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And now, a problem with Vonage.

Anyone who’s read my blog lately knows about the interesting problems I had with SkypeIn. My first problem was simply user error: when trying to test my SkypeIn number, I was dialing the wrong number. D’oh.
However, it then turned out that even though my SkypeIn number was in the same area as my landline, calling [...]

Skype refund

I wanted to post about this and end the Skype Saga: Skype refunded my SkypeIn money without question. Promptly, too – it only took a day after I submitted my ticket.
Granted, I’d prefer to have a working SkypeIn number in my area, but ah well.
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More SkypeIn oddities

As noted previously, I bought a SkypeIn number a few weeks back. After I finally realized that I was dialing the wrong number, the number worked just fine. Mostly, anyway.
I bought the SkypeIn number so that it had the same area code as my home phone. This would also make it so that any of [...]

A pleasant surprise from FolderShare

When I first started using FolderShare a few days ago, I figured it was only useful for sharing data files (mp3s, text, etc.). I guess I was wrong.
Tonight I installed FeedReader on our downstairs computer. I wanted to be able to access the (few) feeds I read from any computer (we have 1 down, 1 [...]

Writing on water

It seems that it is now possible to write on water.
From the Sci Fi Tech blog:
Researchers at Akishima Laboratories have developed a way to spell out words and draw pictures on the surface of a pool by using 50 wave generators. The generators create “pixels” in the water and combine them to create the letters. [...]