Chris Schiffner’s Corner of the Web

In a move that will surely bring negative attention, consumerist.com has begun to censor user comments. Were not talking about the run-of-the-mill spam censorship, but rather banning user accounts from commenting if you have anything questionable to say about comsumerist.com postings. A couple of weeks ago one of the editors felt is was necessary to [...]

Here I am, sitting at my desk and I’m wondering how is it that we even have power? This is the worst thunderstorm I have seen in years. The thunder, the lightning, the horror! I just went out on the roof to check the situation out and I have to say I was absolutely [...]

(Stock Symbol: BSC)
Ok, I’m not claiming to be an expert on the stock market, far from it, but I have done my fair share of research and dabbling. Now this is kinda upsetting to me, as you all probably know JP Morgan has very publicly offered a buyout of Bear Stern’s for $2 a share [...]

CRM: Customer Relationship Management
Today I went to the Microsoft Dynamics CRM Launch Event in New York City. While I am familiar with what CRM software is, and why it is used, I have not used any myself. I expected to come away from the conference with a decent amount of information about the product.
I arrived [...]

My mom has had a Sharp upright vacuum cleaner for 10+ years now and the vacuum is finally kicking the bucket. When trying to buy a similar vacuum we found out that sharp has discontinued all vacuum cleaners. We decided to scour the internet in search of old Sharp stock. We found a similar vacuum [...]

Back in September I was looking for a good German Bier Garden for Oktoberfest. One of the places I found was Zum Schneider in the east village of Manhattan. When you walk in you quickly realize that this is a true bier garden. They have the long wooden tables typically found in Germany and have [...]

Catskill Mountain Lodge: No hot water. If you dont like it, dont stay here again. We dont care!
This weekend Cathy and I went to the Catskills. We stayed at the Catskill Mountain Lodge. My family has been going here for years… but it recently changed ownership. Our room was in a building adjacent to the [...]

Update:
After more than two weeks from my initial contact with buy.com I got tired of the run-around buy.com customer support was giving. I was able to find the email addresses of Scott Blum (Owner), Neel Grover (President), Roger Andelin (Chief Information Officer). I sent them an email explaining the situation, and the contacts I had [...]