Monthly Archives: May 2008

Some Playstation 3 purchases

Thanks to my birthday a few weeks back, I had some gift cards to various retailers. I decided to put a couple of them towards stuff for my Playstation 3: Dualshock 3 Controller – Now I have two controllers, for … Continue reading

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Google Contact Sync for Mac

Looks like Mac users who have the latest OS X 10.5.3 update and either an iPhone or iPod touch can now sync their contacts between Address Book and Gmail. This sounds great, except for the fact that you must have … Continue reading

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Clear entire print queue in OS X with a Terminal command

If you need to clear your entire print queue in Mac OS X for whatever reason, there is a simple terminal command you can type to do the job. Simply: Launch Terminal Type cancel -a – Success! All print jobs … Continue reading

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Secure banking

Apparently Bank of America just did some upgrades to their online banking web site. Thanks to Firefox 3, I feel even more secure now: The site identification button now shows up green when I log into my online banking page. … Continue reading

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Firefox 3 RC1 released

The Firefox 3 updates keep on coming. After 5 beta’s, there is now Release Candidate 1 as well. Firefox 3 is light years ahead of Firefox 2. I cannot begin to describe how numerous the improvements are, especially for Mac … Continue reading

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One dollar at a time

Operation Debt Reduction is going well. Thanks to paying off some old debt, tightening up the finances a little bit, and working with the good folks at Comcast to reduce my monthly bill, my debt snowball is starting to work. … Continue reading

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The Birthday Weekend

Tomorrow is the #26th time I have seen May 11th. Going to a Thrice concert with my brother Justin tonight (my brother Dan has to go to a prom tonight, the nerve) and then up to my hometown tomorrow for … Continue reading

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No excuses

Is there any legit reason in 2008 for a bank’s web site to not let you view your current auto loan balance? After all, you would think that since they have online banking that displays your checking/savings accounts, it would … Continue reading

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