Nerdy Dork

It’s my wife’s birthday today. She got a call from the mortgage company we went through to buy our house. We haven’t heard from them since a month after we signed the papers and they sold our note. So the call really came as quite a surprise to my wife. It went something like this:

Axiom: “This is Axiom financial. We are just calling to wish you a happy birthday.”

Wife: “Uh, OK.”

A: “So how is your family?”

W: “Goooood.”

(More awkward attempts at conversation)

A: “So, do you need any money?”

W: “Excuse me?”

A: “Well, we do second mortgages…”

Can you believe this marketing technique?! Happy birthday, want to get in debt? Lown down, dirty, rotten…

Technorati Tags: Axiom, motgage, debt, marketing, telemarketers

I’m getting frustrated trying to claim my blog on Technorati. This blog used to be located at http://blog.davisvillage.com (it still is for archive purposes). I couldn’t ever claim that blog location on Technorati. Every time I try I kept getting this error:

There was a problem claiming your blog. Please try again in a few minutes. You can also go to Technorati Help >> for help claiming your blog.

I’ve tried everything in that help section, but nothing works. So I claimed this blog just as soon as I got it set up, then I moved my blog over completely. It still does some funky things on occasion though.

I’m now having the same problem with my LDS blog. I get the same error when I try to claim it. I’ve tried a few things:

One think I tried did provide some interesting results. I deleted all the files and reinstalled a fresh copy of WordPress. Then I was able to claim my blog! After claiming it, I move my old files back over and reconnected to my original database. CRASH! I still have the claim to LatterdayBlog.com, but after another ping, it doesn’t seem to exist to Technorati.

When I look at the details for this blog on Technorati, all I see is:

Anyone else experienced the same frustrations? Anyone found a solution to the problem?

Technorati Tags: Technorati, claim, claim your blog

They seem friendly enough, but they don’t seem to know what’s going on. My first phone call I was told average service cost is $40-$50. When I took it in, nothing was said about the cost, it seemed very disorganized and messy. I called back about 2 days later and the conversation went something like this:

Me: “Hi, I brought my lawn mower in last week and I just wanted to call and get an estimate of how long it will take.”
Murray Mower: “2 to 3 days.”
Me: “OK, thanks.”
Click.
Continue reading “Murray Mower Observations”