Suppose someone steals your Escalade. Your car is important to you in many ways beyond the thousands of dollars it cost you. It might get you to work so your livelihood depends on it. You use it to go to the store. You drive to pick up your kids. It’s important, right? Let’s further suppose that you have OnStar activated in the car and you’ve paid your $200 for the yearly subscription. The good folks at GM will use the system to help the police find your vehicle since not only have they sold you the car and taken your support money but they have a vested interest in you remaining a customer when you go to buy your next vehicle. Common sense, it seems. Well, based on this article from yesterday’s NY Times, apparently not to everyone. Continue reading
Tag Archives: technology
Les Paul
I’d be remiss if I didn’t write a few thoughts about the passing of Les Paul last week. As someone who has been playing the guitar since he was 11, and a good many of those years playing on a Gibson ES-335, a derivative of the original Les Paul, my life was touched by Les and his work. The most interesting thing about him, however, is how the technology he invented was always a means to an end – making great music. Continue reading
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Preventive Maintenance
No one likes it when things break down, whether they’re cars, businesses, or relationships. I’m posting a bit later today because I’m not a fan of failure and so I took a little time this morning to make sure that my very reliable, but fairly complicated hybrid car doesn’t leave me stranded somewhere between here and there. Continue reading
Filed under Helpful Hints, Thinking Aloud
Consult Keith 