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Here’s a shocker
ByDerekTurns out, New York State’s STAR program failed in it’s primary goal – to reduce the property tax burden. It actually had the opposite of it’s intended effect – it accelerated spending by local school districts, which in turn raises the homeowner’s taxes. I really don’t understand how politicians think. If a whole bunch of…
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Not dead yet
ByDerekDidn’t have much to say over the weekend, as Amanda and I were busy landscaping the whole time. The good news is that the backyard looks great now and should be in fine shape for the big party on the 4th. I still have a long list of things I’d like to get done before…
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Charter chatter
ByDerekSo BuffaloGeek and BuffaloPundit have been discussing the county charter and the review meetings that were recently held. I did not attend any of the meetings. I did review the recommendations and generally I agree with them, and frankly didn’t feel I could offer much in the way of informed criticism of them. That and…
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VoiceWing sucking much
ByDerekNot too long ago I wrote about Time Warner’s Home Phone service not being that great a deal, when price compared to Verizon’s VoiceWing service. While that still seems to be the case, I’m having a much bigger problem with VoiceWing lately. Two actually – the service and the support. My VoiceWing service has several,…
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Friday Five – January 21, 2011
ByDerekHere are this week’s five interesting articles, handpicked by yours truly. A History of Enterprise IT in One Slide [AIIM Digital Landfill] I love a good graphic, and this one is a pretty clear illustration of computing history. Part 1 – FAST for SharePoint 2010 Features and Proposition [A Static State] FAST for SharePoint 2010…
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KISS
ByDerekAfter checking my Technorati profile, I noticed a link from a blog that I wasn’t familiar with. They quoted my Tax Freedom Day post from last week. I’m flattered. Democracy In Action (.org) is “the first nonprofit organization providing an affordable, integrated online campaign solution for nonprofits of any size.” Cool. Sounds like my kind…
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