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Verizon

We woke up this morning to our internet and television being shut off.  Jen checked the last bill.  Paid, check cashed.  We jumped through Verizon’s hoops and found they believe we owe them money.

Oh really?

Ring ring… ring ring…

Hello, Comcast?

D’OH!!!

What the…

Why is it that I only get wrong numbers calling me when I’m on call?

Changing the subject, the Bruins blew a 3-0 first period lead tonight. Lets hope they can cash in on this late third period power play to regain the lead.

Go Bruins!

Bruins vs Capitals

I came home from picking up the love of my life at work, I turned on the tube and dialed in NESN, and saw Brad Marchand score a short handed penalty shot goal.  The Bruins are leading the Capitals early in the first period.

If the Bruins beat the Capitals tonight it will do nothing to erase the memory of the first round defeat at Washington’s hands last night.  Nothing.  Not a single thing.

It will, however, feel really, really good.

Go Bruins!

iOS Question, Answered

A little lunch time Googling told me that I was right in my assumption that you cannot change the default browser on an iOS device.  It is possible if you jail break your device, but I have no interest in doing that.

I guess I will just have to copy links out of emails and other apps.  Not too big a deal, but I do want to use Chrome instead of Safari for now.  I really don’t know why.

I was a die hard Firefox user until I got my iMac.  For some reason when I set up the new computer I installed Chrome right away.  I don’t think I installed Firefox at all.  I actually use both at work as I have my own Google account and we use Gmail for work and I prefer to keep them separate.  I want both accounts open so I use two browsers.  Chrome for work, Firefox for personal.

Since getting the iMac I had rarely used my MacBook Pro.  During the February music goofiness I used it quite a bit and without really thinking about it I was using Chrome for all of my browsing.  Given that I kept all of the song arrangements and lyrics on a Google Document, and that every single idea I had got uploaded to the ‘net somewhere, I did a lot of browsing during the music making.

I guess Chrome just quietly won me over.  I don’t think the browsing experience is any better or worse in iOS, at least as far as rendering the pages is concerned.  I do prefer the tabbed functions in Chrome to the multi-page functions in Safari.  Maybe I’m just a nerd.

Yeah, I’m probably just a nerd.

iOS Question

Let’s file this post as a note to myself.  I have something I want to investigate, but I don’t have time right now.

Question:  Can you change the default browser on an iOS device?  On my iPhone and iPad I have buried the Safari app in a folder somewhere and replaced it on the static menu at the bottom of the screen (does that have a name?) with Chrome.  The only issue I have is that links clicked in emails still open in Safari.  I am curious if there is a way to make Chrome the default browser.  I am 99.9% sure it is not possible, but I want to look around some before starting a massive internet campaign to get the option added to the next iOS release.  (that’s sarcasm, kids.  keep your eyes open or you might miss it)

A Good Day

Today is going to be a good day.  A great day.  It doesn’t matter how many things go drastically wrong at work (it’s already started), it doesn’t matter how bad the traffic gets, it doesn’t matter how much sneezing or coughing I do, none of that matters.  Today is going to be a great day.

The kids had their February school vacation last week and they went on a Caribbean cruise with their dad, step mother, and grandmother.

They come home today.

Today is going to be a great day!