Comments on: The 25 Worst Tech Products of All Time http://www.meryl.net/2006/06/08/the-25-worst-tech-products-of-all-time/ Content on writing, tech, business, marketing, social media Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:03:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Lee Brewer http://www.meryl.net/2006/06/08/the-25-worst-tech-products-of-all-time/comment-page-1/#comment-9745 Lee Brewer Fri, 08 Sep 2006 00:32:49 +0000 http://meryl.net/new/2006/06/08/the-25-worst-tech-products-of-all-time/#comment-9745 <p>Sony VAIO computers are very bad and the latest Sony product to burn me is their NW-E507 MP3 player - which uses their terrible Sony software to transfer all files from my computer to the MP3.</p> <p>It turns out they can only play some wma files, although they don't say that in their tech info. I needed a wma file they can handle - so $100 wasted again on Sony - but NEVER, EVER again.</p> Sony VAIO computers are very bad and the latest Sony product to burn me is their NW-E507 MP3 player – which uses their terrible Sony software to transfer all files from my computer to the MP3.

It turns out they can only play some wma files, although they don’t say that in their tech info. I needed a wma file they can handle – so $100 wasted again on Sony – but NEVER, EVER again.

]]> By: meryl http://www.meryl.net/2006/06/08/the-25-worst-tech-products-of-all-time/comment-page-1/#comment-927 meryl Fri, 09 Jun 2006 20:00:02 +0000 http://meryl.net/new/2006/06/08/the-25-worst-tech-products-of-all-time/#comment-927 <p>Intriguing! My guess would be someone used it to manage their ceiling fan or light dimmers. They look happy together -- Cuey and Dimmy. :)</p> Intriguing! My guess would be someone used it to manage their ceiling fan or light dimmers. They look happy together — Cuey and Dimmy. :)

]]> By: Elaine http://www.meryl.net/2006/06/08/the-25-worst-tech-products-of-all-time/comment-page-1/#comment-926 Elaine Fri, 09 Jun 2006 19:08:34 +0000 http://meryl.net/new/2006/06/08/the-25-worst-tech-products-of-all-time/#comment-926 <p>Here's the photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/epersonae/163644509/</p> Here’s the photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/epersonae/163644509/

]]> By: Elaine http://www.meryl.net/2006/06/08/the-25-worst-tech-products-of-all-time/comment-page-1/#comment-925 Elaine Thu, 08 Jun 2006 16:44:00 +0000 http://meryl.net/new/2006/06/08/the-25-worst-tech-products-of-all-time/#comment-925 <p>I have a cuecat hanging in my office!</p> <p>I was at FreeGeek in Portland last summer and went into their thriftshop. I saw it hanging behind the counter and kinda flipped out with dot-com nostalgia. The guy at the counter was so blown away that he either gave it to me for free or sold it for a buck. (I don't remember which now.)</p> <p>It hangs off of the mystery dial. Seriously...there's this dial, like a dimmer switch, on the wall of my office, and in five years I haven't been able to figure out what it's supposed to do. Which seemed to make it the logical spot for the cuecat. ;)</p> I have a cuecat hanging in my office!

I was at FreeGeek in Portland last summer and went into their thriftshop. I saw it hanging behind the counter and kinda flipped out with dot-com nostalgia. The guy at the counter was so blown away that he either gave it to me for free or sold it for a buck. (I don’t remember which now.)

It hangs off of the mystery dial. Seriously…there’s this dial, like a dimmer switch, on the wall of my office, and in five years I haven’t been able to figure out what it’s supposed to do. Which seemed to make it the logical spot for the cuecat. ;)

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