All: I’ll be out of pocket for several days. We’re getting ready for a major presentation to our corporate parent to take place early next week, and that’s where my head will be parked until it’s over. I may publish a few quick posts between now and then, and plan to take a bunch of [...]
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The gear reviews on Practical Hacks have proven to be one of the site’s most popular features. Here are some of the products that will be featured in the next several weeks: SteriPEN Journey Red Oxx CPA briefcase Red Oxx Beanos PR4 Eagle Creek Pack-It 18 Shoulder Strap Comparo II (still waiting for some of [...]
As I write this on Sunday morning, it’s difficult to believe that I was playing in a golf tournament a week ago. It snowed Friday night in The Middle of Nowhere, and this morning the temperature is 27°F. As a result, the weekend has been devoted to cooking (pulled pork, Cajun seafood over linguine, corn [...]
Continue reading about Links Roundup: First snow (!) of the season edition
When I started offering files for download, I didn’t have any particular expectations. I just did it, thinking it might be of help to a few readers. All this started sometime last summer. I noticed about a week ago that the number of downloads was approaching 10,000 – and I imagine we’ll hit that mark [...]
On Monday of this week the Federal Trade Commission indicated that it will soon (12/1/09) require bloggers to disclose if the products they’re reviewing have been supplied to them for free: The F.T.C. said that beginning on Dec. 1, bloggers who review products must disclose any connection with advertisers, including, in most cases, the receipt [...]
Continue reading about FTC to rule that bloggers must disclose free samples when reviewing
I was doing a little multitasking Sunday afternoon (which is to say, I was doing three things simultaneously, none of them particularly well) when something remarkable happened. The Tour Championship was on TV, I was using my netbook to mindlessly click through links on iGoogle, and my wife and I were having a conversation. About [...]
