Comments for SuperWonderBang http://blog.alexezell.com It's Got Electrolytes! Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:55:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 Comment on Fun With the New PhotoBooth by fun and happy music http://blog.alexezell.com/2008/02/19/fun-with-the-new-photobooth/#comment-1257 fun and happy music Sat, 12 Jul 2008 09:07:29 +0000 http://blog.alexezell.com/2008/02/19/fun-with-the-new-photobooth/#comment-1257 <strong>fun and happy music...</strong> ... fun and happy music…

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]]> Comment on The New ESPN 360 Sucks by imacoder http://blog.alexezell.com/2006/06/26/the-new-espn-360-sucks/#comment-1254 imacoder Mon, 09 Jun 2008 23:17:57 +0000 http://blog.alexezell.com/?p=38#comment-1254 Help me ! If my ISP doesnt pay revenue to ESPN for ESPN 360, that means I am not alllowed to watch ESPN 360 even when i am ready to buy Pay per view ! What kinda business model is that ? ESPN has completely ruined the Euro 2008 ! Help me !

If my ISP doesnt pay revenue to ESPN for ESPN 360, that means I am not alllowed to watch ESPN 360 even when i am ready to buy Pay per view !

What kinda business model is that ?

ESPN has completely ruined the Euro 2008 !

]]> Comment on The New ESPN 360 Sucks by justaguy http://blog.alexezell.com/2006/06/26/the-new-espn-360-sucks/#comment-1253 justaguy Mon, 09 Jun 2008 16:35:42 +0000 http://blog.alexezell.com/?p=38#comment-1253 Yes, ESPN does indeed suck, including their televised segments of the current Euro matches, in which they COVER THE ENTIRE TOP OF THE FIELD WITH A GRAPHICS BANNER FOR THE ENTIRE MATCH AND THEN USE GIANT POP DOWN BOXES TO FURTHER COVER THE FIELD WHILE THE GAME IS GOING ON! I cannot begin to express how aggravating this is. It is like trying to watch a game through a set of slats while your head is held in a vise which prevents you from changing your angle of view, thus permanently blocking your view of the field. You often can't see players moving into position off the ball, you can't see trajectories of kicked balls, AND they drop these graphic boxes into the middle of the game on left side of the screen as plays are developing in front of the goal, covering up the entire movement of 5 to 8 players at a time. I assume ESPN is doing this in order to sell more advertising. Advertisers can assume I will boycott the things being sold because it ANNOYS THE CRAP OUT OF ME that the field is blocked, during play, in order to shove these popups, and to maintain this giant hideous banner/slat which covers the top of the screen. This is so annoying, I will not watch US games on ESPN, even on my DVR (which ESPN ALSO screwed in the US/Argentina match by showing 30 minutes of MORE advertising before starting the game, making my DVR miss the final 15 minutes of the game). ESPN clearly has non-soccer people running their soccer telecasts, since they don't understand that soccer is NOT JUST THE GUY WITH THE BALL, but is a game which is played BY THE PLAYERS MOVING WITHOUT THE BALL, whose movements are hidden by the giant, hideous graphics covering the screen. ESPN=completely sucks at Soccer broadcasting. Yes, ESPN does indeed suck, including their televised segments of the current Euro matches, in which they COVER THE ENTIRE TOP OF THE FIELD WITH A GRAPHICS BANNER FOR THE ENTIRE MATCH AND THEN USE GIANT POP DOWN BOXES TO FURTHER COVER THE FIELD WHILE THE GAME IS GOING ON! I cannot begin to express how aggravating this is. It is like trying to watch a game through a set of slats while your head is held in a vise which prevents you from changing your angle of view, thus permanently blocking your view of the field. You often can’t see players moving into position off the ball, you can’t see trajectories of kicked balls, AND they drop these graphic boxes into the middle of the game on left side of the screen as plays are developing in front of the goal, covering up the entire movement of 5 to 8 players at a time.

I assume ESPN is doing this in order to sell more advertising. Advertisers can assume I will boycott the things being sold because it ANNOYS THE CRAP OUT OF ME that the field is blocked, during play, in order to shove these popups, and to maintain this giant hideous banner/slat which covers the top of the screen.

This is so annoying, I will not watch US games on ESPN, even on my DVR (which ESPN ALSO screwed in the US/Argentina match by showing 30 minutes of MORE advertising before starting the game, making my DVR miss the final 15 minutes of the game).

ESPN clearly has non-soccer people running their soccer telecasts, since they don’t understand that soccer is NOT JUST THE GUY WITH THE BALL, but is a game which is played BY THE PLAYERS MOVING WITHOUT THE BALL, whose movements are hidden by the giant, hideous graphics covering the screen.

ESPN=completely sucks at Soccer broadcasting.

]]> Comment on Canceling Vonage by Brenda http://blog.alexezell.com/2006/07/14/canceling-vonage/#comment-1248 Brenda Thu, 03 Apr 2008 01:31:24 +0000 http://blog.alexezell.com/?p=44#comment-1248 I recently had a terrible experience trying to end my customer relationship with Vonage. In order to take advantage of a bundle offer from my internet service provider, Digis, I requested that Digis port my phone number from Vonage to Digis in the beginning of January 2008. I was told the port is required to be completed within 30 days. That did not happen. I had to call Vonage 3 different times asking what the hold up was in transferring my number to a new provider. Every time the Customer Service Rep gave me a different story: My new carrier wasn't submitting my request properly, my new carrier should submit a request to Vonage's third party carrier, or my new carrier didn't ask the right department for the number port initiation. I was assured that Vonage firmly believes in my right to port my number, but their lack of correct information and lack of response to my new carrier's request says otherwise. Finally, my number ported on April 1, 2008. This time, when I called Vonage to cancel they told me that my number had NOT ported and that if I cancelled my service I would lose it. I called Digis to verify this, and they assured me they were in possession of my number and told me that Vonage does this to all of their customers who try to port away to Digis. Digis's CSR instructed me to call Vonage, ask nothing about port completion, and just cancel my account. I called Vonage AGAIN. I asked nothing about the number port, and this time just asked to cancel. It took THIRTY MINUTES on the phone with the Vonage agent. She pretended that she was accessing my account information on her computer and that she was using the down time to address my concerns about Vonage. During this time, she offered me tech support for call quality, which I declined twice, and then offered to let me keep the Vonage service for a two month trial period at a reduced rate 'so I could make sure I was satisfied with my new carrier.' I politely declined and firmly said I was not interested, but she interrupted me and persisted to offer me this two more times. I finally had to cut her off and almost yell NO I DON'T WANT IT to get her to stop offering it. I told her Vonage had dilly-dallied for so long to port my number that I had had plenty of time (almost a full three months) to decide that I was satisfied with the service Digis would provide. At the end of my very long conversation with her, she finally agreed to cancel my service. I feel I was deceived by Vonage in the beginning with their failure to properly port my number. In the end, I felt that if I had not been VERY firm with them, my account might not have been cancelled. I started as a Vonage customer for 3 1/2 years and had few complaints about our customer relationship during that time. The only reason I decided to change was just to save a little money with the new carrier. However, after this experience, I feel I was strung along, deceived, and dealt with dishonestly. I recently had a terrible experience trying to end my customer relationship with Vonage. In order to take advantage of a bundle offer from my internet service provider, Digis, I requested that Digis port my phone number from Vonage to Digis in the beginning of January 2008. I was told the port is required to be completed within 30 days. That did not happen. I had to call Vonage 3 different times asking what the hold up was in transferring my number to a new provider. Every time the Customer Service Rep gave me a different story: My new carrier wasn’t submitting my request properly, my new carrier should submit a request to Vonage’s third party carrier, or my new carrier didn’t ask the right department for the number port initiation. I was assured that Vonage firmly believes in my right to port my number, but their lack of correct information and lack of response to my new carrier’s request says otherwise. Finally, my number ported on April 1, 2008. This time, when I called Vonage to cancel they told me that my number had NOT ported and that if I cancelled my service I would lose it. I called Digis to verify this, and they assured me they were in possession of my number and told me that Vonage does this to all of their customers who try to port away to Digis. Digis’s CSR instructed me to call Vonage, ask nothing about port completion, and just cancel my account.

I called Vonage AGAIN. I asked nothing about the number port, and this time just asked to cancel. It took THIRTY MINUTES on the phone with the Vonage agent. She pretended that she was accessing my account information on her computer and that she was using the down time to address my concerns about Vonage. During this time, she offered me tech support for call quality, which I declined twice, and then offered to let me keep the Vonage service for a two month trial period at a reduced rate ’so I could make sure I was satisfied with my new carrier.’ I politely declined and firmly said I was not interested, but she interrupted me and persisted to offer me this two more times. I finally had to cut her off and almost yell NO I DON’T WANT IT to get her to stop offering it. I told her Vonage had dilly-dallied for so long to port my number that I had had plenty of time (almost a full three months) to decide that I was satisfied with the service Digis would provide. At the end of my very long conversation with her, she finally agreed to cancel my service. I feel I was deceived by Vonage in the beginning with their failure to properly port my number. In the end, I felt that if I had not been VERY firm with them, my account might not have been cancelled. I started as a Vonage customer for 3 1/2 years and had few complaints about our customer relationship during that time. The only reason I decided to change was just to save a little money with the new carrier. However, after this experience, I feel I was strung along, deceived, and dealt with dishonestly.

]]> Comment on The New ESPN 360 Sucks by spoony http://blog.alexezell.com/2006/06/26/the-new-espn-360-sucks/#comment-1240 spoony Mon, 14 Jan 2008 04:30:55 +0000 http://blog.alexezell.com/?p=38#comment-1240 yes it certainly does suck, and crashes quite randomly that damn move network qsp2ie07074039.dll--in ie and firefox no less yes it certainly does suck, and crashes quite randomly that damn move network qsp2ie07074039.dll–in ie and firefox no less

]]> Comment on Columbia Clothing Sizes Disappoint by The Great John http://blog.alexezell.com/2007/09/15/columbia-clothing-sizes-disappoint/#comment-1222 The Great John Thu, 04 Oct 2007 14:24:52 +0000 http://blog.alexezell.com/2007/09/15/columbia-clothing-sizes-disappoint/#comment-1222 Proportion is all relative. I am 6'2, 225 lbs (very handsome), yet wear size 40 pants and a 44-46L coat, so when I buy suits (as I have to wear them daily, but also get to take them off) they do not take into account my pear figure. Maybe I can find a Pear-shaped Men's store and you can go to kNuckle Draggers Unlimited! Proportion is all relative. I am 6′2, 225 lbs (very handsome), yet wear size 40 pants and a 44-46L coat, so when I buy suits (as I have to wear them daily, but also get to take them off) they do not take into account my pear figure. Maybe I can find a Pear-shaped Men’s store and you can go to kNuckle Draggers Unlimited!

]]> Comment on Columbia Clothing Sizes Disappoint by Dave Delaney http://blog.alexezell.com/2007/09/15/columbia-clothing-sizes-disappoint/#comment-1192 Dave Delaney Fri, 21 Sep 2007 16:28:31 +0000 http://blog.alexezell.com/2007/09/15/columbia-clothing-sizes-disappoint/#comment-1192 Because sizes often vary across different clothing companies someone decided to help. I've never tried this service, but it may be worth looking into. Pretty smart if it's successful. It's called My Shape: myshape.com. So close to My Space, how could you ever forget that name (or URL)? Hope it helps Alex. Because sizes often vary across different clothing companies someone decided to help. I’ve never tried this service, but it may be worth looking into. Pretty smart if it’s successful.

It’s called My Shape: myshape.com. So close to My Space, how could you ever forget that name (or URL)?

Hope it helps Alex.

]]> Comment on Going to See Gordon Lightfoot by Dave Delaney http://blog.alexezell.com/2007/09/12/going-to-see-gordon-lightfoot/#comment-1190 Dave Delaney Wed, 12 Sep 2007 16:00:05 +0000 http://blog.alexezell.com/2007/09/12/going-to-see-gordon-lightfoot/#comment-1190 It's nice to hear stories of how Gordie has touched lives. I'm very excited for this too. Cheers, Dave It’s nice to hear stories of how Gordie has touched lives. I’m very excited for this too.

Cheers,
Dave

]]> Comment on BarCamp Nashville Ends by Music City Bloggers » Blog Archive » BarCamp recap http://blog.alexezell.com/2007/08/18/barcamp-nashville-ends/#comment-1157 Music City Bloggers » Blog Archive » BarCamp recap Sun, 19 Aug 2007 20:05:48 +0000 http://blog.alexezell.com/2007/08/18/barcamp-nashville-ends/#comment-1157 [...] SuperWonderBang: David Owens really took it to another level with some thought-provoking questions of beauty and attraction. [...] [...] SuperWonderBang: David Owens really took it to another level with some thought-provoking questions of beauty and attraction. [...]

]]> Comment on Wii Night and Writing by Jacob http://blog.alexezell.com/2007/07/12/wii-night-and-writing/#comment-1155 Jacob Wed, 08 Aug 2007 10:21:33 +0000 http://blog.alexezell.com/2007/07/12/wii-night-and-writing/#comment-1155 I'd be down for reading some more. I think that I have only read the one back at Darlington (The one about the abortion). I’d be down for reading some more. I think that I have only read the one back at Darlington (The one about the abortion).

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