Need to write Hertz customer service (customer relations)? Their contact information was hard to track down (they appear to have moved, and even the BBB data is confusing). The Hertz Corporation PO Box 26120 Oklahoma City, OK 73126-0120 888-777-6095 x4036 405-290-2899 fax [email protected]
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The US Congress doesn’t understand the Internet
Recently, I received an email from Nancy Pelosi: Apparently no one explained to her (despite representing Internet central), that scanning your letterhead and pasting it in to your email is a bad idea. It looks worse when it’s on a funny angle. Having text as images this must be some sort of ADA violation. Finally, …
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Don’t hire Judi Newberry
Who needs an “SEO Mavin” anyway?
Awesome healthcare roundup: lower costs, better quality
Health Beat has a terrific roundup of health care new: Physicians and hospital leaders in Cedar Rapids began by counting how many CAT scans they were doing, only to find that in just one year 52,000 scans were done in a community of 300,000 people. “I was embarrassed for us,†confides Jim Levett, a cardiac …
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Garrison Keillor on golf
Via Mark Hurst: Garrison Keillor on golf: The socially redeeming aspect of golf lies in the vast number of lawyers and bankers and managers who play it, and when you think of the damage they would do if they were at the job instead, you can see why golf courses are a wise investment for …
Delta can’t count
There are seven continents. But who’s counting?
SXSW Interactive Panel Proposal: Abort? Retry? Failwhale? Making Error Messages Suck Less
I’ve proposed a panel for SXSW Interactive: Abort? Retry? Failwhale? Making Error Messages Suck Less. Here’s how I described it: An unknown error occurred. Call your system administrator. Abort/retry/fail? Bad errors are everywhere. Sure, complain on twitter. But how do we fix them? Through hilarious examples, we’ll explore the 12 ways errors fail us. Then, …
SXSW Music Panel Proposal: House Concerts
This year’s SXSW Music festival has joined the 21st century — they now have an interactive panel picker. That means you can vote for my panel Why Your Tour Needs House Concerts. Here’s the official description: Find out why house concerts make sense for your next tour. Learn how to successfully approach established house concert …
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A Chrome funny
I’ve been playing with the prerelease version of Chrome for Mac OS X and found a rather amusing bug:
Ruth Bader Ginsburg <3s Canada
Ruth Bader Ginsburg chats with the Times about the Supreme Court. Ginsburg likes Canada. Q: At your confirmation hearings in 1993, you talked about how you hoped to see three or four women on the court. How do you feel about how long it has taken to see simply one more woman nominated? JUSTICE GINSBURG: …