Credit Bureaus in the U.S. are a total racket.

I’m in the process of buying a new house. Unfortunately, Comcast Cable and CBCS Collection Agency are making that difficult to complete.

In January, my fiance and I start looking for a house to buy. After a fairly exhaustive search online, and only visiting a few prospects in person, we find one on Valentine’s day. Its a great house to start a family so we are excited.

Unfortunately, as the bank works its mortgage process, I find that I have a collection for $50 from Comcast Cable on my credit report. Of course, the bank complains about this and wants it fixed before we can go any further. I’m confident that the matter can be resolved quickly. You see I know what that $50 was for. It was a cable modem that was supposedly not returned when I moved out of my last apartment. Fortunately, I caught this guy almost a year ago when I moved into my current apartment. Back then I resolved it with Comcast (They found the cable modem). So why is it still on my credit report?

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How to change the font used by Windows Command Prompt

Appearance is everything and I hate it when I have to deal with applications that are designed to sub par standards. A great example of this is the Windows Command Prompt.

I spend quite a bit of time on both Mac and Windows platforms. Unfortunately, of late, the majority has been on Windows. And when I’m stuck on windows, I’m stuck using the command prompt. The command line on Windows is crippled when compared with Linux or OS X. While not as bad as the lack of a fully integrated bash shell, the fact that I’m looking at fonts created in 1991 or earlier really doesn’t make the experience any better.

Unfortunately, the properties window for the command prompt doesn’t give you any choices besides “Raster” or Lucida. There is also no built-in method for adding fonts to this list.

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iPhone. iBought. iWin.

Goodbye Sprint. Goodbye Nextel.

Here I come Cingular.

As I stated in a few posts ago I switched to Verizon from Sprint after 10 years. I changed jobs and work says that Verizon is more convenient for everyone. And, hey, they have way better coverage anyhow! Right? Okay, fine, I’ll pay the early termination to get out of my Sprint agreement if you (work) buy me a new 700p to replace my 650. Sweet deal! Right?

Wrong.

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