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Congratulations Stephani and Jayson!
( Our Life )
This past weekend Matt and I traveled to Pittsburgh, PA to attend the wedding of Stephani and Jayson Hobbs. (Stephani is Matt’s cousin.) It was great to see a lot of Matt’s family, some whom we’d never even met before, like the flower girl and ring bearer: Elli Trey The wedding was beautiful! One of [...]
San Francisco
( Our Life )
I attended a conference for work in San Francisco on June 14-18. It was the first time I’d ever been there, so I was looking forward to seeing the highlights. My boss (Jackie) and I arrived on Wednesday afternoon and had a few hours to sightsee before our opening conference dinner. We took a cable [...]
Links for 2006-06-19 to 2006-06-25
( Cool Sites )
Fake Name Generator Generates a fake name and address that can be used if you don’t want to use your real info (e.g., signing up for something that unnecessarily requires it online). (del.icio.us tags: lifehacks privacy tools)
The Undeniable Disappointment of US Soccer
Well, US soccer’s World Cup is over with a 2-1 loss to Ghana. Congrats to the Black Stars. I’d rather see them go (along with Italy) rather than have two European teams advance out of the group. Time for the US to start focusing on South Africa in 2010. The US did get screwed again [...]
Links for 2006-06-12 to 2006-06-18
( Cool Sites )
BBC – A Digital Picture of Britain – How to Take Good Photos Some tips on taking better pictures. (del.icio.us tags: photography tips) Angel Effect Tutorial (del.icio.us tags: photoshop tutorial) Photoshop Dreamy Effect (del.icio.us tags: photoshop tutorial) Speed Demos Archive – Full Game List sorted alphabetically Videos of the fastest times people beat classic video [...]
A Good Day for US Soccer, A Bad Day for the Ref
The US played a much better game than they did against the Czechs in a 1-1 draw against Italy this afternoon. And, they received an immense boost from Ghana who pulled the biggest upset thus far in beating the Czechs 2-0. Thus, Group E truly lived up to its billing as a Group of Death. [...]
The Corruptibles
The EFF has a new commercial detailing some of the anti-consumer legislation that the MPAA/RIAA is trying to get passed in Congress right now.
Playing Politics With Religion
If there is any doubt that politicians just spew crap that they totally don’t believe in, check out Congressman Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA). He supports displaying the Ten Commandments in Congress, but then can’t even name more than three of them. And they’re important to him because? I’m sure that there’s a ton of politicians on [...]
Part 3: Why You Can’t Marginalize Your Marginal Tax Rate
( Matt's Posts )
In the next post, I’ll talk about what type of accounts you can and should use for retirement savings. At this point, I’ll add a brief interlude about tax rates since your choice of retirement savings (and many other forms of savings, such as college) is largely influenced by tax consequences. Specifically, I’ll focus on [...]
Part 2: How Much to Give Yourself for Retirement
( Matt's Posts )
Previously, I tried to convince you of the necessity and value of saving. In this post, I want to address how much you should try to save for retirement. These are just guidelines based on what I’ve read in the past. However, even if you can’t reach these guidelines, please don’t let it stop you [...]
So You Had a Bad Day
Here’s a link to a blog with some rather entertaining photos.
What the Heck American Airlines?
And so it continues. After my recent adventures with American, I actually had a decent experience about a month ago when I flew to Seattle (of course, the majority of the trip, from Chicago to Seattle, was on Alaskan Airlines). Now they’re back in form. Got to the Champaign airport this morning for my 11:18 [...]
Hit By a Lokomotiva
The only word I can come up with to characterize the US performance against the Czech Republic’s Lokomotiva in the World Cup is OUCH. We were thoroughly dominated in our 3-0 loss to the Czechs. After having missed qualifying for the past two World Cups, the Czechs came out and played like a team that [...]
Links for 2006-06-05 to 2006-06-11
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Things That Make Me Angry (del.icio.us tags: humor lists toread) LOST-Theories.com: Homepage Focuses exclusively on allowing people to share, rate, and comment on theories about Lost. (del.icio.us tags: blog lost tv) Ubuntu Dapper Drake 6.06 Guide – KrazyPenguin.net How to do a bunch of things in Dapper Drake. (del.icio.us tags: linux reference tips ubuntu) How [...]
Let the Games Begin
Today marks the beginning of the 2006 World Cup in Germany. Leigh Ann and I got to watch the last half of the Germany-Costa Rica game at lunch today. Quite the shoot-out. Here’s the schedule for the US team in group play (all times are Eastern Time): Against Czech Republic at noon on Monday, June [...]
Go Ahead and Be Evil, Google
Here’s a funny article that imagines what products could Google bring to the market if they decided to abandon their “Don’t Be Evil” motto. Google Murder Why pay top dollar for a professional hit man when an amateur will do it for a few bucks and a good alibi? Google could leverage the technology behind [...]
Sony’s Downward Spiral
Fresh off their rootkit debacle from last fall, Sony seems to be missing on all cylinders with the upcoming Playstation 3. The PS3 has such low expectations that if it doesn’t blow up when you plug it in, it will be hailed as a major success. Here’s a good article about Sony’s love of proprietary [...]
Coolest Video You’ll See Today
There’s your run-of-the-mill holes-in-ones and then there’s Fuzzy Zoeller’s hole-in-one:
Weekend Recap
We went shopping for some gifts for various occasions on Friday evening, followed by a Chinese meal at Rainbow Garden. Thus began our weekend of Asian meals. On Saturday, Leigh Ann went to help her boss prepare for a wedding reception that she’s having for her daughter this upcoming weekend. Then, we went to Joel [...]
Links for 2006-06-03
( Cool Sites )
Protecting yourself against the BitTorrent bandits! (tags: bittorrent privacy utorrent)