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Coke Is It
That’s it, I’ve decided: today I’m having my last Coke. I have been a serious Coke addict for a few months ago. (Coca-Cola, that is—what were you thinking I meant?) I rarely drink any soda at all, but lately I’ve just been craving and shooting Coke. And it’s got to...Enabler?
I love how Microsoft Office 2007 helps me pretty-print just about any off-the-cuff document in just a click or two. I mean, I’m all for Open Source software, competition, and all that… but the new features in Office 2007 (like the context-sensitive “Ribbon”, the instant previewing,...Flashback: C&C Red Alert
Electronic Arts is giving away free downloads of their classic PC game, Command & Conquer: Red Alert. Apparently it’s a promotion to remind all gamers that Red Alert 3 is coming out soon. But hey, free...Sound Financial Advice
One of the smartest things that Ainsley & I have done was to take a class from Dave Ramsey on managing our money. The more we follow the advice, the better off and more peaceful we are. But—wouldn’t you know it?—just recently I’ve found an even easier system. You can learn about...At least it’s not tulips…
Do the rampages over 200-buck laptops at Circuit City surprise anyone? I once had a Best Buy sales floor employee all but confess to me that the company regularly does the ol’ illegal bait-and-switch trick. As I asked about a sale item from the flyer I had picked up at the store entrance, he said,...Windfall Profit Tax?
In today’s lesson, kids, we learn how free markets aren’t free. Not for the consumers, at least. By now you’ve probably heard about the 31 million smackers that the poor stateside oil industry sucked up during that “difficult” quarter in which two hurricanes damaged so much...About Me
My name is Eric Wallace. I'm quite fond of coffee, snorkel masks, hacking, recreational therapy, alternative uses for spam, and twelve-tone improvisation. Some of these things are true, but I'm not telling you which.
