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OfficeMax Replacement Watch, Day 19

Almost three weeks now and still nothin’. Geof suggests I should skip the Tungsten and go for a Treo. I suppose that’s an option, although if the Treo ever breaks then that means not only have I lost my PDA but I’ve lost my cellphone, too… The other thing that irks me about Palm (not OfficeMax) …

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OfficeMax Replacement Watch, Day 16

Nothing to report. I have meetings all morning this morning and would love to have the PDA for note-taking and boredom-reduction. Oh well… On the other hand, I did get a new car stereo last night which is getting installed on Friday. And tomorrow they should be turning on the DSL at the house… woohoo for …

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OfficeMax Replacement Watch, Day 12

No events to report today. It is starting to drive me crazy not having my PDA. I didn’t realize how much I rely on it for calendar and note-taking (not to mention game-playing) until I’ve been without it for the better part of two weeks. If I had any other big purchases planned, I’d just go buy one …

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OfficeMax MaxAssurance Replacement Watch, Day 11

Sent the package off yesterday afternoon… it’s headed to Dallas. I’m guessing the good ol’ US Postal Service should have it there no later than Saturday. On the other hand, we got the new laptop yesterday so now I have a lot of fun setup tasks in front of me, including the wireless network. I …

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OfficeMax MaxAssurance Replacement Watch, Day 10

My prepaid mailing label came in the mail yesterday, so last night after softball I went to get everything boxed up. Needing to send along a copy of my original purchase receipt, I went down to my scanner to make a copy… and the scanner apparently has died. Great. So, it didn’t get packaged last night. …

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OfficeMax MaxAssurance Replacement Watch, Day 9

Note from Chris: I’m not usually this bitter… but I’m taking no small pleasure in the fact that this blog is the first Google hit on the search for “OfficeMax Replacement Plan”. Don’t know that my complaints will result in anything, but I’m going to document the arduous …

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