So every once in awhile, a new bill hits Congress with the goal of reducing online piracy.  The latest version of this is SOPA or the Stop Online Piracy Act.  The counterpart in the Senate is PROTECT-IP (this one’s a mouthful – Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act).  I […]

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There are so many places looking for donations, it’s hard to choose just one.  Not only that, money seems to be tighter for a lot of people this year.   But if you’re looking for somewhere to donate, Archive.org is looking for donations.  They have increased the amount of information and websites that you can pull up through […]

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So it’s obviously no secret that pretty much any download site bundles software with other programs.  For example, you might install a program and be asked if you also want to install Google toolbar.  Of course, it’ll also hijack your home page and default search page, but that’s another story.  With all the additions attached […]

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‘People who are truly thankful don’t complain.  They find a reason to be truly thankful.’ I don’t say much about going to church.  The pastor at my parents church said the above this last Sunday.  He also said: ‘Thankful people don’t hoard.’ We all have reasons to not be thankful.  We all have things that […]

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So, on Nov 9, Adobe announced they were no longer going to be developing Flash for mobile devices. Instead, they’d be concentrating on using Flash to support apps for the app stores. http://blogs.adobe.com/conversations/2011/11/flash-focus.html (Opens in a new window) On the one hand, it’s great news for most mobile devices, including phones.  LOL except for those […]

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Are we a democracy or a republic? Are we turning into the Incorporated States of America? From YouTube: Edited to add the following, posted from OccupyOakland. And one more: I know my parents don’t agree with Bernie, but this is what I’ve been saying when my parents ask my opinion of what’s going on, or […]

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I’m in the middle of a post with more thoughts about Occupy Wall Street, but I saw this on another blog and I just had to giggle. I may be a bitch. I am just not YOUR bitch. It gave me the giggles.

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With apologies to Tracy Chapman, it seems like the revolution has started not with a bang, but with a whisper. Occupy Wall Street has been marching on Wall Street past the original 14 days planned.  They’re now coming up on 21 days – if I remember correctly.   Similar groups have been marching in other cities […]

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So I actually sat and watched most of the keynote address at Facebook’s F8 conference.  The beginning was interesting, with Andy Sandberg from SNL.  I honestly liked what Andy had to say more than what was said after.  Granted, some of it is going to be interesting… like the new timeline, but there’s going to […]

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I frequently read The Simple Dollar (opens in a new window).  Trent Hamm has a number of arguments for watching your spending, and very clear ideas on ways to save money and pay off debt.  He uses some of the tips from Dave Ramsey, but also pulls from other sources and tells what works for […]

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