Monthly Archives: January 2008

Flooring for your home

I recently replaced some of our vinyl Home Flooring with laminated wood. I got a pretty good deal, and other than the trim (which has taken some wear) and one or two gouges that are through the top layer into the under-layer, it’s worn pretty well. Would I recommend it again? Yes and no. It’s [...]

Why we should eliminate primary elections

Say you have 10 people who want to run for the office of President: 5 with an R after their name and 5 with a D after their name (just for simplicity we’ll leave out 3rd parties). Since neither party enforces adherence to the individual planks in their platform, you end up with someone who [...]

T-Mobile Tip: Change the Number of Rings Before Going to Voicemail

If you’ve got T-Mobile as your wireless provider, this little tip could come in handy. If you want to increase (or decrease) the number of rings before an incoming call goes to voicemail, from your mobile phone dial **61*(your phone number)**15#. Where "(your phone number)" is your 11-digit phone number (including 1 and the area [...]

Request for Input: Rebuilding my HTPC

To all my loyal readers out there, I’m normally here dolling out my information to you all, and I do so without expectation of any compensation… but today I am asking for some help… no, no, no: put your wallets away… It’s come time when I’ve finally outgrown the capabilities of my Media Center PC [...]

Digging out of financial debt

As my regular readers may already know, recently I’ve been getting my financial deck of cards in order. I’ve been reducing non-necessary expenditures, paying off high-interest credit cards and lines of credit, and refinancing. What started the ball rolling? Checks started bouncing. That’s never good. It turns out that my line of credit was maxed-out. [...]