Didn’t buy the house–or any other one in Utah
Posted in All Posts, Personal on Jun 26th, 2005 No Comments »
We didn’t want to pay top dollar, so we let the others continue to bid the price up.
Archive for June, 2005
Popular Blog Sites Confirmed as Blocked by Chinese Gov’t
Posted in All Posts, Politics/Current Events on Jun 24th, 2005 No Comments »
Confirmation that popular blogging sites such as TypePad are completely blocked in China
Got a complaint? Call the President’s mobile!
Posted in Tech Stuff, All Posts, Humor on Jun 20th, 2005 No Comments »
Indonesia’s president made his his personal mobile phone number public just in case anyone wanted to call
“Freedom”—There, now I’m banned in China
Posted in All Posts, Politics/Current Events on Jun 14th, 2005 No Comments »
Words such as “freedom”, “democracy”, and “human rights” are verboten for Chinese bloggers
Is the Penguin Faltering?
Posted in Tech Stuff, All Posts on Jun 8th, 2005 No Comments »
Linux adoption has been strongest at companies that use the Unix operating system because creating programs for both systems is so similar. By now, though, most companies that run Unix also have some Linux systems. What’s more, some companies that experimented with Linux hoping for big cost savings found that the open-source software wasn’t what they expected.
Still no word on the house
Posted in All Posts, Personal on Jun 7th, 2005 No Comments »
We put in the offer Friday, and Bob says they delayed making a decision because there were so many bids. Uh oh.
Considering the Apple-Intel Announcement
Posted in Apple, All Posts on Jun 7th, 2005 No Comments »
Fairly reasonable Macworld editorial on Apple’s announcement that they’ll be using Intel CPU’s in the future
Buying another house in Utah
Posted in All Posts, Personal on Jun 5th, 2005 No Comments »
We’re following through on our plan to buy several investment properties per year, and have just made our first offer on a house we’ll hold on to and rent out.
Got to get my passport renewed
Posted in All Posts, Personal on Jun 5th, 2005 No Comments »
I was thumbing through it, looking at all of the places I’ve been in the last ten years, and realized that I’ve covered every continent except Africa.