TECHNOLOGY: Who needs smoke detectors?

Saturday, February 2, 2008

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2008/02/fire_at_south_brunswick_apartm.html

Fire at South Brunswick apartment complex displaces 16
by Seung Min Kim/The Star-Ledger
Saturday February 02, 2008, 2:50 PM

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The fire was first detected when a tenant working on his computer around 3:15 a.m. noticed the power flickering throughout the apartment, South Brunswick police Detective Jim Ryan said.

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Who needs smoke detectors? We have the “web surfers”.

:-)

Can laff now about a potentially serious incident.

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PRODUCTIVITY: Cut back. Simplify. De-load.

Saturday, February 2, 2008

http://zenhabits.net/2008/01/a-guide-to-cutting-back-when-you-feel-overwhelmed/

A Guide to Cutting Back When You Feel Overwhelmed

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My recommendation: Cut back. Simplify. De-load.

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1. Step back.

2. List everything.

3. Set limits.

4. Prioritize.

5. Eliminate.

6. Renegotiate commitments.

7. Take time off.

8. Create the ideal workday.

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Well, there’s no doubt, I’m feeling the pinch. Maybe it’s my mid-life crisis. The sadness of unmet expectations. The realization that the end of journey is closer than the beginning. An appreciation for Rodney Dangerfield’s rendition of Dylan Thomas. An small understanding of DaVinici’s tears for tasks undone. Maybe I have to try this chap’s advice.

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MONEY: three ways government can get the money for a stimulus package

Saturday, February 2, 2008

http://www.townhall.com/columnists/WalterEWilliams/2008/01/30/stimulus_package_nonsense

Stimulus Package Nonsense
By Walter E. Williams
Wednesday, January 30, 2008

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There are three ways government can get the money for a stimulus package. It can tax, borrow or inflate the currency by printing money. If government taxes to hand out money, one person is stimulated at the expense of another who pays the tax, who is unstimulated and has less money to spend. If government borrows the money, it’s the same story. This time the unstimulated person is the lender who has less money to spend. If government prints money, creditors, and then everyone else, are unstimulated. As my colleague Russell Roberts said in a NPR broadcast, “It’s like taking a bucket of water from the deep end of a pool and dumping it into the shallow end. Funny thing — the water in the shallow end doesn’t get any deeper.”

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Good point!

And, we, of course, know who’s going to pay for it! “The Rich!”

;-)

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