Archive for the ‘General’ Category

The Ultimate Website

Tuesday, May 30th, 2006

Yesterday, my son asked about a website. He wanted to start sharing with his friends all of the fun stuff he finds online. So he has begun a new site: http://www.myultimatewebsite.com Watch as it grows (and as he does too)!

Open Source Windows - Free, Open-Source software for Windows

Saturday, April 8th, 2006

As mentioned in my previous posts here, I am an advocate of Open Source and Linux. But what if you can't switch to Linux? You can at least avoid license fees and run great software by running open source applications. These applications are free to download, free to ...

Shopping for a Mortgage

Tuesday, April 4th, 2006

We recently purchased our home, it had its ups and downs. Experience and some self taught education made it a lot better. Once site I referenced was http://www.wmrc.net . This site is a collection of links and information on mortgage refinance/purchases. One bit of advice, there ...

Suddenly I was in a Car Accident

Thursday, March 30th, 2006

Yesterday will be remembered by me as the day I was in a car accident. Yup, there I was on the freeway at a dead stop, not too far from LA's Chinatown, when I looked into my rear view mirror and saw the look of "oh S..." on the face of ...

Myspace

Saturday, March 25th, 2006

It is amazing what an Internet company out of Santa Monica has done. It has created the number one social scene on the Internet. Often in the news due to people such as stalkers and other creeps abusing the sites participants, but it is a fun site to ...

Enough Ratings already

Monday, March 20th, 2006

I am sure you have all run across the "rate me" or "rate my girlfriend" type of websites. These are sites that people put their pictures up and find out if you are "hot or not!". Here is a variation on that theme! Quite humorous and actually ...

Valentines Day in Hong Kong

Tuesday, February 14th, 2006

A great site I found with a timely article on Valentine's day: --- No Hong Kong holiday feels more contrived than Valentine's Day. It's not that I'm unromantic, nothing could be further from the truth -” just ask my beautiful bride. But in the past few years Valentine's Day has become a ridiculous display ...

Studying Project Management

Saturday, February 11th, 2006

I guess I am a glutton for punishment. On top of studying Nihongo (Japanese), I just began a Project Management course with an eye towards getting certified. So far I have found this course interesting and informative. I am learning more about being an online student - ...

Bye Bye CD

Saturday, February 4th, 2006

Listening to the radio yesterday, the mentioned that online downloads are surpassing the CD as the primary form of sales for albums. The announcer was lamenting about how this generation will never know the enjoyment of collecting vinyl albums for the shear pleasure of the album cover collection. ...

New Books and DVD Store

Wednesday, December 14th, 2005

Two of my favorite hobbies are reading and watching movies. To share with you some of this passion, I have added a books and DVD section, where you can browse the latest and search for just about anything for reading, watching, doing, or for your home. Give it ...