Comments by Maulleigh

Lifehacker, gmail

How to read your Hotmail from Gmail

Maulleigh says:

I check my hotmail account at least once a day. It's like going from Vista back to Word 1988. Painful. I feel guilty that I told everyone to get a hotmail account. Now I want them to switch to gmail? I'm a horrible person.

03/05/07 06:24 AM

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If you've got a Hotmail account laying around but you've made the switch to Gmail, blogger Javed Mandary has instructions on how to get your Hotmail in Gmail. Hotmail doesn't offer POP access but Javed uses IzyMail to enable Hotmail POP and then get the messages using the Gmail Fetcher. Great for anyone still hanging onto that old Hotmail account for some crazy reason.

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Consumerist, usps

US Postal Service Solves Long Waits By Removing Clocks From Post Offices

Maulleigh says:

I guess it's either that or they raise the rates of stamps AGAIN. They're just really putting themselves out of business. I hope the Chinese eat them for lunch.

03/02/07 06:21 PM

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This sounds like a joke, but it's being reported by the Houston Chronicle: The USPS is removing clocks from post offices in order to allow customers to better "focus on the postal service." "We want people to focus on postal service and not the clock," said Stephen Seewoester, Dallas spokesman for the U.S. Postal Service. The USPS has removed clocks from 37,000 post offices as part of a "retail standardization program." Um, correct us if we're wrong here but: • People carry timepieces.

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Consumerist, surveys

Fill Out Our Survey, Get Chance To Win iPod Shuffle

Maulleigh says:

I love that you're using this to sell us better stuff via posts and advertising!!!

03/01/07 08:38 PM

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UPDATE: Survey max response number reached. Poll closed. Thanks everyone! You can win an iPod shuffle if you help us out with this 6-question poll to learn more about our readers. If you opt to enter your email address, you get a chance to win a free shuffle, with color of your choice. This email address will solely be used to communicate with winners and will never be sold to anyone or used to market to you. Entering the email address is optional.

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Lifehacker, wallet

Slim down your wallet with Just One Club Card

Maulleigh says:

I got about thirty of those key chain plastic thingers. It's like a swiss army knife.

03/01/07 09:20 PM

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Web site Just One Club Card lets you condense up to 8 different discount club cards onto one front-and-back card, meaning your back-breaking wallet is about to go on a big diet. Just enter the barcode numbers and choose the store for each card you want to get rid of and Just One Club Card will convert them to a printable, one-card format. Fold, laminate, and enjoy.

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Gawker, craigslist

Nightlife Writers Needed; No Uglies, Fatties

Maulleigh says:

Do you have older, responsible people chastise you for wasting too much time drinking and going out too much?

yeah, I'm all, "Bitch, get off my back!" And my boss is like, "yeah, you better get to those TPS reports." So I smashed my whiskey bottle against my cubicle and cut him good.

03/01/07 08:46 PM

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An unnamed publication or website is looking for the new Carrie Bradshaw! Except they're actually looking for the new Ted Casablanca. Or something. OMG, are you so excited to apply? Us too! If you like reading Us Weekly, if you can get into Marquee without paying (uh, they have a cover? We never noticed!), if you're a "regular" in the Meatpacking district, and if you have a headshot, they want you! continued »

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Gawker, jane

Jane: Now With 106 Fewer Breasts!

Maulleigh says:

@Boomdog: Back to staring at the same two I've had since I was 12. Seriously: I've aged but they haven't seemed to...

03/01/07 08:51 PM

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We are sad and sorry to report that the photoshoot for Jane's Guide to Boobs has, as of now, been canceled " due the inadvertent release of the list of participants," even though, as WWD reported this morning, only 4 of the amateur titmodels dropped out when the list went public. Does this mean that there will be no boob guide? We would be sadder still if this was so; we often find ourselves in dire need of boob guidance. And, well, $50.

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Gawker, tom cruise

TomKat To Make Love And Art Inside The Dakota?

Maulleigh says:

Tom Cruise needs to start saving his money or he'll end up like Jean Reno/Robert DeNiro and make any piece of crap that floats down the script river.

03/01/07 09:11 PM

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All the usual disclaimers apply on this one, but we sort of hope it's real: A tipster informs us that Tom Cruise is in contract for an apartment at the Dakota— and the deal is on the near side of 20 million dollars. (And is it Leonard Bernstein's?) Tom Cruise, living in the Dakota? OMG, just like his character in Vanilla Sky! (We, like most of the American movie-going public, have never seen Vanilla Sky, but Wikipedia assures us this is was the case.)

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Consumerist, verizon

Verizon Wireless To Buy Alltel?

Maulleigh says:

Kittie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Kittie!! Kittie!!!

...um...did you say something?

Kittie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

03/01/07 09:23 PM

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Rumors are flying that the largest rural cell phone provider, Alltel, is being stalked by Verizon like an alley cat on a delicious plump mouse. Is it true? Maybe, but probably not. Even though both carriers are CDMA (T-mobile and Cingular are GSM, a different technology), it's likely that the price of Alltel would be too much for Verizon, despite the fact that a merger between the two companies would make Verizon the nation's largest provider.

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Idolator, electronic arts

Video-Game Company Attempts To Woo Music Fans More Into The Sims Than The Shins

Maulleigh says:

How much shame did I feel when I realized that the kicky music installed in the SIMS2 was written by Mark Mothersbaugh: one of my favorites!! He did the soundtrack stuff for the Royal Tenenbaums, Life Aquatic and Rushmore.

03/01/07 09:30 PM

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Electronic Arts--the video-game giant behind such hits as Medal Of Honor, Madden NFL 07, and Def Jam: Rappers Be Fighting--is getting into the music-download business. The company has just launched EA Trax, an online store for people who have always yearned to hear multiple remixes of the Sims theme on their cell phone.

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Gawker, amy sohn

Amy Sohn Wins the Game of Life, OKAY???

Maulleigh says:

No joke: this is one of the funniest things I've ever read in my life. I love you with an unholy love, Gawker.

03/01/07 08:58 PM

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Rubbing your success in people's faces without being tacky about it is always a tricky proposition. If you try too hard to flaunt your wellbeing, you might come across as braggy -- or, god forbid, it might seem like you're overcompensating, or being pettily vindictive. So a subtle approach is probably best, especially if you're trying to make sure that, say, an ex best friend knows that you've succeeded where she has failed. A subtle approach like, say, a magazine column. continued »