2015/11/23

Yahoo mail android app design failure. November 2015



The latest yahoo mail Android app update v5.0.11 now allows more "sponsored" ads into your inbox.  On top of that they've made it even harder to tell that they are spam or ads.

The image above is my current inbox vew on my Nexus 7.  My Firefox based inbox has been generally spam free for the past 6 months ago.  And while there have been Dr. Oz spam for a few years now, they have been kept away from the inbox.  Note the first "e-mail" message from "Parent Society".  The only indication that this is a sponsored Link is by the tiny little dollar sign logo next to it.  This is nowhere to be seen on my Firefox view.

While I understand that yahoo is providing a " free" service, I do find that obscuring their sponsored links into you e-mail list is dishonest at best and borderline illegal.  For click fraud if not negligently exposing their consumers to shady internet sites filled with auto installing malware.

2015/01/04

Do NOT buy windows from Builder's Millwork & Window, L.L.C.

We bought our new home about 7 years ago.  It was mostly done and so we did not have any choices in the exterior additions; doors, windows, etc.  Within 1 year the center section of one window had to be replaced due to UV reactive glue INSIDE the double pane glass that only developed after exposure to the UV light from the sun.  We have had one other window do this since, but we have not had it replaced.
This was an annoying, but livable problem.  What is not liveable is the poor design of the windows along with sub standard construction.  We do not live in an area known for monsoon rains, but we can easily get 2-3 inches in an hour on a regular basis.  Enter design flaw number 1.
1.  There is a water channel that exists underneath the track of all the sliding windows with slots cut on the front side to allow water to escape.  The little plastic flappy things that were placed in those slots, to prevent bugs from entering(?), did not allow sufficient water out so that it fills up the channel and starts to gush out the inlet slots that exist on both ends.  Both of which have access inside the window.  The water can also flow under the sliding portions of the window as well.  As the rain continues it fills the slideway of the window and spills all over the sash soaking everything in it's path. 
2.  We live in an area that is below freezing for 3-4 months of the year.  The problem water channels from the above example promote the next big issue.  When water freezes it expands with enough force that it can breakdown mountains.  The vinyl of these windows did not stand a chance.  We have one window that is above a window in the bottom floor.  The first window's water channel must have cracked BEHIND the siding because we found water pouring down from the interior side of the bottom window.  Both windows had adequate caulking around the outside edge and nothing was coming in from those areas.   The moment I sealed up the outside water channel entrance and the various drip holes and under the sliding portion of the window the water stopped coming inside.
3.  After 5 years none of the sealed on these windows work.  Causing frost and ice buildup on the inside of many of the windows.  I've had better weather proofing from 50 year old wooden sash windows.
Don't waste your money here.  There's a reason contract house builders buy their windows here, and it's not due to the quality of their product.

Address:
Builder's millwork & window LLC
1401 E. Sioux St.
Sioux Falls, SD 57103

07/09/2015
I found out the brand name of the windows is Lindsay

2015/01/01

Tapjoy still running the click-bait spin-a-roo

Tapjoy is still doing this type of "marketing".

But, from a google play user the app suggestions are not 100% crap. But, none and I mean none of their web only promotions are legitimate. Not only do you never see the ingame credits, but you are lead to a never ending series of webpage "click bait" sites. That even the old porn/wares circular "top sites" click harvesting never stooped to. Even if you used a legitimate, but throw away e-mail, nothing was ever received. And they also block pre-paid ceditcards if you are brave enough to try it.

2014/10/24

Do as I tell you, not as I do.

Automated political calls should not be allowed to block caller ID.  The current one happening in SD was recorded by someone named "Jessica", hidding under a " Private Name Private Number" disguise, from some republican campaign group, these are the same people that tell us that of we have done nothing wrong we do not need to have privacy and personal encrypted communications.  Obviously the Republicans believe that only their political macinery deserves to be hidden and private.