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Confessing my Addictions…

To All my Friends and Readers –

According to the “experts”, the first thing I need to do, is to admit to my addictions.

So, with your help, I am admitting to the world via my Blog and Facebook, I have two addictions that I am trying in desperation to “kick”, and I am looking for your support.

I’m not sure when it started, but I have tried very hard to remove these items from my life, and it has been difficult.

How did I get myself into this mess?!

Some would say, it comes with the profession…

All ways being out there…

But now, all I can think about is the time and money that I spent…

How will my wife and kids forgive me.

I tried to keep “it” out of sight… in my office… after they went to bed… in the middle of the night…

But I was just drawn into “it”…

“It” was all around me…

Then about 3 weeks ago, I had enough of “it”.

So far, the withdrawal symptoms have not been as bad as I thought…

‘One day at a time’

For the most part, I have been able to ignore the lure of “it”, but today, about an hour ago, I looked at one…

I stopped myself, and started this public confession, and maybe, I can finally “kick” this!

Started to Google for some answers, and did you know, it is not easy to find information on “How to sell your Farm or Café on Facebook?” or “How to quit your Farmville or Café on Facebook?”!

Tons of places for Cheats, but little useful info on Selling or Quitting.

So as I ask your help here:

– How does one Sell their Farm or Café on Facebook?
– How does one Quit their Farm or Café on Facebook?

If anyone has an Idea, PLEASE let me know!

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Chester County Downingtown Nature Photo Journal Photography

Spring time on Struble Trail

It has been a long winter…

Most of February, was spent inside… Blizzard after blizzard… Snow and more snow…

We needed to get out, so we ventured down to Struble Trail for a longed needed walk.

It was also good to see the colors of spring!

Moss 001 (Re-release)
Moss 001 (Re-release)

and a young fern uncurling…

Moss and Fern
Moss and Fern

a nice collection of fiddle-heads, getting ready to burst…

Fiddleheads on Ferns
Fiddleheads on Ferns

More images can be found on my Photostream…

Andrew (SDC) - View my 'Struble Trail (April 2010)' set on Flickriver

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00 - Alerts Online Life Scams

SoLow.com, it might cost me $20…

While paying my bills today, I noticed on my wireless bill, an additional charge for an item called “Premium TXT Messaging” service.

I am proud to admit, I did NOT use my cell phone for anything other than placing or receiving a call.

I have occasionally used my cell phone to verify accounts, Google, Facebook, etc., but that is it.

I do not do ring tones, or games or any text messaging.

I am boring on my cell phone.

So I was a little surprised to see two charges for this “Premium TXT Messaging” service.

I went online to my carrier’s website, logged in and found that there was no additional information on these charges, including billing contact info, so I resorted to calling my Carrier.

In talking with the Customer Service representative, I got the opinion that the Carrier has received numerous calls on this topic.

The Rep was able to provide me with a number to Text message (23687) a Cancellation request (stop), but was unable to provide a Refund for the charges, and it was up to me to contact the Vendor.

I went to the Vendor’s website, www.solow.com, and easily found a contact number: (877) 402-3687.

SoLow.com is a sister website to www.sendmemobile.com, and both websites offer Cell Phone users a chance to sign-up for games, ring tones, etc.

Again, I do NOT use any of these enhancements, and was prepared to do some battle for a refund.

When I got a human on the first try, I was surprised. I explained my situation, and requested a refund.

I was told that they would be more then happy to take my number off their list and block any additional requests from my phone, but could not offer me a refund.

I said to the representative that I would blog about my experience, and would suggest a deceptive business practice, at which point she offered me a “Complimentary” Refund for one of the charges.

I tried to get a second one, but no luck.

In 2-3 weeks, I should be getting a check.

We’ll see.

In the mean time, I did a quick Google search on SoLow.com, and found the following:

One of the complaints suggests that the Vendor got the Users Cell Phone number from a Facebook game…

I am not sure how this happened to me, but I just wanted to illustrate how easy it can happen.

I know I have some Lawyers in my audience, is there anything else I can do?

Bottom line – Keep an eye on your Cell Phone bill.

– Andrew

Update 10-Mar-26
Just got a $9.99 check today from SendMe mobile! Let’s see if it clears!
– Andrew
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Facebook’s New Interface

Yesterday, many users of Facebook were greeted with a new interface from Facebook, and for the most part, no one seems to like it.

My initial thought was that people just needed some time to get use to how “it” works, but I have already experienced several issues:

Generally Slow Facebook performance
– Since last Friday (2/5), I have noticed a general slow performance with Facebook.
– Initially, I thought that this was because of the Blizzard that hit the East Coast, and that everyone was online, and was dragging the system down, but as of today, it has gotten a little better, but…

Status Updates not appearing immediately
– Several times I have posted an update, and then not seeing it. Posted again, only to find after several minutes, the original post would appear, leading to a double post.
– Initially, I thought this was related to my browser’s cache, but even with clearing it out, and rebooting my computer, I still noticed a delay.

Difficult to move from Game to Game
– In the old interface, one had their “Short Cuts” at the bottom of their screen and could just bounce from Game to Game, but now one has to go back to their Home page, into Games, than to the Game they want to play. Too many steps in my option.
– To be fair, I need to look into how to setup new “Short Cuts”, but…
– At the same time, it is interesting to see that others are Playing, but I do not have any more time to devote/waste…

Identity Issues
– I have a Personal page and a Fan page.
– When I post something on my Fan Page, and then later try to comment on the post via my Personal page, my post is seen as my Fan Page identity.
– This maybe due to a “cookie” conflict within my browser, and is really not a big deal, but at the same time, it just takes longer to accomplish the same thing.
– I need to test this with a different browser open to make sure…

NetworkedBlogs Issue(s)
– Just started to notice that the Facebook app, NetworkedBlogs, will not show or allow me to access my settings.
– Neither FireFox (2.6) and Internet Explorer (8) are allowing me to get to my Settings 

Twitter Status Updates
– from a reader [PW]: “and now the Twitter/status update feed doesn’t appear to be working. sigh.”
– [Update] > Working but very slow.

Inconsistent Home/Wall Updates
– Readers are reporting that Posts/Updates/Entries are just not appearing, or are just getting lost.
– Click on the “Home” button or using a Browser refresh does not always work.

These are just a few items that I have noticed so far, and I am sure I will find more, and I am hoping that readers will point out things that I have missed.

Please let me know what you find!

– Andrew

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Side Notes

Google announced “Buzz” today… http://www.google.com/buzz

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Poll – What Operating System(s) do you use?

I am trying to get an idea of what people are using out there, so that I can tailor my content.

Please take a moment to respond.

Thanks!

– Andrew
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