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Monthly Archives: June 2009
Looking for organization
I’ve been looking for a way to keep everything I have to do organized for years. I flip flop between systems, sometimes online, sometimes paper, sometimes just desktop based. Unfortunately I never use a system for more than a few … Continue reading
Sucked into Twitter
I’m not much of a social networking kind of person, but signed up for Twitter in October of 2007 to get the updates that KPBS was putting out for the fires. Since then my account has been pretty idle, except … Continue reading
More pricing inaccuracies
Almost 2 years ago, I wrote about price scanner inaccuracies at Target. Well, I was a victim of pricing inaccuracies again. This time, it was at one of my least favorite stores, Fry’s Electronics. I try to avoid Fry’s, but … Continue reading
Automation slowing things down
On Sunday, I went to SeaWorld with my family to celebrate my niece’s 5th birthday. My wife had mentioned SeaWorld’s entrance system as she has a pass and takes our son pretty often. It wasn’t until I went and saw … Continue reading
My first week with the Palm Pre
I’ve had a long history with smartphones dating back to 1997 when I worked on the Qualcomm pDQ, the first Palm OS based smartphone. Later down the line, I used a Samsung i330, Palm Tungsten W, Treo 180, VisorPhone, Treo … Continue reading
Reluctantly Upgraded
After a few years of delaying upgrading Quicken 2005 to Quicken 2007, I finally had to do it. I’ve been using Quicken since 1991 and have skipped a number of updates because I didn’t need the new features which probably … Continue reading
Forecasting the weather in San Diego
Last night, we were watching the news and the weather forecaster said that there was going to be drizzle today. I thought I was going to have to bring a rain coat as I knew I was going to be … Continue reading
Doing my civic duty
Today, I honored my summons to goto jury duty. I’ve been called maybe 4 or 5 times in the past and have only come close to serving on a jury once (I was an alternate and the case was pleaded … Continue reading
More on Registration Schemes
Today I saw an update to Multiplex that I bought as part of the MacUpdate Promo bundle. I went into it, did the update (it uses Sparkle) and found that it was no longer registered. I went back to the … Continue reading