I Want That One

08. Oct 2008 Comments 2 comments

Immortal debate moments…

Thoughts on the bailout

29. Sep 2008 Comments 0 comments

While the mess unfolded, there were a couple of thoughts that popped up in my head.

I’m back… I’m back…

28. Sep 2008 Comments 0 comments

I’m really, really back ♫

Yes, I know. I’ve been gone forever from here, and I’m sorry about that. Life has conspired to keep me busy. In the last few months, I had the pleasure of:

Buying a place (with my wife out of town, so I could make the fax machine work overtime) Overseeing the remodeling Packing and [...]

No TV for 30 Days

09. Jul 2008 Comments 2 comments

I’ve always been a huge fan of the “30-Day Trial”. This time, we’ll ditch TV.

Ingenious Solution to a Horrible Problem

01. Jul 2008 Comments 0 comments

One of the more horrible weapons humanity has conceived is the antipersonnel landmines. While we have plenty of ways to kill each other, those devices are intentionally designed

to injure rather than kill in order to increase the logistical support (evacuation, medical) burden on the opposing force

(Wikipedia)

There is a treaty to ban AP landmines. Embarrassingly enough, [...]

More rent vs. buy calculators

24. Jun 2008 Comments 0 comments

Chris Parnin1 recently pointed me to the NY Times buy vs. rent calculator

I do like the fact that it allows you to take a lot of factors into account - tax rate, inflation, appreciation, rent increase, return on investment, you name it. It also allows you to interactively modify the settings - move a slider [...]

Wedding Equality - Let’s Keep it that Way

17. Jun 2008 Comments 2 comments

Today is a wonderful day in California. Hundreds of couples finally got their permission to marry each other. It’s wonderful to see people who’ve been living together for 55 years can finally marry. Yes, it’s an extreme example. But if you’ve been to West Hollywood today, you have seen a lot of really happy people [...]

Should I Rent Or Should I Buy?

11. Jun 2008 Comments 2 comments

That’s a question that I need answered before I will commit to buying - after all, what’s the point of buying if it breaks the bank in the long run?

There are plenty of factors to take into account - inflation, investment earnings, mortgage rates, HOA dues, and tons more. Sitting down and doing math sounds [...]

Faxing from your Computer

02. Jun 2008 Comments 4 comments

Sometimes, you still have to send faxes. And until digital signing becomes more mainstream, that will probably stay the case. So the question is, how do you do that without having a fax machine?

If you have a MacBook and an analog phone line, it’s easy - it’s built right into your print dialog, under the [...]

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