Archive for March, 2006



March Madness Gripes

Published on March 30, 2006

Those of you that were watching some of the tournament coverage in HD, you actually missed a lot of action. CBS, the network that aired the games, did not cut away to other games if you were watching HD. There is something with the HD feed, where they couldn’t cut away. So, if you were [...]


Tournament Brackets

Published on March 29, 2006

As you all know, this year’s tournament ahs turned up a couple of cinderellas. Most notably George Mason. This year on ESPN, the tournament challenge turned out more than 3 million brackets. Out of all these brackets only 4 had the Final Four set. I can’t even begin to fathom how they picked George Mason [...]


Sell Your Books to Barnes & Noble

Published on March 24, 2006

Just when you thought that the online bookstore wars was over, Barnes and Noble comes up with a way for you to sell your books online! I don’ t know how much they might pay for your books, but I can’t imagine too much. The cool thing about this is that your shipping is paid [...]


Are Larger Monitors Worth it? Hell Yes

Published on March 22, 2006

There was this interesting article about how the 30″ Apple Cinema Display increased productivity by 30%. If this isn’t a case for you to get a larger monitor at work, then I don’t know what else you can do. Well I suppose a little extra money woud help too. The link here will show an [...]


Wifi – Are You Liable if Someone Does Something Illegal?

Published on March 21, 2006

I would like to think that you are, but it depends on several factors. Let’s say that you and your roommate share a wifi connection in an apartment and one or both are doing illegal activity, then you are liable. But, if you are sharing your wireless and some person finds your wireless connection and [...]


Do You Know How Much Your Houses Are Worth in Your Area?

Published on March 20, 2006

I was surfing the web just to see what some housing values are around the neighborhoods I want to buy in. This website takes an interesting look at it. It combines the ingenuity of Google Maps and some real estate data. You can zoom in to street level and zoom out around the neighborhood. Give [...]


Bus Driver Fired for Playing Grand Theft Auto

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A bus driver in the UK was fired because he was playing Grand Theft Auto on the bus between stops. Kids reported that they could hear screams of people dying and getting hit by cars during stops when kids were getting on board. I don’t think this is a huge problem, as long as he [...]


ETF’s vs. Mutual Funds

Published on March 16, 2006

I have doing a little research about these two investments and there are some really interesting facts about the two. Yes, many are common sense facts, but I didn’t really think about it, because I am an investment newbie. I was reading over here at CNN Money, that ETF’s are much more tax efficient, but [...]


National Coffee Break Day

Published on March 15, 2006

Today, from 10AM – Noon, Starbucks was giving away free coffee. There were some locations where coffee experts were present to give information about the different types of coffee. And those of you that could not get a cup of coffee from a Starbucks, there were “runners” that had coffee to distribute to people. Unfortunately, [...]


5 Tips to Be Your Best at Work

Published on March 14, 2006

Nowadays, a lot of workplaces are becoming business casual and/or casual. This may be the case, but I feel that sometimes you still need to dress the part. It is a reflection of who you are and where you want to be. And also, I hate it how it is a double standard for guys, [...]