Not that paying bills is fun, but as we’re running the numbers for our upcoming mortgage, I realized there’s a nifty way to pay off your loan in half the time.  It’s not always possible, but if you have some room in the budget, it may be the motivation you need.
Here’s how it works.

Calculate your [...]

I’m a perfectionist.  Ok, I’m sometimes late, and my desk at home is atrocious.  But, when it comes to projects I’m a part of, I want things organized perfectly.  I need naming conventions to be consistent, I need things to line up.  Yes, it means I care, and I deliver a better finished product.  It’s [...]

Wolfram Alpha launched late Friday night.  What’s notable about WA is that it tries to actually answer your question, not simply find a page to answer it (so it’s an Answer Engine, as opposed to a Search Engine).  Looking at the High Scalability page, WA boasts over 10 trillion pieces of data and over 50,000 [...]

It shocks me how many people I know, who regularly read and participate online, that don’t understand or use some form of RSS reader.  It’s not hard, and it’ll completely change the way you view content online.
An RSS reader, such as Google Reader, can pull the newest content from all the sites you go to [...]

Until I met my wife, I could have cared less about Bruce Springsteen. I am completely embarrassed to admit that now.
Unbelievable. As they returned to the dugout, I said to my friends, “I guess that’s the end of their first set.” What I didn’t realize was that two hours had just passed. [...]