Joshua Nozzi

Mozy Online Backup

I gave Mozy's online backup service a try. This is partially due to my effort to unburden myself as mentioned in my "Real Work" post. Two days after signing up, I was given a refund for my year of prepaid service (minus 10% "credit card processing fee"). What went wrong? Continue reading »

Steve Jobs has Millions of Spurned Lovers

Against my better judgment, I read the comments on an Apple-related post on Slashdot. The expected levels of stupidity were indeed still present. This time with a sprinkling of entitlement and warped views of the world. One comment stood out in particular: the sentiment that Jobs "sold [customers] out to publishers." Continue reading »

New York Times Gets Medieval on CamelCase

Caleb Crain wrote an article about the use of "camel case" (MasterCard, iPhone, AnythingNotSeparatedWithSpaces) on the New York Times. His point: Camel case is evil and must be destroyed.

In other words, though camel case may have been spurred by recent technology, its effect is regressive — in fact, medieval.

Absurd. Continue reading »

The Perfect Candidate

Got some spam today.

Dear Joshua Nozzi: After reviewing your resume at the Careerbuilder website we are confident you meet our requirements for a financial manager position ...

Dear [redacted]: After reviewing your e-mail, I am confident that you meet the requirements for a spammer. DIAF, KTHXBYE. Continue reading »

Canceling Privacy Assist and Asshole Tactics

Today I decided to cancel my "Privacy Assist" credit monitoring account through Bank of America. Fun times, fun times. Continue reading »