Another “Just in Time for Valentine’s Day” moment…

Yes, there IS humor to be found in the fiscal irresponsibility of others... including YOUR other...

It’s no secret that if you get involved with somebody who is, let’s say, monetarily challenged, you may be in for a World of Mega-Hurt. There have been a spate of wacky, yet cautionarily potentially true, TV commercials, radio ads, talk show specials, and so forth, about the problems of people hooking up who are just not fiscally compatible. It’s bad enough if one of the persons in the relationship is not in good shape financially, but it gets magnified exponentially when both are horrible people (fiscally, that is… although that could also point to other unsavory characteristics).

So, when the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) begins to take notice and start to offer suggestions and tips, there must be something hugely wrong in the nation, right?

And when the FTC even takes a further stab-and-jab at this, in the form of a relationship quiz… well, there goes the neighborhood!

Why not give the quiz a quick perusal, or even go ahead and try it out yourself (and print out an extra copy for the “other person”)? Some of the questions seem innocuous enough, but some of the others are quite… entertaining.  :-)

In case you haven’t gone into a Starbucks [SBUX] store lately, there’s been a change to the look of the joint media offering card format.

With the recent release of WordPress 3.3, “Sonny”, there would most likely be issues during the upgrade process for some site administrators and deployers.

WordPress.org’s forum has a “master list” of tips and tricks to try to resolve those issues, preferably before filing an issue ticket with them.

Of course, if you’re going to undertake an upgrade, you should take the necessary precautions of backing up your site (including the database) first! :-)

Veterans Days 2011

November 11, 2011 Meanderings

This is one of those rare moments, the eleventh minute of the eleventh hour of the eleventh day in the year “11″ (2011) that makes extra special this original commemoration of Armistice Day and the additional recognition for military veterans. Let’s observe a moment of silence at this time for our servicemen and servicewomen who [...]

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Person of Interest: Quantum Leap for 2011

September 22, 2011 Meanderings

In case you’re just tuning in… Welcome! Premiering tonight is a new CBS drama called Person of Interest, which brings JJ Abrams back to nighttime TV once again. Immediately, I was struck with its premise sounding hauntingly familiar. Lessee… A guy who has unique talents, fairly communicative, is being positioned in place and time to [...]

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Starbucks iTunes Pick of the Week: Moving onto Apps!

August 24, 2011 Meanderings

Hi, intrepid Starbucks [SBUX] iTunes promotion fans: It’s been a loooong time since we discussed the favorably fun Starbucks iTunes weekly offerings, that have morphed from a simple joint experimental item between Starbucks and Apple [AAPL] into a lucrative people-attracting feature in so many Starbucks outlets worldwide. So, here’s a new, welcome twist on the [...]

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Apple Online Store Back Online

August 17, 2011 Gadgetry

While Apple’s [AAPL] online store was offline for a few hours earlier today, as reported by various news outlets, and even some blogs, it seems that it has resumed online operations. What Happened to the Quad-Core Mac Pro? When I went to check on the online site myself, I certainly did see the new drop [...]

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Jane Would Like You to Be Ready for WordPress 3.2

July 3, 2011 Operations

Here’s a nice post by Jane Wells (yes, the one of WordPress fame) about the requirements for WordPress 3.2 and some rationale about the system changes being implemented for the latest version of the blogging software. The big news is actually not that big: the version of Oracle’s [ORCL] MySQL database and the PHP engine [...]

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Capital One Bank Network Outage

June 10, 2011 Meanderings

If you’re a Capital One [COF] Bank customer, you may have noticed some inklings of trouble in the company today. As one of the latest of a series of customer-facing snafus and negative actions, as of less than one-half hour ago, the entire bank network is still down. When I went to check on this, [...]

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