Recent Adventures

  • by chinesebob

    Yesterday and probably today it will be all over the news about the fact that the Big 3 went to washington in their private jets. “Oh you want money but you fly here in a private jet. Couldn’t you have flown first class?” was one congressman’s jibe.
    Let’s look at that for a second.
    If [...]

  • by chinesebob

    The media today is awash with the news that the Treasury Secretary, Mr. Paulson is looking at a way to use the other half of the 700B dollars that Congress approved for mortgage relief. Bloomberg reported that he would be looking at shifting the money from Mortgages to consumer lending.
    While the actual [...]

  • by chinesebob

    Last year around this time I wrote a post about a new task manager system I was using. What’s On Your Plate was all about keeping up with your to-do list and using it. More specifically it referenced a great web based app called Remember The Milk that seemed to have just about [...]

  • by chinesebob

    November 11th is Veterans Day. One day out of the year to honor the veterans that have served. While I have never served in the military, my family has been serving in the military since the American Revolutionary War. This November the 11th, we honor them and everyone else that has wears [...]

  • by chinesebob

    Well Americans and non-American Citizens tighten up those belts. Your money that you work so hard to earn is leaving you. It’s going to go to others who need to be able to afford all of the lifestyle amenities you do. Of course the amenities you enjoy will have to be cut [...]

  • by chinesebob

    As an iPhone owner, I peruse the forums, blogs, and application sites about the iPhone. I see a lot of people really happy with their iPhone. I see some people complaining about the inconsistent phone reception, or some of the bugs in the safari browser. There are application specific complaints but that [...]

  • by chinesebob

    I am trying to understand the tax plans of our respective Presidential candidates and decided to start with Senator Obama’s plan. I went to his web site and pulled back the detailed PDF outlining his plan.
    It is a well written marketing brief in that it sounds great if you read the details individually. [...]

  • by chinesebob

    During the day I use Microsoft OneNote. This is a great app. I use it every day to transcribe notes, to record meeting minutes, to do all kinds of useful things. The one thing I miss the most in being a mac user at home is OneNote.
    So just to [...]

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