Some geek stuff, some not so geek stuff.
Quicken just announced that Quicken Online is now free. It was previously just $2.99 month and was worth every penny. Now you have no excuse to not start budgeting online…. Continue Reading
Last week, I was at the Facebook developers conference. It was a pretty good conference and I learned a lot. Here are a few things I learned: Some companies still… Continue Reading
Apparently, U.S. immigration officials incite more terror than the terrorists themselves. Here’s some interesting commentary by Bruce Schneier regarding the terrorism “tax” that honest people pay. I found this quote… Continue Reading
In a deal worth $44.6 billion in cash and stock. Microsoft has made an unsolicited offer for Yahoo! In my opinion, Microsoft has always struggled in the online world. Yahoo!… Continue Reading
Sun announced today that they will acquire MySQL AB for approx $1 billion. I think this will do great things for MySQL. It seems that MySQL outsiders have often considered… Continue Reading
I recently made a laptop purchase from Circuit City online. During the checkout process, my business American Express (AmEx) card was declined. I tried my personal AmEx card and got… Continue Reading
In the past, I’ve put a brief teaser in my posts followed by a “more” link. I did this so that my main page (htttp://alt-j.com) wouldn’t be a mile long… Continue Reading
I really like to see good things happen to good companies. I’ve been testing out mozy for personal and business use recently and am glad to see things go well… Continue Reading
I’m not sure I like this at all. I’m a fan of Google Apps. It’s nice to have central access to email, calendaring and some office apps. I’ll admit I’m… Continue Reading
It turns out that Vonage may have a way around the current patent issues brought on by Verizon.