Archive for the ‘General’ Category
A Worthy Cause
5, Jan 2012Rick Santorum apparently made a stupid comment about healthcare. The reaction? A Google bomb. Nice. Via Reddit.
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- Tags: 2012, election, rick santorum, ron paul
xkcd Commentary on the Passing of Steve Jobs
6, Oct 2011via xkcd: Eternal Flame.
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- Tags: 56, apple, rip, steve jobs
The Unicorn Song
16, Sep 2011On the upcoming episode my podcast, Homemade Is Best, that I do with Helana Brigman we somehow got onto the topic of unicorns. We got there via vampires if I remember right and it ended with me saying that I’d get sauced and record the unicorn song and post it on the end of the [...]
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Know Your Rights: Photographers
8, Sep 2011While I’m not a huge fan of the ACLU, I’m an even lesser fan of gestapo tactics that police use, especially when they are photographed or video taped while in the course of their duties. Too many times after a police officer does something questionable when arresting a suspect, you’ll see him whip his head [...]
10K Kettlebell Swing Challenge
30, Aug 2011Fellow podcaster, Tom Jordan, suggested that we do the 10,000 Kettlebell Swing Challenge during the month of September. What is it? Basically it’s exactly what the name implies. You do 10,000 kettlebell swings during a 30 day period of your choosing. I’ve been using kettlebells as part of my weekly workout routine for a while [...]
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- Tags: challenge, kettlebell, swing
Final Amazon Associates Payment
27, Jul 2011Sad day. As far as I can tell, I received my final Amazon Associates payment today. I had credit for sales through June 30, 2011 so I may get another payment but it’ not easy to tell because of the closing of the account. Sad day.
Car Registration Warning
18, Jul 2011Starting July 1st, 2011, residents of California received a little tax relief. The temporary tax that was implemented on April 1, 2009 and was not renewed further by the California legislature. Around the June 30th deadline to extend the taxes I recall seeing a forlorn Jerry Brown on the news saying how disastrous not extending [...]
Google Plus…
5, Jul 2011“…it’s a tech journalists circle jerk in there.” Even after seeing this description of the new Google service, I still want in. Is that wrong?
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Goodbye Amazon Affiliate Program
29, Jun 2011Well, Gov. Dickhead signed the bill. Why does anyone do business in California? Hello, Unfortunately, Governor Brown has signed into law the bill that we emailed you about earlier today. As a result of this, contracts with all California residents participating in the Amazon Associates Program are terminated effective today, June 29, 2011. Those California [...]
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- Tags: affiliates, amazon, california, governor, jerry brown, moonbeam
Amazon To Terminate Affiliate Program in California
29, Jun 2011I received the following email from Amazon today. Hello, For well over a decade, the Amazon Associates Program has worked with thousands of California residents. Unfortunately, a potential new law that may be signed by Governor Brown compels us to terminate this program for California-based participants. It specifically imposes the collection of taxes from consumers [...]
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