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Author: RandolphThis is getting a lot more interest than I expected, so I’ll just let you know that: After a lot of to-and-fro with customer support, I spoke to a director at the company. The director disavowed any wrongdoing on FastMail’s part. I received a full refund, even though I used the service for two months.Continue reading FastMail: the Final Chapter
For reasons I won’t go into until amicably resolved, I can no longer recommend FastMail. If you are serious about email, you need to self-host. FastMail may have a good technical service, but their customer support is lacking. For this reason alone, I cannot recommend them.
Recently I noticed that my ten-month-old Retina MacBook Pro was sluggish. I’d read reports and heard anecdotal evidence that Yosemite was running slow for people, even on the latest hardware, so I figured I’d get to the bottom of it. The immediate culprit was a process called UserEventAgent, which was chewing up more CPU thanContinue reading OS X Yosemite – the strange case of /.MobileBackups.trash
For the last month or so, my Twitter feed has been inundated with vicious hatred, towards feminists in particular. Whether it’s related to this hashtag is immaterial: bullying is wrong. Rape- and death-threats are wrong. Doxxing is wrong.
Edit: 19 November 2014. I can no longer recommend FastMail. You can read the original article below.
Tonight, I scheduled Windows Updates on a customer’s server, and decided to sit through the process myself. After the 1.9GB of downloads to support 31 updates had downloaded and installed, I pressed the “Restart” button on the Windows Update dialogue box, and waited. And waited. And waited. Normally, this server is responsive to Remote DesktopContinue reading Windows Updates gone awry
I play Philip Markham. I hope you’ll come and see it. The show will be running at the Pumphouse Theatre in Calgary. Tickets available from Morpheus Theatre direct. Three weeks to go! MOVE OVER, MRS. MARKHAM 3 – 11 October 2014 By Ray Cooney and John Chapman Directed by Jay Newman When Philip Markham, lovingContinue reading Move Over, Mrs Markham
We recently returned from our anniversary trip, which this year was to the Hawaiian islands. Starting on Oahu, we stayed in Honolulu and saw Pearl Harbour, and paid our respects there. Then off we went to the Big Island, and stayed in Kona. We took a two-hour helicopter tour over the island, and saw theContinue reading Hawaii
Caustic, no-holds-barred, foul-mouthed, and a delight, and we’ll miss her. The opportunity to see her in April makes this less sad. So long, Joan. Give ’em hell up there.
Today I, along with millions of other people, mourn the death of Robin Williams. I can’t express in words how I feel. He had a profound influence over my life. I wanted to be John Keating, Peter Pan, Armand Goldman, and even my own namesake, Randolph Smiley. I’ll miss you, Robin.