True in sports, business, and life in general: IF you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too; If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or being [...]
I got my iRobot looj “gutter robot” yesterday. I’ve been really looking forward to getting one for a while now and finally got it ordered late last week. Not bad for a delivery time! I think I ordered it on Thursday and received it tuesday with free shipping. Include in the box were two batteries, [...]
I have read a lot of what I consider to be fairly convincing arguments relating to software patents and whether the courts should “allow them” or “ban them”. Before I had the insight I’m going to share below I was definitely a fence hopper, but I think I have finally satisfied myself with an answer. [...]
Kids are so awesome… they’re just missing the filter that most of us have that keep us from asking silly questions. I mean, after all, maybe there are special situations where a lion might actually be on the radio! The other day I was driving my 5 year old home from ballet class. We were [...]
This is a followup to a previous post in which I listed my notes relating to how to get rid of my cable service. So how did it work out? Pretty well, actually, so far. We’ve been without cable for 3 or 4 months now and we’re doing alright. I definitely miss NBA on TNT. [...]
Not too long ago I got a huge bill increase from my cable company. I was coming off of the 1 year introductory pricing so it wasn’t actually a huge increase in rates, but practically, that is exactly what it was. I was paying $80 or so and then I was asked to pay $135 [...]
I want to mention one of my newer peeves to you folks and see if people agree. I do web stuff. Sometimes I look to buy websites. If a website makes some money then maybe I buy it for 10-15 times that amount and eventually I make my money back. There are ALL KINDS OF [...]
I had a birthday recently. On my birthday I made a sort of “resolution” to try to write atleast one post per week. This is week 3 (or 4 maybe) after that birthday and I’m just writing the first one. Sounds about right for a resolution, eh? So here’s what I thought I would do. [...]
Not too long ago my wife and I purchased a new house. Well, actually, there’s nothing new about this house. It’s about 40 years old and full of “issues”. Some of them are purely a product of neglect (it was vacant for almost 2 years prior to our purchasing it), some of them are due [...]
Late last week the Tennessee legislature passed a law that will allow those with a carry permit to bring their weapons into restaurants that serve alcohol. Previously, this was against the law. There are some caveats though. The person carrying is not allowed to drink any alcohol at all (that is definitely reasonable). As always, [...]