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The Jury Duty Selection Lucky Wheel

So, Ronnie is now sitting in Jury Duty selection and he is keeping me updated on his chances of being selected. So far, about half were sent home, but he is still there. They are now randomly selecting people to interview based on the spin of this Jury Selection Wheel. I asked Ronnie to take

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How Often Do You Check Your Bank Account Online?

I check my bank accounts online almost every day. I check in more often then I use to, but mostly cause I go online to pay business bills and check deposits. In the old days, I mailed checks and I never received direct deposits from clients. Now, I pay virtually all my bills online and

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Geek Documentaries on CNBC: Mac, iPhone, Google, AOL & More

Over the past few weeks and especially this week, a bunch of CNBC documentaries on companies like Apple, Google, AOL and others are airing. I watched the Inside the Mind of Google a few weeks back, it was interesting. Last night, I watched Welcome to the Macintosh – that documentary was awesome (my wife kept

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Food Network Google Ads For Cablevision Contract Dispuit

The big local news over the New Years was that Cablevision and Scripps Networks, the network behind HGTV and Food Network, did not come up with a deal to make both sides happy. So now, if you have Cablevision, you no longer get HGTV and the Food Network. Unfortunately, I have Verizon FiOS, so I

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I Met a Loud Laugher

I met a wonderful, funny, kind and nice person recently. But this person also turned out to be an incredibly loud laugher. There are soft talkers, loud talkers, close talkers – but I honestly never met a loud laugher before. The thing is, the person talked at a very normal volume, but when he laughed

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Court Rules No Homework For Kids

Parents of three children in Canada have sued their children’s school to stop them from having to do homework. CBC News reports the parents, who are both lawyers, felt the homework being sent home to their kids was just a “lot of it was busy work.” The article said the family and school signed a

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Twist Ties Are Not Made Well Anymore

The past several packages of products I received that included twist ties for the cords made me a bit upset. If you used the twist ties, it felt like they were made for one time use only. They are pur plastic, flimsy and don’t really secure the cables like the old ones. The picture above

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Augmented Reality: You Say What?

I catch myself saying terms that people sometimes do not understand. Not big words, just new words. The latest word is Augmented Reality. Augmented Reality is a fancy way of saying using computer driven technology on top of real world elements. Got that? Urbanspoon recently updated their iPhone app to include a “scope” feature. You