Archive for November, 2009

Can People Get Stupid After Too Much Turkey?

The NY Daily News online is reporting that a pregnant lawyer in Valley Stream, on Long Island, left her toddler in her car seat and went shopping at Walmart for more than an hour. Really? Are you serious?
In an age when children aren’t safe walking to their school bus stops or even playing on their [...]

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Twitter + Gangs = New Type Of Shot-Calling

It’s almost funny. I grew up in NY…Queens to be exact. I had a terrible Brooklyn accent and loved riding on the subway. That’s a great thing about being a kid – not having the same fears that grown-ups have. Go out or stay out late at night. Hang out on street corners or in [...]

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A Virus Is The Last Thing I Need

I’ve owned a PC since 1993 and today is the second time ever in those 16 years that I’ve found myself at the mercy of a virus. The last virus I had was the worm that went around with a IE6 update. It wasn’t too long after that that I abandoned Internet Explorer as my [...]

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Advertising on Craigslist

Back in October I’d made a post that Craigslist has become a waste for me to look for a regular job. However, it does still provide a reasonable venue for advertising services. Well, sort of.
Craigslist has finally started cracking down on spammers and over-posters, meaning that one used to be able to post an ad [...]

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Hulu – My Kinda TV

I have to laugh at myself sometimes. I used to think my mom was silly for complaining about how many commercials were shown during a typical tv show. She used to make us watch PBS all the time because there were no commercials. During their peak “giving” seasons, she would take the time that PBS [...]

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