbers Create Uncertainty among cellular companies. Maybe one of ’em will actually start providing customer service. That’d be noteworthy enough that maybe I’d get a cell-phone again.
- And finally, it says here there was no rush for cell switch. Probably because the procedures aren’t clear and people still have time left on their contracts.
- In War Over Spam, One Company Is Happily Arming Both Sides, selling high-volume mail servers to spammers, and also having bought Spamcop back in July. But really, they have your best interests in mind.
- Fairgrounds all but closed: Winter use is quiet, tensive. I used to walk through the fairgrounds to and from work when I was working at ETA in the late 80s and driving bus for Ryder in 1990. I’d take the inter-campus bus to St. Paul for free, and then hoof it across the fairgrounds towards Como and Snelling. The only real problem was that very often the gates down on Como weren’t open so I’d have to detour a bit, but it was an interesting walk through there in the winter. I remember liking the fairgrounds in the winter much more than during the fair.
- Finally, last night and this morning, I added over a hundred new quotes to the Quotes I like file. I found a book of with quotations underlined that I hadn’t typed into the computer yet, and decided it was better to type them up now than pack the book and possibly never get to it. That’s how projects like “pack up the books” turn into multi-week marathons for me.
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Last updated on Tue, 25 Nov 2003 08:37:21.