Pantech Matrix Pro Cell Phone Giveaway

May 2, 2009

Somewhere in the midst of all the excitement around having a new baby arrive, I missed the memo that I was supposed to be announcing another giveaway yesterday. This time around the giveaway is a brand new Pantech Matrix Pro cell phone (pictured below) paired with a $100 gift card to ATT Wireless, which happens [...]

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Calling 911 in a VOIP Phone World

April 29, 2009

I placed a 911 call from my house last week (don’t worry, everything is fine now). Nothing unusual about that except that I’m in my 5th year as a Vonage customer. As a VoIP service, Vonage has the advantage of allowing me to connect the hardware to any broadband Internet connection and place or receive [...]

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How to Lie on your Resume (and get away with it)

April 28, 2009

I follow lots of searches on Twitter and happened upon one denying some guy his right to learn how to lie on a resume. His grievance is none of the search results for How to Lie on a Resume actually turn up any advice. He’s absolutely right, learning to lie on your resume is a [...]

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Cash4Gold.com Should You Get Cash 4 Gold?

April 23, 2009

After seeing the Cash4Gold.com commercial with MC Hammer and Ed McMahon on the Super Bowl, I’ve seen Cash4Gold Instant Cash for Gold offers numerous times on various Comcast cable television stations. My initial reaction to the ads was why would anyone want to attempt to get cash for gold watches and gold jewelry by sending [...]

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Weight Loss Progress Report

April 22, 2009

I’m fairly confident I’m going to miss my weight loss goal of 30 pounds by 1 May 2009. I’m currently down 12 pounds from my starting weight, with 8 days remaining. While I’m sure there’s some “miracle diet” I could follow to drop 2+ pounds per day for the rest of the month, starvation doesn’t [...]

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Password Manager Paranoia?

April 20, 2009

Since I’m mentioning my love of the RoboForm password manager again, I thought I’d take a moment and talk about why I don’t use a couple of free alternatives. I don’t pretend to be the world’s leading expert on password security. I do have over 100 passwords I keep track of and I some strong [...]

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It’s a Girl!

April 10, 2009

Robin and I were blessed with our new baby girl, Geneva Rachel Ludington, at 10:49pm on April 6. She weighed in at 7lbs. 12oz (or 3.5 kilos). Whether you are new here or have been reading me for a long time, this will likely come as a surprise, because I haven’t mentioned we were expecting. [...]

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Callwave Ends Vtxt Voicemail Transcription Service

April 10, 2009

In January 2008 I tested and disliked the Callwave voicemail transcription feature. From my own testing, the quality of Callwave Vtxt didn’t compare to the far superior PhoneTag (formerly known as SimulScribe). 15 months later, Callwave is ending free transcription as part of their enhanced voicemail solution. Here’s the notice I received from Callwave this [...]

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How to Get a Free Kindle 2

March 28, 2009

As I indicated in my newsletter earlier this month, I’m giving away one Kindle 2 at the end of April. I try to come up with creative ways to give away these various hardware devices and this time is no exception. There are two requirements to participate: 1) You must be subscribed to my newsletter [...]

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Multitasking and Productivity

March 26, 2009

Something I read a few years ago led me to go on a quest to reduce the number of things I attempt to do simultaneously. If I need to concentrate, I close my email, shut down my IM clients, and focus on the task at hand because there’s a fair amount of science indicating people [...]

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