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The FAIR USE Act would remove some of the entertainment industry’s most draconian anti-innovation weapons and chip away at the Digital Millennium Copyright Act’s broad restrictions on fair use. Take action to help restore balance in copyright now.

1. They can’t track you. Even if there is no “big brother” out there you can set your mind at ease
2. She can’t track you. Your old lady won’t be able to see what your spending money on. You won’t get caught going to bars & strip clubs or buying her flowers & jewlery
3. no debt. if you pay with cash you pay with the money you have not what you don’t have
4. It looks cool. imagine rolling up and dropping $120 in cash for groceries. How cool does that look?
5. Learn to budget. You may not live right around the corner from your bank (who doesn’t charge for ATM use) so you may need to hit up their ATM once a week and figure out what you need for the week.
6. Where did this money go to? You won’t catch yourself staring at your monthly credit card bill wondering, “Where did I spend all of this money?”
7. Returns. If you pay cash for something you can give them the original receipt & they can get the cash back…not store credit.
8. Security? Don’t worry, your credit card information is not on it for someone to come across, why? Because you paid cash

Here’s a clip that needs to be seen about…”Emos, or Emotional People”

It’s a sad day when the place I bought my very first floppy drive (so it would be easy to return another broken one) is closing many of it’s stores.  Luckily for the the store closest to me is not one of the 100 stores closing.  Is yours on the list?

[Here’s the link]

For those of you who don’t know what AppleTV is:  It’s the other gadget Steve Jobs presented at MacWorld.  Unlike the iPhone (which is stealing the spotlight) the AppleTV seems to be a more affordable and useful product.  While people have been talking about the iPhone I’ve been awaiting news from the AppleTV camp.  Yesterday was not a good day for me.

It looks like the AppleTV’s release date has been pushed back to mid-March.  According to Apple PR Director of Mac products Lynn Fox, “Wrapping up Apple TV is taking a few weeks longer than we projected, and we now expect to begin shipments mid-March.”

The AppleTV is being released as a media center with a 40GB HD, network capability along with digital and analog outputs.

Read more on AppleTV:

AppleTV…a first glance

Inside AppleTV

Frank Zappa was one of the smartest people on the planet.

Here’s a link to start of the empire that is now google.com.

Although that idea may seem far-fetched, it’s actualy not. You may not be giving countless people your password online, but your very close. With the advent of blogs and bulletins you freely give information about yourself out.

It may seem harmless at the time but someone using a little common sense and some thought can get into some of your accounts by getting a hold of your password. This method also depends on how the web sites you log into protect your password/account. Ideally a site would e-mail your account after a security question is asked. The security question is what we’re talking about today.

Most security questions seem like something only you would know. But one reply to a bulletin or a forward to freinds of yours. or blogs and your security question goes out the window.

How many times have you answered questions like this on a blog or bulletin:

• What town were you born in?
• What was your high school mascot?
• What’s your favorite band?
• What was your first pet?
• What was your first car?

Once you answer these questions you can give away personal information that can give people access to your accounts. One alternative can use to protect youself is to lie when asked security questions on a site(s) that you log in to. What’s the harm? You can protect yourself, your privacy, and your account access with a few white lies. Something to think about next time you post a blog or bulletin.

It a bit of sad news the nation’s 3rd largest fast food chain.  Wendy’s plans on closing its first restuarant that was opened in 1969.

[Here’s the link]