I recently had someone make me an epic quality ring and necklace. I provided all mats. We never discussed a price or tip. After he crafted the items and popped open trade and put the items in, I thought I would give him 50g as a tip ( which I thought was a very nice tip ). He sat there for a minute and would not hit the trade button. I finally received a message from him saying I will have to do better than 50g. So he opens again, I grudgingly put up 100g. He sits for another minute then the trade is cancelled. He messages me again saying that he could sell the items for 2000g on the auction house. I remind him that I provided him with the mats ( that nearly cost that much ) and that he was holding my gear hostage. He says I will have to do twice as good as my last offer. What else was I supposed to do, I spent more ( a lot more ) than 200g on the mats, so I gave him 200g and he finally traded the items. He started spamming trade offering his services, I made sure everyone was aware of the 200g tip he required. I created a ticket for the GM about the situation. The next day I have 150g in my mailbox ( I guess he got to keep 50g as the tip I was willing to give ), and it appeared he was banned for a few days. Was not a fun situation, and I won't be dealing outside of my guild anymore.

It appears the VPN password saving problem is fixed.. not only that, but I can actually check my IMAP enabled Exchange server through the VPN connection now.

I picked one of these up yesterday at my local Cingular store. It's supposed to be a Christmas present from my wife, but I couldn't help opening it up and making a couple of test calls with it. It really does seem to work as advertised. I cranked up my stereo and made a phone call to a friend and asked if he could hear any music. He said it was completely silent. He also said my voice sounded clear, not tinny, or like I was on a speaker phone. I can't wait until after Christmas to play with it some more. I have played with many bluetooth headsets and this seems to be the only decent one I've used.

LOST

Happiness in Slavery - Nine Inch Nails

That KVM is the biggest pile of crap. I just had to return one to CompUSA because it wouldn't "flip". Instead of being dumb, it tries to detect the PC's before it will allow you to flip, for some odd reason it was not detecting my Dell laptop, but seemed to work OK with the Mac Mini. The "flip" software didn't help either. I switched back to an IOGear and everything is working great.

TOAST!!!!!! & BUTTER!!