Monthly Archives: April 2007

I’d Short MSFT Stock Because of OS X, Ubuntu, and Google

By C.G. | Published: April 28, 2007

I’m not a professional trader and I would never consider my financial advice something to base one’s investments on; be warned that what I am about to say is my own opinion and I expect anyone looking to invest in the stock market consult a professional financial advisor or stock broker before making any decisions. [...]

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We’re Not Doing It For The Money… We’re Doing It For A Shit Load Of Money!!!

By C.G. | Published: April 17, 2007

Sorry about the long title but it’s needed. See, I was strolling through some older posts at Lifehack.org on my newly Mac-ified Google Reader when I came across an article on how to start a blog and make $100 in the first month.  Suddenly it dawned on me… Most blogs are in it for the [...]

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You know you’re old when…

By C.G. | Published: April 16, 2007

…when you find yourself less tolerant than you had been in the past. I consider myself an easy going guy.  I’m not one to get angry and when I do, I (generally) feel I am justified.  And even when I do get angry, I’m calm about it and almost never loose my cool.  While I [...]

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Inspired to Backup

By C.G. | Published: April 11, 2007

Over the weekend, I managed to backup my entire music directory to my hosting provider, DreamHost.  I was inspired by Michael Lee’s aptly titled article on How to Backup Your Mac to a DreamHost Server and while I didn’t do all the technical coding work, I managed back up my music files nonetheless.  If you [...]

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Why blog?

By C.G. | Published: April 3, 2007

Why is it so important to blog?  What’s the point?  Do authors really think they have something interesting to say?  Are people that interested anyway? Why are there so many blogs?  Are there that many potential writers out there that have day jobs and freelance at night? And do we need to consume it all?  [...]

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