Author: mdobin250

  • Do you read your bank statements?

    Do you read your bank statements?

    I’ve seen an uptick in bank account issues. I actually enjoyed my class in the Uniform Commercial Code and remember some of it, even though I’m pretty sure my book was a stone tablet. The UCC provides that you have one year to question a transaction on your account statement, unless you agree to a…

  • I got a call from a Quickbooks scammer

    You’ve seen them before. A call out of the blue to your parents, or even you, telling you that a large company has detected a problem with your system and that they can fix it. I received such a call from “800 BOOKS HELP” with a phone number of 818-860-4042. That’s a California area code.…

  • Dr. Strangelove (or how I came to love being in the Apple ecosystem)

    Several years ago, I was talking to my son about the MacBook Pro he was using. He was running Windows on it using one emulator or another. I asked him about the MacBook and he told me that the MacBook was the best Windows laptop he had used. That stuck with me. When it came…