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XBOX Live Service Down....Update

Posted on January 21, 2008

Well, after 10 hours the following message appears on the Xbox live support homepage:

Screenshot of the Xbox.com support page showing Xbox LIVE service status

Maybe we will see some resolution to this issue soon….

XBOX Live Service Down...Again

Posted on January 21, 2008

Well, contrary to the news on Major Nelson’s podcast, Microsoft has not fixed the Xbox Live woes. It appears that there is a lot more work to do! The service today (last 8+ hours) is unreliable to completely shotty when trying to play/matchmake Halo 3 or COD 4. [Read More]

Took the Nerd Test

Posted on September 22, 2007 (Last modified: February 15, 2008)

Well, I took the Nerd Test this evening. Here are my results

Latest speed test.

Posted on March 16, 2007 (Last modified: January 21, 2008)

Here is my latest speed test from dslreports: ![](http://www.dslreports.com/i m/29597417/25817.png)

A complete lack of customer service...A Fry's Electronics Story

Posted on January 28, 2007 (Last modified: February 6, 2015)

![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Fry_s_Electronics.svg /176px-Fry_s_Electronics.svg.png) Well, my wife and I walked into one of the local Fry’s Electronics stores today. To be precise, it was the store on Thunderbird in Glendale, Arizona. I was prepared to talk about speakers for my home theater system. [Read More]