Monthly Archives: December 2006

Plantronics and good customer service

I’ve been using a Plantronics Discovery 640 bluetooth headset for about 8 months now. It’s perfect because it’s small and light, not to mention you can charge it using whatever connector your cell uses.
Well, after about 6 months of use the earbud piece decided to disintegrate. The outer layer started to peel off, revealing a sticky [...]

59 hours without power, 116 hours without cable/internet

Last Thursday we had a terrible windstorm. Gusts were 60-70mph in some areas causing many large trees to go crashing through powerlines. We ended up being without power for 59 hours– the longest I’ve ever had a power outage. Some people are still without power today (almost a week!).
Of course, even after the power came back [...]