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Is Quicken Essentials 2010 better than Quicken 2007 for Mac? Probably. Will I switch to Quicken Essentials 2010? No way in hell. Let’s look at a couple of questions they left off the FAQ.

Can I still track my investments? No

Not even my 401k? Nope.

Can I export my data as with previous versions? Nope. We prefer to have our [...]

Monday, March 8th, 2010 at 23:19 | 0 comments
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The Evil HR Lady had a post a while back about facial hair during interviews. The crux of the question is “should you shave it before an interview.

I tend to agree with one of the commenters who said “You don’t want it to distract you or cause you to worry and walk into an interview [...]

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010 at 23:20 | 0 comments
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When Netgear says they added a “comprehensive memory test that you can run”, they aren’t kidding. It’s an eight phase process which takes a good 2 hours (for a 1 GB chip). And, you need to run it twice.

Friday, February 5th, 2010 at 18:43 | 4 comments
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I keep reading in the news that Yahoo! is continuing to lose ground to Google. I can understand why.

Today when my wife called to find showtimes for a theater, I remembered that Yahoo! Movies always used to have good information. So I filtered on her location, by the movie she wanted to see, and came [...]

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009 at 17:36 | 1 comment
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This quote from an article on Consumerist goes a long way to showing why companies treat people badly and get away with it:

Had I not absolutely needed to make the purchases, I would have surely walked away and never returned.

If you are going to complain about treatment you received to a consumer site, [...]

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009 at 17:27 | 0 comments
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Billy Mays here for Orange Glow—the only casting material you will ever need. Broken bones from a fall? Orange Glow mends them all!

Saturday, October 31st, 2009 at 13:34 | 0 comments
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To the two or so people who read A Plaid Strategy Guide for Las Vegas Slots on Facebook, I updated it today with levels 5 and 6.

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009 at 20:52 | 0 comments
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Before eating dinner tonight, I finally took a few minutes to read the front of the Totino’s Crispy Crust Supreme Party Pizza box. The pizza has toppings of:

Green Peppers Onions Sausage Pizza Topping with Pepperoni Flavor

I’m not sure I really want to know what “Pizza Topping with Pepperoni Flavor” is. No more reading for me.

Tuesday, October 6th, 2009 at 20:24 | 0 comments
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There has been a bit of an outcry about Apple suing Woolworths over their updated logo. While some lawsuits are clearly frivoulous, I think this one has a bit more meat to it. Let’s ask a few questions:

Does the Woolworths logo look like an apple? Yes Will they brand computers or other home electronics with this [...]

Monday, October 5th, 2009 at 19:12 | 0 comments
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Not have enough assholes in your life recently? That’s because they’ve all been posting on this FML thread.

Sunday, October 4th, 2009 at 00:04 | 0 comments
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