How to Replace the Battery in a Black & Decker Storm Station Model SS925

September 18, 2011
Black & Decker Storm Station Model SS925

A number of years ago, I received a Black & Decker Storm Station Model SS925 as a gift. This device is a combination rechargeable storm light, flashlight, radio and AC & DC power source. Before using the Storm Station, I read the manual and noted that after charging, the device is supposed to be unplugged [...]

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My First Kindle Ebook

August 28, 2011
Amazon Kindle

I just completed reading my first Kindle ebook! It wasn’t my first ebook, but it was the first one that I’ve read on the Kindle platform. I say “platform” because I actually read the book on a Kindle 3 device, Android phone and Windows 7 PC. I read a majority of the book on the [...]

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A Great Customer Service Story with Lego

August 14, 2011
Lego Duplo Locomotive

Yesterday I was driving and listening to a discussion of the prevalence of poor customer service on the radio. I should have pulled over and called in to tell about a great example of customer service that I experienced this week. The locomotive on our Lego Duplo locomotive died, a sad victim of leaking batteries. [...]

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Are Elevator Up & Down Buttons Obsolete?

April 1, 2011
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I recently had to travel in an elevator in a Chicago high rise. What would normally be a mundane event instead turned into an introduction to a new way to select your floor. Instead of the usual up and down buttons outside of the elevator bank, there was a keypad to enter your floor number: [...]

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Segway Sighting: Epcot

January 31, 2011
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On my recent first-ever visit to the Walt Disney World Epcot theme park, I was excited to see Segways in use. The parking attendants rode Segways up and down the parking lot aisles, directing cars and people to where they needed to go. Unfortunately, the guests couldn’t skip walking for the day and ride the [...]

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Solved: iPod Touch iOS 4.0 & 4.1 Battery Drain Issue

December 31, 2010
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I can finally report that the battery drain issue that my iPod Touch second generation had been having with iOS 4.0 & 4.1 is solved! I had previously worked around the issue by using airplane mode, but I wanted a permanent fix. Using advice found in the Apple Support Discussions forum, an article on cnet [...]

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