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Buying an iPhone Vicariously Through Others
30 June 07 12:16 PM
Since I just got a Cingular 8525 a few months ago, I've had no interest in the iPhone. I have tried to point out all the flaws to my wife (a mac user) and my friends. No 3g. No Exchange integration. No Keyboard, etc. Of course, Apple knew the short Read More...
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Cingular blocking Orb.com?
09 May 07 03:30 PM
It's too early to tell, but I tried to log on to my orb.com page from my Cingular 8525 and I can't get to orb.com. I can get to anything else I try. I can get to orb.com from my desktop with no probelm. I hope they haven't blocked it. If they Read More...
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Man Sues XM for false advertising - Get A Life!
20 April 07 09:57 AM
What is this country coming to? A man in Arkansas has brought a suit against XM Radio for false advertising. I happen to have XM in my truck and, though I don't listen to it all the time, I can say that the music is basically commercial free. Yes, Read More...
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NBA suspends Ref - About Time!
17 April 07 05:22 PM
I wish I had a blog 10 years ago. I used to have season tickets to the Miami Heat when I worked down in the lovely town of Hialeah. My wife and I never missed a game. Now granted, I was, and still am, a homer when it comes to Miami sports, but, the crap Read More...
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Cingular 8525 Review
04 April 07 07:34 PM
I finally broke down and got a cinular 8525 phone . I am having mixed feelings now that I have it. The first two weeks I didn't sync up with my exchange from work because I thought it would haunt me 24 hours a day. Then I left on vacation last week Read More...
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Network Solutions DNS Down
17 October 06 01:13 PM
It seems Network Solutions DNS Servers are experiencing 'Technical Difficulties'. Our DNS for www.valorcorp.com has been sporadic all day. We will deffinately be looking for an alternative today. Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg Read More...
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Customer Service is Everywhere
14 October 06 10:04 PM
Here is an amazing story that proves great customer service does not have to take place in a retail setting. Whether it's a doctors office or a department store or a phone call from a mortgage company trying to sell you something, I think we all could Read More...
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Online Apple ][ Emulator!
13 October 06 07:36 AM
with virtualapple.org's online emulator you can relive, play, and enjoy old Apple 2 games and other disk's, currently they have over 1100 disk images archived on the web site. and they will take contributions of specific disks,docs. Share this Read More...
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Web 2.0 and Ajax
31 January 06 06:53 PM
I've been reading for months now (maybe longer) about web 2.0 and AJAX (wiki) etc. I have even added a couple of AJAX 'functions' to Valor's website . I have written web apps for almost 10 years now and all the ideas I've wanted to Read More...
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We Survived, but No Power for Weeks.
29 October 05 06:06 PM
We survived the storm. Here it is almost a week later and we have no power and we probably won't for a couple of more weeks. The storm was worse than anyone predicted. There is damage from the keys to Vero Beach. I know, because the Tuesday after Read More...
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Hurricane Wilma
23 October 05 07:42 AM
After growing up in South Florida and never seeing a real hurricane even get close until Andrew, I am now shuttered up ad ready for my 8th hurricane in 15 months. Let me say that I am tired of Hurricanes. The thought of moving out of state does not seem Read More...
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Valor in the News
20 August 05 11:02 PM
It's nice, that after two years, someone has finally put the basic facts on paper. http://www.dcexaminer.com/articles/2005/08/10/opinion/editorial/60edit11guns.txt Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it Read More...
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Valor Blog
16 August 05 10:02 PM
I have decided to separate Valor's new, comments etc. into it's own blog at http://bennewton.typepad.com/valor_blog/ . I will continue this blog as my personal blog, plus some new projects I will be working on. Share this post: email it! | bookmark Read More...
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Clearance Items
13 April 05 08:31 PM
I have added a Clearance link for each section. I think this is much better than the .pdf file that was down by the excel sheets that hadn't updated itself in almost a year :). There will be more updates soon. Share this post: email it! | bookmark Read More...
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Angry 'Customers'
24 February 05 10:28 AM
I can't really call them customers, because they don't place orders. They just complain. The web has a way of growing phenomenons way beyond their means and making them obsolete. Much like email is being ruined by spam. Online B2B is becoming Read More...
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