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Life and Time and Things

Monday, May 4th, 2009

Directions . . .

Directions . . .

It’s been an interesting two weeks. I just leased the space for my studio and am currently trying to make the place presentable and functional. It’s been a lot of the kind of work I don’t always feel like doing, but with help from a select few I have been working at it slowly but surely. Most notably Erin Towery, Matt Lambert and Peter Huckins.

In the meantime I’ve been neglecting the things I usually have plenty of time to work on. My gallery, my blog, taking random pictures, posting them, going places . . . all of those things have been tossed by the wayside.

For the time being I have no Internet access in my space either so that has made things a little difficult. Hopefully, I can remedy that situation soon. In fact, I need to do that posthaste, as lacking the hookup it making things difficult. The thing is I was thinking that without it I would be faced with one fewer distraction.

In more tragic news, last week a close friend was killed in tree trimming accident. Joe Huckins was only 30 years old. I will post more on Joey in the future; right now I believe we are all just trying to come to terms with his death.

Come by and visit me at the studio at 985 Lincoln Way, #204 upstairs. You might call first though just to be sure I’m there. I’ve been in and out quite a bit. (530) 885-5375

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Microsoft Cashback—Scam or Glitch?

Monday, February 9th, 2009

Cashback Offer a Scam?

Cashback Offer a Scam?

A few months back Microsoft started a program to lure Internet users into using their new search engine, live.com. They promised that if you searched for and made purchases using their site, they would offer you up to a 25% cash rebate within the next 60 days.

I went for it and bought a brand new shiny lens. The supposed rebate would amount to $162.95. My rebate was supposed to become available on January 18th. The 19th came and went. I contacted them and they claimed there was some kind of glitch preventing the payment from going through. Last week they promised the rebate would finally be deposited into my Paypal account on or before the 9th of February.

To be fair their tech support has kept up sporadic contact with me, but one promise after another for resolution has not been met. At one point they blamed the problem on Paypal. I have spoken with Paypal support as well to no avail. Right now I am still floating in limbo.

I have searched the net a few times and it would appear that I am not in this alone. It would seem that some people have received their rebates, while many others have not. What I am suggesting to others who may find this an enticing offer, you may wish to reconsider. I will let you know if and when anything changes.

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