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3.5 hours chatting to customer service and the iPhone works

We totaled it all up and 3.5 hours spent on the phone to both t-mobile and AT&T and the iPhone works. Strangely enough she actually seems to think it’s worth it. Whatever. I’m sticking with my Blackberry for now. Who needs an interface that’s good enough to lick and those sweet animation effects and that […]

January 4, 2008 | Startups | No comments

A great speech

Obama’s victory speech at Iowa this evening was one of the most inspiring political speeches I’ve ever seen, particularly the second half. Watch it on cpan.org and it’ll be on youtube tomorrow.

January 3, 2008 | Startups | No comments

An iPhone? Thanks but I'd rather get punched in the face.

I gave a loved one an Apple iPhone as a gift this afternoon. The happiness lasted until she started trying to transfer her cellphone number from T-Mobile (who we love) to AT&T (the only network with iPhones). After spending 40 minutes on the phone with an AT&T customer service rep she had to call T-Mobile […]

January 3, 2008 | Startups | 1 comment

Live Caucus Map – courtesy Google

Google has a Live Caucus Map in case you’re watching the Iowa caucuses this evening.

January 3, 2008 | Startups | No comments

I'm a fan

Saw this image on cnn.com this morning. It captures the essence of democracy. While I wonder if Barack knows what’s good for American business, I can’t help but like the guy.

January 2, 2008 | Startups | No comments

My name is Mark Maunder. I've been blogging since around 2003 when I started on Movable Type and ended up on WordPress which is what I use to publish today. With my wife Kerry, I'm the co-founder of Wordfence which protects over 5 million WordPress sites from hackers and is run by a talented team of 36 people. I'm an instrument rated pilot and I fly a Cessna 206 along with a 1964 Cessna 172 in the Pacific Northwest and Colorado. I'm originally from Cape Town, South Africa but live in the US these days. I code in a bunch of languages and am quite excited about our emerging AI overlords and how they're going to be putting us to work for them.