Posts Tagged ‘bank

In the realm of Web performance measurement and monitoring, one of the eternal and ever-present questions remains “What is fast?”. The simple fact is that there is no single answer for this question, as it it isn’t a question with one quantitative answer that encompasses all the varied scenarios that are presented to the Web [...]

Ian Holsman was standing in the bank, when he overheard a woman getting a bank draft to send to the Netherlands to claim her treasure. [here]
Avarice, it is thy failing.
Stupidity is pretty high on the list, too.
Tags: Nigerian scams, 419 scams, greed, avarice, stupidity

James Governor of RedMonk covers the serious fine Nationwide just got in the UK. [HERE and original post HERE]
This post immediately left me with the feeling (and it’s an oogie feeling) that the country in which I reside is completely borked when it comes to data security.
Private companies would get slammed by leaking private information in every [...]

Today, the sun is shining and I am working from home, so things don’t seems as bad.
The last few days have been interesting, as I have become more aware that the my work-related anger and dissatisfaction does not originate with the people at work, or the place I work, or the work itself, but from [...]

Citizens Bank Outage

In: Life| RANTING

10 Oct 2006

Citizens Bank Outage
Originally uploaded by spierzchala.

Some days, your bank needs to get smacked around.
This is one of those times.
What is going on?

I am ot sure why these happy discoveries have not made their way south of the border, but here in Canada, some of the Starbucks’ stores have drive-thru windows.
However, I can tell you that the one we had coffee at in Westbank, BC showed that the drive-thru folks got preference over the people in the [...]

The Jimi Wallet

In: Uncategorized

19 Apr 2006

I read about the Jimi Wallet on 43 Folders today.
I immediately ordered 2: one for me and one for Samantha.
We have both pared ourselves down to the bare essentials already, and this is one more step in that direction. I can see it being especially useful when you are travelling, when all you really need [...]

It should come as no surprise that I am a fan of “graphic novels”, known as “comic books” when I was coming of age. One of my favourites is the Dark Knight | Dark Knight Returns series.
In the Dark Knight Returns, the US is run by a cabal with a holographic presidential avatar as their [...]

Lifehacker has a great list of the airlines that offer WiFi. [here]
They also offer this quote:
Boeing’s Connexion, the wifi service for airplanes, adds 600 to 800 pounds to a plane. With rising fuel costs and U.S. airlines struggling to stay afloat, the system hasn’t yet been adopted on this side of the pond.
This is a [...]

Dear Rick:
Read your post on the fun at Wells Fargo yesterday.
WF was my bank of choice when I was in California. And after a similar experience wiring money, you know what we resorted to when sending money home to Canada?
Bank draft and FedEx.
Goes to my point that US Banks are the last holdouts from the [...]


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