Well, the results are in from the GubMints household experiment with Rooftop Solar. You might recall my original Rooftop Solar Post series discussing the plusses and minuses of Rooftop Solar.
Tag Archives: Consumer
My Relationship with OOMA gets Complicated
I’m having second thoughts about OOMA.
As I’ve written here before, I’ve had OOMA phone service for home land line for 2 1/2 years now and have been pretty happy with it. I’ve even upgraded to OOMA Premier to stop phone spammers… But our relationship is getting testy. Continue reading
Heartbleed Passwords that Feds and Veterans Must change NOW
Recent reports about the Heartbleed bug should give Federal Employees and Veterans some pause. Some of your online info may be compromised.
Mashable has a good list of what websites/web services are affected by Heartbleed.
Here is a summary table for Federal Employees and Veterans, with links to primary resources. Note that you need to change your password on some websites NOW: Continue reading
At $99 per year, is Amazon Prime still Worth It?
Recently I was one of the 25 million or so people who received an email from Amazon Prime announcing the $20 price hike for next year’s membership (to a total of $99 per year).
Everyone knew this was coming. Last month Amazon floated the classic ‘Trial Balloon’, announcing that they were mulling a $40 per year Amazon Prime price hike.
One month later, a price hike of ‘only’ $20 sounds more reasonable. $99 (versus $119 per year) seems like a comparative bargain. Continue reading