Living for today - Planning for Tomorrow
I love technology just as much as the next guy and have been watching the Optimus keyboard as it winds it’s way through the design and production lifecycle. It’s pretty revolutionary as far as keyboards go. Rather than have static, fixed text on each key, it has dynamic OLED icons on each keyboard so that you can map the keys any way you like. The
Gas prices are getting ridiculous and there doesn’t appear to be any end in site. You know it’s time to start riding the bus when: -Your extra value meal is cheaper than the gas it took to go from the menu board to the pickup window -George Bush’s motorcade is made up entirely of Honda Civics -You long for the days of $3.00 gas -Your
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Flexo over at Consumerism Commentary has a post about an 86 year old man who was doing some banking at a Bank Of America. The teller noticed that he had a high account balance (good for him) and recommended he talk to one of their investment advisers. Long story short, the man ended up being sold a variable annuity. He has to live until 2010
If you’ve been waiting to find someone to invite you to try out JOOST, the wait is over. You can now invite yourself here: https://joost.com/presents/gigaom-newteevee/ Joost lets you watch various TV programs over the internet and is supposedly the next big thing! I’ll be trying it out and will review it here on this blog.
I have absolutely the best luck in the whole world. Not too long ago, I was sent an email from Peter Boltton. He claimed that his boss died in a terrible plane crash and he needed help getting the money that his boss left behind. He wanted to list me as his next of kin and I could share in all the money that he
It’s a disappointing trend. Yet another lottery winner who has lost his winnings and is now back to living the lifestyle that he had prior to winning the lottery in the first place. Andrew Cicero used to be a security guard. He won $5.5 million in the Wisconsin megabucks lottery. He started out with annual payments of about $98,000 per year but ultimately sold off
It’s been awhile since I’ve mentioned how things are going with the fire claim on my parent’s house. You’ll recall that late last year my parent’s had a massive fire at their house in the middle of December and then my father passed away from a heart attack on New Years Eve. Since then, I’ve been handling all of the details for my mother to
Thanks to some good friends of ours, my daughter has a whole new wardrobe. Our daughter is burning through clothes at a much faster rate now that she is attending daycare. She gets to spend lots of time doing arts and crafts, and playing outside. I think the playground is where the majority of the damage happens, but that’s a small price to pay for
I’ve been following Circuit City ever since I read that they fired 3400 of their highest paid workers and brought in a bunch of “new hires” at a lower pay rate. At this point, I would say that their strategy is failing. Go figure. Get rid of your best people and your sales miss your forecasts. It’s amazing to me that they really believed getting