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When it comes to the economy, what do you believe? »
by Glen A. I’ve gotten into the habit, particularly over the last two years, of going to the Yahoo! Finance website and checking out the Dow Jones Industrial Average. No, I don’t have any investments, but I used to. It wasn’t much, but when the market began to crash, we lost about a third of [...]
Jiffy Lube Signature Service Oil Change »
by Brigham B. I was in desperate need of an oil change. The little sticker on my windshield said I needed an oil change almost three thousand miles ago. That means I hadn’t had one done in almost six thousand miles! The manufacturers recommendation regarding oil changes for my 2004 Nissan Sentra is every 3,000 miles, so [...]
Dump AT&T, keep Apple »
by Glen A. Here’s what I think every iPhone owner in the U.S. (who also has AT&T) should do instead of getting an iPhone 3G S. This also applies to anyone contemplating an iPhone 3G or 3G S purchase. Personally, I wish now I would have done this the first time around and kick myself [...]
Is it past time for a new ESRB rating? »
by Glen A. This past Saturday, Evan I were in Best Buy looking for his graduation gift. He wanted video games (what else is there?) and to match what his older brother got last year, Evan could get more or less three games, or two and XBox Live. I haven’t really looked around for games [...]
iPhone 3.0–I want my A2DP »
by Glen A. Ever since I bought my Motorola Bluetooth headset, I’ve been frustrated at the fact that the iPhone was not A2DP compatible. While I could answer calls in stereo (and it sounds pretty good), I can’t use the iPod part of the iPhone to listen to music through the headset. Since that was [...]
It’s We the People, not They the Government »
by Glen A. About 10 years ago, our family was having financial problems. That, naturally, led to feelings of frustration and desperation, since it was all that we could think of or talk about. There wasn’t any way to escape it–it surrounded us at every turn. Any time we wanted to move forward, to leave [...]
XBOX 360 & XBOX Live–Why they stink and how to fix them »
Todd H. and his four sons playing on their five XBOX 360s What follows is an email sent to Microsoft XBOX 360 and XBOX Live directly, and now posted, by request, on this site. To Microsoft XBOX 360 and XBOX Live, I want to share my feelings about the five XBOX 360s I have in my [...]
The new look CasaCena »
by Glen A. CasaCena got a major overhaul this week, and we hope that there’s now something for everyone. On our welcome page (scroll to the bottom of the page for a link), we made a point of saying we were going for simple on purpose. That’s still our adjective, but you’ll also see there’s [...]
So much for convenience »
By Glen A. Not quite a year ago, I bought four 4GB iPhones right after they went on sale. What we think about them and some subsequent updates can be found under the cell phone link on the main page, or you can click here to go to the original iPhone post. As is the [...]
It’s time oil went the way of the dinosaur »
By Glen A. Gasoline above $4 a gallon. The price of oil exceeding $130 a barrel. We thought we had it bad when gasoline hit $2.50 three or four years ago. The Saudis are supposed to be stepping up oil production in the near future, in attempt to drive down the cost of oil, and [...]
Imagine: A world without wires (Wish list) »
By Glen A. If you are married and really like electronic gadgetry of all kinds, you will identify with what I’m about to write. If you aren’t married, or could care less about computers, video games, stereo equipment or televisions, then you’re probably not reading this, anyway. I want a world without wires. Sure, I’d [...]
Halo 3: Team Swat is for Spasmoids »
By Glen A. A couple months ago, Team Swat started appearing as an option on Xbox Live for Halo 3. I love Swat, and so does a friend of mine. Remembering the good times spent in Swat with Halo 2, we decided to check it out. So did more than 100,000 other people. Each weekend [...]