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November 2003

94 posts

Buying smokes on-line has Mass. State consumers getting Tax Bills

Seems people like buying cigarettes on-line to save some money. Many anti-smoking states have massive taxes on cigarettes and buying them on-line where they can see savings up to 50% has been quite popular. So popular in fact that somehow the Massachusetts Department of Revenue acquired a customer list of buyers and are now sending out Tax demand letters. The

A Geek Newbie review of ATA Hard-Drives

Some of you are well aware the speed advantage of ATA hard-drives. Many people have new computers with ATA compliant motherboards but have failed to switch over to the new drive format. For those of you scratching your head and saying what is ATA read on. [rojakpot.com]

Buying Music the Smart Way

A nice review and comparison of some of the most popular web sites selling music on-line today. [eHomeUpgrade]

Work Day Off

This weekend has been extended my boss decided that he would give everyone a extra day off which will make for a short work week when we go back on Wednesday. But heck I have been so far behind on things at the house the extra time-off will be put to good use...

Internet Tax ban not certain

I have not mail-ordered anything in years because I have been able to buy merchandise on-line without paying state sales tax on items purchased out of state. Well it seems Congress may be back-tracking on pushing thru the permanent ban which would suck and give the states enough time to ram legislation thru we will see how it all washes

The Meatrix site is a Big Fat Lie!

Very funny but obviously the idiots that put this together have the majority of facts very incorrect it pisses me off when they put a protest spin on things and fail to mention the facts. I spent the first 20 years of my life on a farm and have many family members still heavily involved in agriculture and I will

Make your own Church Sign

I had to laugh at what a ingenious soul came up with. Have you ever seen a church sign and wished you could have put your own message on it. Well now you can. [aboyandhiscomputer]

Steve Jobs on Longhorn

I must admit the other day when I was at trade show here in Hawaii I really took some time and looked the G5 over. What a nice machine I have always thought that someday if I had some extra cash laying around (HA) that I would have one. But Steve Jobs is right about one thing why in the

Which Airline will offer WiFi at all it’s Gates

I am going to pick up the battle cry as outlined on the weblog awholelottanothing. As a very frequent flier I would love to have WiFi at all airport gates instead of only Dallas Ft Worth this little convenience would probably sway me to fly with another carrier on a regular basis. Talk about a smart marketing move. Heck they

I am obviously hanging around the wrong people

I am sure the #lockergnome IRC channel is going to get slammed after you all read this. I know I will need to start hanging out there. [#1/usr/bin/geek] Obviously several readers do not know what Internet Relay Chat IRC stands for from some of the comments I am getting. Of which one of those channel's is the #lockergnome channel where

Took a few days off

Big things happening at my house and sometimes you have to take care of things the wife needs taken care of. I am alive and kicking and will have some tidbits for you today...

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