Entries Categorized as 'Life'

Checking In

Date October 21, 2008

Just a quick post to say I’m still around…  I haven’t been updating this blog much because things got quite busy at work and after that settled down, I started working on a small iPhone app that I’ve been wanting for a long time.  On October 14th, I finally released my app (called Budgee) to [...]

Writing Takes Longer Than I Thought

Date May 13, 2008

Well, I’m still working on my new blogs based on personal finance and technology. So far, I have about 20 posts planned out for the personal finance one, but I haven’t touched the technology one yet. I’ve been toying with writing my own blog engine for the technology one - not because there [...]

Countdown to Debt Free

Date May 12, 2008

At the end of last month, I paid off my student loans - it was quite hard to write a $14,000 check, but once it was written, I didn’t regret it at all. It feels great knowing they are out of the way. The only debt I have left at this point (other [...]

New Theme, New Blogs

Date April 27, 2008

Wordpress 2.5 / New Theme
I just finished updating this blog to use the new Wordpress 2.5 engine. It’s really quite nice - everything on the admin side is much more refined that before. The upgrade process is amazingly simple - you just upload the new files, run upgrade.php, and in a minute or [...]

First DIY Oil Change Complete!

Date December 9, 2007

Today was the first time I have ever changed the oil in my Explorer at home without help.  In the past, I always took it to Ford to have the service done - but I don’t like the Ford dealerships around here, so I wanted to do it myself.  So last time I needed to [...]