Monthly Archives: August 2011

The Retail Detail: When Health Care Becomes Highway Robbery

Health Care costs have turned into Highway Robbery, thanks to insurance fine print and dedicated efforts made to deny payment for care to the neediest of people. If you want to see an inspiring, and truth-revealing, movie – check out … Continue reading

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The Retail Detail: Coffee House Laptop Slugs

A product of the Great Recession is the Laptop Slug.  THey come in many flavors, but the most annoying can be the ex-dot-com era “Dee-ZYN-er” – as they used to correct me with some sort of twisted pride – on … Continue reading

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iFound: Racial Profiling in Smyrna, GA?

Let me start out with the fact that it was 95 degrees outside yesterday, and a truck driver was forced to stand out in the hot sun, sweating, in handcuffs because (we believe) the officer saw a black man in … Continue reading

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iFound: the FujiFilm FinePix S2950.

My camera broke in time for me to shop at Micro Center’s camera sale! The FujiFilm FinePix S2950 was $199, and the features are worth it: 18x optical zoom with Wide 28mm Fujinon Lens 3.0″ LCD & alternative View Finder … Continue reading

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iFound: the copy paste Linux Terminal command

I was horribly stuck in the mud yesterday, so I tripped through the Internet to find a Copy Paste terminal command for Linux. I modified the sample text to make it easier to figure out. cp /Users/username/Desktop/originalfilename.txt directory/newfilename.txt The resource … Continue reading

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