Living in southern California, traffic is as common and everyday as the sunrise. Assuming normal “work” hours (9-5, so to speak), just about any freeway in the land will be packed to the gills with cars during rush hour (which is a funny name, if you think about it – nobody is actually rushing anywhere). Yes, and I am one of those people who spends almost 2 hours per day in the car driving to and from work. And unless I manage to become independently wealthy or get a job around the corner from my house, this is how it’s going to be for the foreseeable future.

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This is a little girl. She’s going to tell you how she’s going to deal with any monsters that roll into her crib (no pun intended) uninvited…

So, for some reason unknown to me, I’ve taken a huge swig of the Twitter Kool-Aid once again (despite a rather poetic break-up). My head is hanging low, believe me…

Every so often when I’m out running errands on the weekends, I’ll catch a radio talk show dealing with technology (users call in with questions, etc.). I swear I can’t get through an hour of this show without the subject of data backup coming up at least once (or perhaps the entire hour will be [...]

Immediate after the birth of both of our two children, my wife and I would have family and friends pop by to take a gander and the new addition. The room would be billowing with “awwww”s and such, as you’d expect. But for 90% of the people visiting, the question “would you like to hold [...]

A couple days ago, I was buying some groceries at a nearby supermarket. As I gently slid my bank card through the terminal at the register, I was prompted to enter my PIN. It’s something I do so often that I rarely consider the potential security risks. What if somebody were to get a look [...]

First, just let me offer my most humble apologies for not posting for nigh unto 3 weeks. Between home computer troubles, family obligations and life in general, this blog fell victim to what us geeks might call a “process deadlock”. Some good news, though – last night I placed an order for a brand new [...]

All of us productivity nerds have our tools of choice. Some instinctively reach for a stack of index cards, others for a PDA or Pocket PC. I’m here to tell you that your regular, everyday cell phone can probably be just as effective as any other swiss army knife out there. It’s all about taking [...]

Not so long ago, cell phones were reserved for society’s wealthy and privileged. Yes, carrying around that small suitcase only for the pleasure of spending $.50/minute to call your stock broker or nail salon – that’s what separated the haves from the have-nots. Thankfully, those days have ended. Everybody and their freakin’ mother has a [...]

It gives me great pleasure to announce the launch of a new venture (along with my good friend Glen of LifeDev.net), the LifeRemix blog network. Glen and I have hand-selected what we feel are the best and most well-written blogs around. They all deal with the notion of making life a little better (in one [...]