Cord Cutting, adds more cords

Posted on April 30, 2012 by Skuggi

Ok, so Verion Fios finally took out a station that I rather enjoyed. The Funimation Channel. I’m an anime fan and Funimation was one of the few stations that I would usually just leave on. This started me on a path of looking for other ways to get anime on the TV. Now, I have a bunch of options Google TV which gave me little except a browser that worked on some sites, Apple TV, which paired with my iPad gave me some more options with airplay and with air video I was able to stream some already downloaded content and Hulu + and Netflix. I also have an XboX 360 which meh… Air video gave me better streaming than the box. I’ll leave that for games. I’m now sitting back writing this from my futon on the PC I just hooked up HDMI to the TV and besides the meh fonts its seeming to be the best option for streaming. The other devices still have their uses and I’m going to keep them around but I also feel I’m still going to switch over to my HDDVR for watching stuff too. So for all the talk of cord cutting, all I got was a bunch more cords and I think I’ll still be paying my TV bill on time.

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Debit Card # Stolen. This time I was a bit more prepared.

Posted on April 12, 2012 by Skuggi

So for the second time someone has gotten hold of my Debit Card # and ran up a nice bill. Luckily I learned me a few things from the last go around and it should be all solved soon.

First the easiest solution is to just not have anything with a visa or mastercard logo on it, but come on now really, I’m a tech guy first and foremost.  Even with all of the available stores in my area, there is still a lot I have to buy online. I try and use Amazon or PayPal exclusively (Not that I love them necessarily), it just gives me a buffer between my card and the person collecting the cash.   Even then though, it’s not always possible. 

Now for when you still need to have one.

1st:  Check your bank account twice daily,  Most banks have online banking check into it.  

2nd: Call your bank on the first weird charge, this could be some small charges randomly so you don’t notice, or like me today 350$

3rd: If you don’t have checks (I Don’t anymore) and it’s after hours while your at work, tell your bank you will be calling back shortly to deactivate your card. Take your lunch or however you can and pull out some cash just in case.

4th:call back your bank, deactivate your card. 

5th: If you can see where the fraudulent purchase was made (Mine was a website it said right on my pending charge) Look up their customer service # and call them. I did this and from the time I was on the phone and told the rep the issue in 5 minutes he confirmed to me that the charge had actually been flagged by their billing system and that the funds wouldn’t be processed.  I also received a reference # to give the bank when I call them in the AM so that they will hopefully clear the pending quicker. 

6th: I will reiterate keep an eye on your transactions, at least twice a day, my bank even has a mobile app so I can check up on it easier.  It saved me from some potentially bad situations had I not realized they nearly wiped my account clean. (This is also what I get for paying all bills in a single week.) 

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Hmm… Video press

Posted on April 12, 2012 by Skuggi

Looking at the video press option as part of the re-gear. Good idea this may be yes? Especially for con reporting!

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Re-gearing the blog!

Posted on April 12, 2012 by Skuggi

I’m going to regear this blog of mine that I’ve been neglecting over the past few months.  While it will still focus a lot on technology there is other stuff that I would like to post and there’s a lot of down time in between news cycles in the tech world, well there is unless you want to comment on the “Latest Tech that has only changed slightly and will most likely be a flop but it has a press release already and makes life easier for us to post about nothing!”

Heck, I’m probably the only person that really reads what I post anyway, but hey it helps!  When I saw a commercial today for the Nokia N900 I was like, hey I knew that was coming back a year ago when Microsoft was trying to first court Nokia. I had even blogged about the purchase, see I’m not insane, just crazy!

But I think I’m gonna branch out to general stuff, some gaming stuff too, heck I keep the lights on for one of the best Minecraft servers out there AND I have an 1100 ELO!  yes, LoL in both senses of the acronym.

So expect to see more of that stuff.

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Back into photography.

Posted on April 11, 2012 by Skuggi

So I’ve gotten back into photography. Let’s face it, I’m a geek but I need another hobby that gets me outside of the house and doesn’t stress me out the way that gaming and complex networking for the sake of complex networking does. I actually picked this back up a few months ago once again grabbing my trusty old Canon Rebel Xti and then finally buying some new lenses and now things are just spiraling out of control and I’m now looking for a new camera as well as some lenses that are crazy expensive.

Maybe I should have picked up rock collecting.

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