My acumen when it comes to investing in the stock market can be found in the thousands of dollars I have lost over the past decade. I have the remarkable ability to pick any stock, buy it, and watch it plummet into the abyss within minutes. It amazes me still to this day how [...]
Final Number: $5921.44 Daily Average: $16.17 Includes: taxes, computer, iphone, ipad, software, subscriptions, clothes, laundry, anything else that didn’t fit in the other categories. The big tax bill that hit in April hurt. That along with the boat were the two big numbers that kicked up the daily average. I knew it was coming [...]
A cool little feature has returned to iTunes just in time for the holidays, in whatever form or fashion you choose to celebrate said holidays, if indeed you do celebrate any holidays…where was I? Oh yeah. With the latest update to the iTunes store you can now gift apps to somebody. It’s real easy. Let’s [...]
Now that I have two…count ‘em…2 books on the iBookstore that qualifies me to employ my PHD in slinging bovine fecal matter and help out anyone else who may be looking to get their manuscript published. And besides, it’s a slow week and I need to post something. So here goes… If indeed you are [...]
Well, it looks like a pretty cool device. Not a watered down version of the full sized iPad either. Nope, the iPad Mini is a fully functional death star in a much simpler and smaller package. Very clean, very minimal, and we all know how much I like minimal, and affordable, although not as affordable [...]
Nothing unusual happening so far this month but it is early. I dropped $17 on the icebox for the sailboat with mixed results. As a test I threw in 24 lbs of ice to see how long it would last and got 24 hours out of it. So, while the insulation helped some, the icebox [...]
There are a couple events happening this week that will keep my fritter ass busy. First, on Wednesday, Sept. 12th Apple will be holding an event out in California. As far as we all know, based on rumors, innuendo, and blatant lies, they will be introducing the newest model of the iPhone. Those same rumors [...]
If you are like me you probably keep some sort of jar, bowl, or piggy bank someplace where you throw all your loose change into at the end of the day. Then every once in a while you take that container and pour all the change onto a table where you roll your fingers through [...]
Around the end of 2010 I made a conscious decision to give up paper. It was becoming an annoying habit and it was time to stop. The digital age had finally progressed enough that I was confident that I could eliminate virtually all paper in my life. And I was right. For years, I would [...]
I’ve become an ardent fan of Apple, their products, and their philosophy. They continue to amaze everyone with every new product announcement and this week was no exception. A freshening of the MacBook line up, a glimpse of iOS 6 with some killer new apps including a new Maps feature and Passbook, which allows you [...]