Consumerist
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standard time
Standard Time Starts, Set Your Clocks Back An Hour
Daylight savings time ends today. It's the "good" one, so you get to set your clocks back an hour and go back to sleep. If you're reading this at eight, for instance, set your clock back to 7. Your cellphone, and if it's set to automatically adjust for daylight savings changes, your computer most likely has already changed to adjust so if you're confused just go off that. Today is also a good day to do this twice-yearly change of the batteries in your fire and smoke alarms, and change your windshield wipers. How do you plan on spending your extra hour?
(Photo: C.Barr)
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errors
Time Warner Cable: You're Not Getting HD Because FOX Stopped Broadcasting It
Reader Dave has graciously shared with us a tragic series of emails he sent to Time Warner Cable, the highlight of which comes when he tells them about the time that he called in because the New York City FOX affiliate wasn't working (he wanted to watch the NY Football Giants) and was told that FOX 5 had decided to stop broadcasting in HD. More » -
blame game
Who are the 25 People Most Responsible For the Financial Crisis?
Time wants to know who you think is most to blame for the current financial fiasco. They have a neat community polling application that lets you rate people by their guilt or innocence. Currently at number one: Phil Gramm, chairman of the Senate Banking Committee from 1995 through 2000. Congratulations, Phil! Or, not.
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daylight saving time
Daylight Saving Time Ends November 2nd
We just wanted to remind you, in case your electronics didn't get the message, that Daylight Saving Time ends this Sunday, November 2nd at 2:00 a.m. local daylight time. More » -
Airlines Have Bumped 343,000 Passengers This Year
Over a quarter-million passengers were bumped from flights in the past eight months, a number that is set to grow as airlines try to boost anemic profits by slashing fleets. The Department of Transportation requires airlines to compensate bumped passengers with cash or vouchers, but savvy passengers can leverage their situation to negotiate heftier payments... More » -
fine print
TIME's "Subscribe For $1.99" Offer Misleading
First, we want to say thanks to TIME Magazine for naming us one of their top 25 blogs. Now that's out of the way, and we can ask why they're using such a misleading ad on the masthead of their site: "Subscribe to TIME Magazine for just $1.99" it says! Yes, but when you click through to the sign up form, you see that your "subscription" is for six issues—six weeks—and that the fine print indicates you also agree to an auto-renewed fee of $19.95 every six months. We don't mind the $1.99 tryout period, but hiding the real subscription fee in fine print is sneaky. Any magazine with the good taste to recognize our blog should also respect its readers enough to be upfront on the details of its subscription offers. -
repairs
Time Warner Sends 12 Techs To Home, But "High Speed" Cable Remains A Fantasy
Thomas writes in to ask why Time Warner needs to send 12 different technicians to his home to get his Roadrunner speed up to the 10 mbits/sec that they promise in their advertising, as opposed to the 2.5 mbits/sec that he averages. He tallied up some of the more interesting facts from his recent experiences. More » -
shopping
Expensive Flowers Are Better Than No Flowers On Valentine's Day
According to enterprising scientists, people buy last minute Valentine's Day gifts to avoid a fight, rather than to express love—as any lazy lover can attest. The marketing researchers devised three experiments to prove that our susceptibility to negative advertising is directly impacted by how long we wait to whip out the wallet. More » -
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heads up
Fix Your Clocks: End Of Daylight Savings Time Isn't Until November 4th
If your electronics mistakenly reset themselves standard time yesterday, you'd better fix them. Daylight Savings Time is set to end one week later than usual (on November 4th), due to a law change. More » -
maghound
Time To Offer Flexible Magazine Subscriptions
Taking a page from Netflix, Time is developing a service that will let customers pay a single monthly price for up to seven rotating magazine subscriptions. Dubbed Maghound, the service is Time's attempt to augment the yearly subscription model by embracing the internet. More » -
dell
Dell Can't Tell Time
Dell doesn't understand the difference between business hours support and 24x7 support. Dell's website states "We will respond to your sales e-mail inquiries within two business hours, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week!" Wow, what excellent service. More » -
libraries
Sports Illustrated Refuses To Send Swimsuit Issue To Libraries
Why is Sports Illustrated refusing to send a copy of the swimsuit issue to libraries? Is it because they want people to buy it off the shelves? Robyn writes: More » -
savings
Save Time. Waste Money.
Do you ever wonder how much more you're paying for convenience food items? Individually wrapped prewashed potatoes? Microwave popcorn? More »
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