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I have begun to keep a notepad record of my daily thoughts, observations, notes, etc., in notepad. I would like a notepad similar to Ubuntu’s, if anyone knows of one. Those items marked in bold have been completed. Comments and suggestions based off of these notes are always appreciated. I have only put in the [...]

Yesterday I was assaulted by not one, but two, telephone calls, trying to sell me something. This would not have been unusually odd, but I am on the donotcall.gov registry, and have been since I have lived here. I looked up the donotcall.gov time limit on their service, and it was listed as five years. I [...]

Well, I guess I have another reason to quit using Comcast:
Comcast Throttles BitTorrent Traffic, Seeding Impossible
Written by Ernesto on August 17, 2007

Over the past weeks more and more Comcast users started to notice that their BitTorrent transfers were cut off. Most users report a significant decrease in download speeds, and even worse, they are unable [...]

Warning: For those of you who understand Lockergnome’s interface, you do not need this article. Feel free to steer somewhere else, as this is going to be boring for you.
I write this article for all of the people who have wondered how to get to my main page, find my various categories of material, or [...]

I was awakened this morning by my daughter at 9:30, telling me to hurry up and get out of bed. There was an estate being given away for free, in less than 30 minutes. I rose up, dressed, and we were out the door within 15 minutes. By 10 till 10:00, we had arrived. There [...]

We as Americans have an obsession with appearances, even when they requires us to take long hours out of our busy schedules to maintain them. Yard work is one of those time consuming projects that many people avoid, by moving into apartments. Keeping up one’s yard is important, but to the degree that some do, [...]

I went out yard saling today, and scored pretty well. To get good deals, shop toward the end of the day, especially on Sunday. People are often wanting to just get rid of their stuff by this point, and will sell it for a steal, or give it away for free. I was able to [...]

A few months ago, my 5 year old crock pot began to fall apart. All of the plastic knobs and handles were falling off, or crumbling into pieces. It was one of those cheap one’s from WalMart; a gift from a relative. I went online to the GE parts site, and looked up my [...]

By now everyone knows that Gnomedex is sold out, unless you want to pay a pretty penny to sit in the *Cove* room, and not be able to mingle in the heart of the action. Even with these tickets still available, there is no way they will be by the time I get the money [...]

Learning has come to be looked at as something we have to pay for, in one way or another. Often the cost of getting degrees, certification, etc., doesn’t pay off in the long run. A large number of people are finding themselves these days without a job, or pay that is equal to their [...]