I’m not a huge fan of Facebook, it’s filled with things like my mom’s former coworkers posting confusingly sourced, rage filled anti-hippie nonsense and my former coworkers requesting civility in Jesus’s name while posting “informal polls” that could insight violence, if not for the incantation. It’s a great place to find things to spend money … Continue reading Facebook Ads in the Time of COVID
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Money: the Root of all Evil and the Ticket to Happiness
A year ago my nearly 10 year old Acer, purchased at Costco post college, saved its operating system to a disk I had forgotten in the CD drive for years, rendering it dead and all files gone with it. Six months ago, the transmission of my 2009 Nissan Versa, purchased 59 months prior, gave up … Continue reading Money: the Root of all Evil and the Ticket to Happiness
Ending a Phone Call
I used to work in a call center (which is something I think society should use a punishment for criminals, but that's a whole other can of worms). The only useful takeaway from that soul sucking year and a half (plus two days last month) was that there is a polite a way to end … Continue reading Ending a Phone Call
Panic Buttons: An Arguement for Wearable Tech
When you hear about wearable technology your mind probably jumps to Fitbits and UV detection gear, but that's not what I'm talking about today. I'm thinking more along the lines of Life Alert. You remember the commercials? They are nothing short of iconic but they only feature old people trying to beat the odd and out … Continue reading Panic Buttons: An Arguement for Wearable Tech
Bathrooms and Cell Phones
You may or may not remember the days when phones had cords. The days of being tethered to the wall are so very long gone that historical phone etiquette has also fallen off. This problem of phones in the restroom started at the advent of the cordless handset and has only gotten worse as phones … Continue reading Bathrooms and Cell Phones