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On Liberty and Sharing the Wealth
Sharing the wealth. Popular phrase. It's all the rage. Of course, these days it means that those who have somewhat more than others, relatively speaking, are going to be required to give up some of that so that the others can get some. Walter Williams talks about the…
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That's Just Stupid
A 12-year old finds himself in trouble at school because he took some powdered sugar with him one day. He allegedly made a joke in the bathroom about it really being cocaine, then said "just kidding". Stupid? Sure. But come on people. He's twelve years old. To illustrate…
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Let's Make Up Numbers
Apparently there's a piracy boom in Latin America. Music and video media is ripped off and sold for prices way below what the giant media companies would give you. I'm not advocating piracy – I think if the companies provide us with the entertainment, they ought to reap…
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Watching What You Say
It really gets me when people say something – especially as a lead-in or a title of some kind – and then within the body of their message, that title gets contradicted….
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Live, Shop, Work
By all accounts, the building of combined commercial, residential and retail developments is taking off. Some argue that the problem from here is that these creations are built as commercial properties becuase of zoning regulations, which in turns pushes up the price of the residentail portion, perhaps to…
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Database Backup with Transact-SQL
I've recently installed the Microsoft Small Business Accounting package. I have to say I'm enjoying it and think I'll keep using it. Unfortunately, I didn't like the Business Contact Manager for Outlook, as though the two would supposedly talk to one another, I didn't think it integrated particularly…
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Flawed Social Perception
A recent zoning decision has been hailed as a victory for the community. Why? Because it means that an Aldi store can't be built where they wanted to build it. Frankly, I don't see it. Aldi is Good. I'll admit that we don't live in the fanciest part…
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Movable Type Key Mappings
So it seems that Movable Type (3.2 at least, may have been there longer) supports ALT-D for deleting an entry while on the "Edit Entry" screen. Unfortunately, this is also the keystroke to access the address bar in Internet Explorer. Luckily I don't use IE much. I could…
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What is safety worth to you?
"Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."…
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American Community Survey
Did anyone else receive one of these? According to their web site, US Code Title 13, sections Section 141 and Section 193 your response is required by law….
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Do taxes equal patriotism?
As I'm driving (shh), I notice none other than Uncle Sam out on the road, waving at people. That's nice of him. Appears he's been hired on to promote a tax service around the corner from us. I don't get it. Is he saying that I should feel…
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Sometimes You Feel Like a Tool
I recently mentioned that I had been working with BaseCamp. I also mentioned that I liked it. The product – even the free product – has a lot to like. But then, like so many other times, I hit the wall. I wanted to do this or that,…