2007 May

A long time ago, at the peak of the first (and yes, now we can say the first) Web bubble, I ordered my Weber Grill online. Flash forward a bunch of years and here it is, Memorial Day 2007… time to break out the barbecue and sunblock. As I opened up my trusty Weber for […]

$1,100 in cell phone text messaging charges? The Washington Post ran an article last Sunday about a teenager whose “incessant text-messaging racked up a huge phone bill on the family’s wireless plan.” Like it’s news that the cell phone companies are ripping us all off blind for those text messaging transgressions. It’s an all […]

Still looking for that super cheap laptop? A computer liquidation sale might just fulfill that dream on a budget. Computer liquidation companies typically pick up laptops as they come off lease or are cast off by corporations or schools during systematic upgrades. The leasing companies use the computer liquidators to make the most of their […]

According to Reuters, Bill has a big yacht… a really big yacht. How big, you ask? Try 177 feet and see how it fits. Common folk might dream about chartering a yacht to cruise Mediterranean and Caribbean waters. But Bill and Melinda have succumbed to the charms of Phuket, Thailand, where the locals are planning […]

Looking for the ultimate vacation condo? You’re not alone. Once the weather breaks, it’s tough to put aside thoughts of that dream vacation. Today was one of those days. So with the windows flung wide open and the ceiling fan running full blast, I checked out USCondex, a massive web resource for vacation condos and […]

It’s getting hard to to remember those bad old days … back when we had to pay to develop and print each and every photograph on a roll of film. Come to think of it, the mere thought of a roll of film is quaint. (A roll of what?) The ability to print only the […]