As tech-savvy as I am, I haven’t found a substitute for pen and paper. The biggest shortcoming is I have not yet found an efficient backup system.Over the last year or so, when I attend conferences (or meetings, or anything I want to make sure I remember something) I leave my laptop either in it’s bag during sessions, or I don’t bring it at all. This has worked out great, and just how I thought it would. I get much more out of sessions (etc.) when I’m taking notes by hand.Taking Notes By Hand.
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Photos from Baghdad
A good friend of mine is in Baghdad and he just posted these photos at Kodak’s site. You have to login to see them (login is jimATjduncanrealestate.com/jimjim) but it’s worth it. Here and here. I wish he had put them on Flickr, but oh well.
Ordered this today.
I ordered Neal Boortz’ new Fair Tax book today. What are the arguments against Wouldn’t you love to abolish the IRS …
Keep all the money in your paycheck …
Pay taxes on what you spend, not what you earn …
And eliminate all the fraud, hassle, and waste of our current system?Then the FairTax is for you. In the face of the outlandish American tax burden, talk-radio firebrand Neal Boortz and Congressman John Linder are leading the charge to phase out our current, unfair system and enact the FairTax Plan, replacing the federal income tax and withholding system with a simple 23 percent retail sales tax on new goods and services. This dramatic revision of the current system, which would eliminate the reviled IRS, has already caught fire in the American heartland, with more than six hundred thousand taxpayers signing on in support of the plan.I can’t respond yet, as I am not yet sufficiently knowledgeable, but give me a few days!
Cell Phone towers
To add to my recent research on cell phone service providers … this great site which lists cell phone towers in the area.
Morning links
National Home Sales Set Record Pace Preparing for a Market Change What is Costs to Live Well in the US My current listing in Stony Point (and here) craigslist posting My listing in the Highlands…
Speaking of credit …
Equifax’s chief executive says he opposes federal legislation that lets consumers obtain a free copy of their credit report to help them monitor financial accounts for fraudulent activity.CEO Thomas Chapman called the legislation unconstitutional and un-American because it cuts into profits that Equifax and two rival credit reporting agencies — Experian and TransUnion — earn from selling credit reports and monitoring services…. You can get your free credit report here, but the service is not available to Virginians until 1 September. These companies have a massive responsibility to the consumers, a responsibility in which they have been negligent for some time, as evidenced by the numerous errors on each of their reports, their labyrinthian systems for removing errors and, last but not least, the recent spate of security breaches.