09. Jul 2008 
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I’ve always been a huge fan of the “30-Day Trial”. This time, we’ll ditch TV.
01. Jul 2008 
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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, [...]
24. Jun 2008 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 [...]
17. Jun 2008 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 [...]
11. Jun 2008 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 [...]
02. Jun 2008 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 [...]
27. May 2008 2 comments
Every e-mail seems like another obstacle that will take too much time. Yesterday, faced with a 100+ mails in my inbox, I set out to find out why it’s so hard to deal with them.
24. May 2008 0 comments
Finally catching up on my RSS feeds, I ran across a post on Dare Obosanjo’s blog. He posted a comparison chart for the stock prices of Apple, Microsoft, and Google, under the catchy title “Race to the bottom”
This didn’t exactly jive with my recollection - I follow these stocks on a daily basis (and hold [...]
21. May 2008 1 comment
Recently I got a call from my attorney that you really don’t want to get. No, I didn’t lose a law suit. Instead, his office was broken into, and part of the records stolen include my credit card info.
So the question is, how to deal with this - and how to prepare for the next [...]
06. May 2008 1 comment
This morning I stumbled over a tweet announcing Purina’s site LongLiveYourDog.com. Really, Purina? You dare make that your motto? After being repeatedly involved in poisoned pet food recalls?
How about you fire your marketing guys who cooked that up and invest in quality control instead? Maybe the next time when you “save” a few cents by [...]