After my tour of the Midwest, I ended up back in the Southwest and the moving around taught us that we really liked exploring and living in different parts of the Unite States but beyond that we learned about a growing calling named “the digital nomad” lifestyle whereby people with portable skills can work remotely…
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PSA: Oculus Rift S – Sucks!
Happy Father’s Day! This year for Father’s Day, I received an Oculus Rift S as a gift. I was excited and expected to set this thing up on my Dell Alienware Aurora R7 in a snap however 2.5 hours into updating drivers, software, and all sorts of other useless exercises I couldn’t get it to…
Financial Lessons Learned – It’s Worth It To Pay To Avoid Commercials
Yesterday I wrote about the abysmal state of retail affairs and I wrote mostly about my personal experience but I also wanted to cover another topic on why I think retail is suffering. Â A few years ago, I cut the cord and switched most of my TV viewing habits primarily to three mediums: Netflix, Hulu,…
The 2015 Guide To TV Cable Cord Cutting
It has now been a little over three years since I cut the TV cable cord and I figured I’d give everyone an update on how things have changed and progressed over that time. First and foremost the most exciting thing to happen is the final realization from companies like HBO and Showtime that there…
Sling TV – Very Disappointed
i got very excited about Sling TV offering streaming TV for just $20 bucks per month. I eagerly signed up for the invite only process a few weeks ago. Today I got my invite code and called up Sling. Unfortunately, I was told that you could only stream Sling on one TV at a time….
So What Have I Been Up To Lately?
I’ve not been keeping up with this blog because I have been extremely busy but here are a few highlights from the last few months. 1. I have been traveling to South America a great deal on business. I will be there again soon so I won’t be posting much beyond this week and next….
Word Press Plugin Clean Up
Well it seems as WordPress advances and upgrades, some of my older plugins become obselete or don’t work they way they should. I’ve recently noticed spammers have gotten a bit more creative and the math comment spam protector doesn’t seem to work as well.  Essentially, the math comment protectors asks a question like “what is…
Bernanke Confirmed – I’m Using The Nuclear Option!
Well it looks like nincompoop was re-confirmed to the Federal Reserve and that means that I need to use the nuclear option: Closing down all my big bank accounts!  I wanted to do it this week but I’ve been too busy to shuffle money around so it will need to wait till next week.   If…
Move Your Money
This video link has been sent to me numerous times and it seems to be gaining traction. To be honest, I’ve considered dumping all my big bank accounts and credit cards as this seems to be the only way to deal with the real problem of corrupt bankers, politicians, and the like.  The best way…
Companies Dumping Blackberries?
I had lunch with a former co-worker college and he showed me his new iPhone. I asked him why they were switching and he said that the company didn’t want to support Blackberry servers and pay licensing fees for it anymore. Evidently, the iPhone can connect to the e-mail server without a blackberry server. I’m…