Yes, the Lynyrd Skynyrd classic is currently blaring from my neighbor’s back yard and somewhere nearby another group of people are hooting and hollering while detonating fireworks powerful enough to mess with car alarms. I don’t live in a neighborhood where the houses are right on top of each other, but they’re certainly close enough…

Those of you that know me are aware that I’m a big advocate of living on a written budget and saving up for things instead of buying on credit. This has helped me tremendously in the nine months since I bought my house. It’s given me peace of mind to know that I’ll have enough…

Today the Supreme Court released its ruling on the Affordable Care Act. In doing so it unleashed a crapstorm of opinions. It also exposed something pretty interesting about the different social media platforms that I participate in. Aside from people making fun of CNN for misinterpreting the ruling and saying that the law had been…

Today one of the companies I follow on Twitter mentioned that they would be giving away a  prize to their Xth fan. Well, that’s great, a new follower gets a prize. What I don’t understand is why this is a good idea. The only people who theoretically are going to know about the prize are…

Today Apple released a new app for iOS called Podcasts. So what? They’ve had podcasts in iTunes for years. What’s the big deal? It has one feature that people who like podcasts have been craving ever since iOS was released: the ability to automatically get updates without syncing. This is great if, like me, you…