Autoblog has a photo of what’s believed to be a preproduction Dodge Challenger: For me, the taillight bar across the back was one of the things that made the Challenger concept so damn cool. If it loses that, it loses some of it’s luster. Of course, the car manufacturers have to design these components to…
We’d like to welcome our good friend, Mike Miller, to the blogosphere! His new blog Shades of Gray will give a slighly different perspective on life in Buffalo – from the eyes of a “middle class and middle aged” person. Welcome, Mike!
Being a geek by trade (and at heart) I found this article – O’Reilly: What Is Web 2.0 – quite interesting. I’ve been around through the entire life of the web. I used to “surf” on the old Buffalo FreeNet, which would connect you with other FreeNets around the country. Images were uuencoded into thousands…
I have a good handle on my personal finances, and have no problem using credit cards and paying them off each month. In fact, it can be beneficial to do so. Those who are carrying a balance on their cards or are prone to overspending shouldn’t follow my lead, but here are two ways I’m…
Once again, the government’s attempts to fix “problems” they are incapable of fixing will screw us, the consumer. The latest energy bill has a provision to ban incandescent light bulbs. From the Chicago Tribune… “In this bill, we ban by 2012 the famously inefficient 100-watt incandescent bulb,” said Rep. Jane Harman (D-Venice), who co-sponsored that…
I just completed my annual review of our 2006 spending and setting up our budget for 2007. Starting back in 2000, after I graduated from college and got a “real job”, I set up a simple spreadsheet that let me keep track of how much money I was spending and on what. I knew that…
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