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What Tech Do You Use Every Day?
The question comes around almost every single day. What computer do you use? What kind of phone do you have? Do you use a specific camera? These questions are common because folks love to find out what other people work with while making their own buying decisions. Too often, we are burned by what appears [...]
Why Linux Can’t “Sell” on the Desktop
Last week while having a conversation with one of my fellow Gnomies, I found myself in a rare condition: I discovered that I was unable to answer a technology-related question with conviction. I’m not saying I have all the answers; every day I am confronted with questions either I or someone else asks me about [...]
Why More Bloggers Don’t Write About Linux
Almost every post we put out there about OS X or Windows is met with a comment, email, or a private message from someone who feels the need to point out that Linux did whatever it is we wrote about first and better. Undoubtedly, with such unbridled enthusiasm from the user base, you would think [...]
Childcare on a Double Income or Stay at Home on a Single Income?
I grew up in a family with four children. There were only six years between the age of the oldest and the youngest. Naturally, when I reached my child-bearing years, I wanted to follow in my mother’s footsteps and have my children close in age as she had. But it didn’t quite work that way. [...]
Is Google Greedy?
Once in a while I hear the dreaded question no small business owner would want to hear asked about their own business: Is Google getting greedy? Though a few individuals may adopt Gordon Gekko’s oft-misquoted creed “Greed is good” (which I have again misquoted here), most enterprises would prefer to be perceived as less greedy [...]
DLC (Downloadable Content): a Blessing or a Curse?
I remember playing the original BioShock quite well. It was one of those games that seemed to get wedged there within your mind and I think I played it about three times. I was naturally excited about the sequel, which was released earlier in the year. That, in my opinion anyway, was equally as impressive [...]
How Sleep Number Beds Work
If you’re a bit of an insomniac like me, you’ve probably seen infomercials and countless commercials about Sleep Number beds. These beds boast giving a perfect night’s sleep through finding and maintaining a firmness level that fits your body’s needs. Taking it a step further, both you and your partner can share the same bed [...]
Why You Should Consider Buying a Toyota Prius
Few cars have as strange a reputation as the Toyota Prius. Sure, it doesn’t have the muscle of a Camaro, the looks of the Mustang, or the reputation of the Honda Civic. Still, the Toyota Prius paved the way for an entire category of fuel-efficient vehicles that promise to save drivers money on gasoline without [...]
Frolickin’ Fridays for Swingin’ Singles
It’s Friday, and guess what? A couple you may know is getting married today. And that’s a wonderful thing, particularly if you’re pro-marriage. Some people are anti-marriage. All animals are anti-marriage. Well, most animals. If you consider humans to be animals, then we’re the only animal species that participates in this institution we call Marriage [...]
Digital Currencies Part 1: Using Digital Currency to Increase Your Capital
This is the first part in a series on digital currencies. Sometimes I think I know a thing or two about money. I subscribe to the Wall Street Journal, after all, and I even read it once in a while. Then I look at my bank account, overdrawn and bank fees accumulating, and I remember [...]
