Archive for September, 2008
Question: Do you think ministers have a constitutional right to advise their worshippers how to vote? Ministers should absolutely have the right to tell their congregation how to vote, get their church labeled as a political group and lose their tax exempt status. Are they afraid that their teachings have been so ineffective that their [...]
Last night I was working on a budget. My laptop must have realized that it would me less money spent on it, and decided to chunk the disk while I was switching back to Quicken.
Oh Laptop, why do you financially mock me by chucking a disk while I am creating a budget in order to spend less money on keeping you happy?
Question: Do you think that texting while driving is more dangerous than driving under the influence? Anything that raises driver load while operating a moving vehicle makes it harder to be be a good driver. This includes texting. And driving under the influence. And having other people in the car. And talking on the phone, [...]
The TiVo Support line has an interesting method to get people off the line when they are talking to a CSR. They put you on hold and make you listen to their hold music. Which is a voice that sounds just like the operator you were just talking to, on a 16 second loop. They [...]
If email is overwhelming your life and your inbox is out of control, I would highly recommend checking out the Inbox Zero series of posts on 43 Folders. It can make a huge difference in how you look at email. I don’t agree with everything that is presented, but it is cathartic to be able [...]
is wondering how well the WordPress integration works and whether or not it is worth all of the trouble. Initial guess: it’s not.
A similar plugin for Mac OSX Mail has also been available for quite a while. I’ve been using it for several years without nay problems. [www.bazza.com] There is also another plugin which does the same thing and works in 10.4. [www.hawkwings.net] Lifehacker comment on Gmail Labs Adds Forgotten Attachment Detector.
Regarding the Consumerist post on United: Did We Say $25 For The Second Bag? How About $50: United Airlines is finally implementing a policy where those who cost more to fly, pay more to be able to do so. This doesn’t seem like such a bad thing to me. If you think it is too [...]
Regarding the LifeHacker post on Create a Stuff Replacement Fund to Declutter and Make Money: This solution of selling what you don’t want so you can buy stuff that you do want is fighting the dragon at the wrong end: don’t buy the stuff you don’t need at the beginning. When you do find something [...]