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BeWelcome suffers from quite toxic and counterproductive internal politics and petty power struggles. And the fact that the few founders maintaining control refuse to invest anythi…

BeWelcome is frequently on the verge of collapse, and IMO is simply too small and unreliable to be of genuine value. It serves mainly the French folks who set it up nearly a decade…

What about http://moneybookers.com ?

http://www.moneybookers.com/partners/ebay/faq.html

I cannot disagree with the reasoning behind wanting to avoid an empty return trip. However, as a customer with a legit need, this isn't really my problem. Either the city, or the c…

I don't see it as a moral issue, in the least. The law was created, for a very good reason. Prior to the law, I've no doubt the public got screwed over, often, and on a regular bas…

I disagree. Being required to take you almost anywhere you ask, most likely arose because of racial discrimination. That's perfectly well thought out. The cabbies or cab companies …

"New Yorkers know this. Transplants from CT, NJ or whatever cul-de-sac in Wisconsin you people are coming from lately, frankly you deserve whatever crap treatment you get from cabb…

Yup, has happened to me. They wouldn't go too far out of Manhattan, midtown exactly, because they're getting ready to clock out and leave midtown. Was supremely annoying, in the ra…

Heroku is killing it in RoR today, but I also noticed their rates jump up real fast. The reason is, they're on the forefront in this area, and really don't have any legit competiti…

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"That's nothing." I very much disagree. "3-6 high alcohol beers" - do the math on the actual alcohol intake, on this. The clinical def (of having a problem) is "more than two _drin…

The same tendency is in me too, and too often, the same habit. It _is_ addiction, to a small or large degree. I, substitute ample exercise, and also make note of the actual differe…

"Cue the global warming conspiracy theorists to spin this far and wide." My first thought too. A GW Denialist - couldn't care less what he has to say, he obviously doesn't have the…

Bingo! I say, "here are your choices; A> will get you this, B> will get you this, but not this... " etc. "Quick and Dirty" is still an available choice, but I warn them thoroughly …

I used DynDNS as a reg for years, but when I wanted to customize the MX record, they wanted another chunk of money - buh-bye!... Probably going to Hover next.

Hey, don't sweat it man, I'm in the same boat with a lack of "apparent" readers, due to nearly zero comments. Great name, that's fine! Just keep blogging, on a predictably regular …