Wanda received this Sunday morning:
Dear Comcast Member,
The credit card we have on file for your Comcast
Internet service was declined when we attempted to bill you on 01/27/2013 for your most recent
service fees.
For this reason, your service could be suspended.
Please visit our Account Information pages, located at:
(an official looking link to comcast billing was inserted here)
and update your credit card information as soon as possible.Once your credit card information is updated, you will be charged immediately, as soon as payment is received.
Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. We look forward to continuing to serve you.
A. We don't have a credit card on file with Comcast.
B. We pay on-line through our bank every month.
C. The Comcast logo was not in the subject line.
D. This syntax is not structured well: you will be charged immediately, as soon as payment is received.
If you have been using the computer for any length of time, like more than four days, you've probably received deceptive e-mail. Comcast has a dedicated phishing/scam address where these should be sent. I got it after a disconnected phone call and forty-five minutes of searching.
All the electronics we own, theoretically, make tasks easier. Projects should take less time to complete. Have you ever tried to find a business through an on-line yellow pages? How did that work for you?
I no longer try to discover the cause of changes this computer makes behind my back. I know there's a gremlin living in my lap top and I accept him. It's the only explanation that makes sense. Over the week end I had several incidents, or computer glitches.
I've had Windows Media Player for years. I can store files, look at pictures, watch video, and listen to music and I've never used it. I have the VLC Media Player. I can store files, look at pictures, watch video, and listen to music. I use it a few times a month. This morning the Dell Media Player appeared. I can store files, look at pictures, watch video, and listen to music. I now have three alike things I rarely use. I'm sure I could find more.
I have two browsers, Internet Explorer and Google Chrome. The other day the Chrome icon on the desk top vanished. It was there when I shut this down and not there the next morning. It's an easy fix and I took care of it, but, where did it go?
I went to a web cam site to watch Grand Princess sail out of Port Everglades Saturday afternoon. I've never had a problem before but the live cam wouldn't connect. I spent over an hour and nothing I tried made a difference. Just as I was about to shut down I switched browsers and that worked. It took so long, it was now dark in Florida, and I couldn't see anything.
I've never had a problem with Chrome on that web site until Saturday.
It's no secret, I don't hear well and I often use closed captions or subtitles. We can stream video from Netflix on the lap top and the television. I can use captions on the lap top, I can not on the TV. Yesterday I called Netflix and was told our model television does not have a captioning mode and I think that's correct. If I reset the Xfinity box itself I can see captions on the TV. But there is no internal setting on the TV itself. Hope that's clear.
To reiterate: I can see captions on Netflix video if I watch on the lap top. I can not see captions on Netflix video if I watch on the television. The LG TV has no captioning ability on it's own. I can see captions on the LG TV but I need to reset the Xfinity box to do so.
Here is how to solve this issue. Stream Netflix captioned content on the lap top and connect it to the TV using an hdmi cable. This transfers the 15" lap top view to the 47" TV screen. I've done this in the past when Wanda and I watched the entire "Bones" series. Before I go any further on our technological week end adventures I want to share this.
When I look in the mirror these days I truly see the "old man" face. I've finally accepted the reality that I will not be the only person in the history of the world to look young forever. Aside from looking older I'm also feeling older, and thinking older, and buying older. The majority of television entertainment is directed to people 18 and 49, I understand that.
A couple of weeks ago Wanda and I started watching, on Netflix, "The West Wing." At this point we have seen the first season and six episode of season two. We did not watch this during it's original run, from 1999-2006. A half dozen times the writing and acting on this show has brought us to tears. It's dramatic of course but it's also infused with subtle humor. It is a terrific hour of entertainment.
In past blog entries I've mentioned an actor we like a lot, Jennifer Coolidge. I read she is a "break-out" character in the second season sit-com "2 Broke Girls." I set the DVR to record it last week. I watched a few minutes and deleted the program. Example dialogue, "I have happy hands, just ask any of the guys in my high school." Also there were three references to "super gonorrhea" in under two minutes.
From the NYDailyNews.com: 2 Broke Girls star continues to push the envelope on CBS hit sit-com. And a quote from her character: "There's only one tool that can change my 'tude, and I'm going to need two double-A-batteries and a 20-minute break." The piece goes on to explain how a lot of people and groups think the show is crass, boring, witless, and offensive. But, it was the most popular sit-com last year so people are watching.
I'm not a prude, I know what 20 minutes and a battery operated device means. I once dated a woman on the Duracell mailing list. But like generations before, I know the 'new comedy' is not for me. Things change, remember when they couldn't say pregnant on television?
Getting back to my technology.
It took hours but I finally got everything working. Less than ten minutes later the lap top crashed. I tried again but couldn't remember what I did the first time. And putting, "When I try to connect my Dell lap top to my LG TV using the hdmi cable I lose my wireless Internet connection" in the search bar, didn't yield much help
After some time I caved, I gave up, I surrendered. I shut everything off and I picked up a book. I need my hands to turn the pages, my eyes to see the words, and my brain for imagination. I know lots of people love Kindles and such. For now, I'm sticking with paper. The way technology and I get along I'd only get Russian on a reader.
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