Day In The Life of Baz

I take it that, now, we’re over the whole iPhone thing. To those of you who haven’t gotten one (I haven’t, by the way) I know you’re kicking yourself for not camping out outside your neighborhood Apple/ATT store the week they were coming out. But for those of you who have gotten one and are in love with it, this post is for you guys.

You’ve dealt with all the skeptics who thought that this would just be another gimmick from Apple. But, as the skeptics are slowly learning, Apple doesn’t do gimmicks; they put out solid products. So, you have your iPhone and you love it, but there is this lingering feeling that you have in back of your head. It’s similar to the feeling you get when you’re in the car on your way to work and you think, “Did I leave the iron on?” There is some unfinished business that you have to handle before you can continue with your iPhone enjoyment experience, but what can it be? I know! You’re wondering what to do with your, now useless iPod. Your iPhone is now your lifeline and you’re not going to carry around two MP3 players are you? So, here are a few ideas to get you started:

OK, now I’ve never been a big fan of Apple for a few reasons:

• Lack of exposure - I grew up on DOS and Windows. That’s all I know. I had no friends who were enterprising enough to try a Mac.
• High prices - Macs may be good machines, but they are really expensive right now.
• Can’t Build - At least I can’t. I’ve never even seen inside a Mac. And I haven’t been hearing of many people heading over to NewEgg and buying Mac parts and setting up.
• Lack of Games - I’m a gamer, I’m a gamer, I’m a gamer. I don’t want to pick up my latest favorite game from the store and then have to check whether is Mac compatible.
• If It Breaks, Then What? - Again, this come from lack of experience with Macs. I’ve never really been fond of Tech support of any kind. I like to fix my own problems. With a Mac I wouldn’t be able to do that.

One great thing about Macs however, is that they don’t get viruses, or at least didn’t used to. Such things just didn’t exist, until now.

Along with working extended hours (and being too bloody lazy; I’m really sorry guys), one this is one of the reasons that I’ve been posting less. I know it isn’t and excuse, but that’s the best I’ve got.

I was over on Mozilla’s site looking for an extension (no, I can’t remember what it was) but I stumbled onto the coComment extension. I don’t know why I haven’t seen this advertised by more bloggers. Since I’ve found it I don’t know how I’ve gotten on without it.

What Is coComment?

One thing that we’ve been taught as bloggers is that we need to actively engage in comments on your blog and on other blogs. Well it’s simple enough to do this on your own blog, because you know when you receive a comment. However, there’s a slight problem trying to do this on other people’s blog? Subscribe to Comments 2.1 has made this a little bit easier. But not all bloggers have this plugin installed. If they don’t, then you have a few problems.

With coComment you can subscribe to any comments from anybody’s blog. Then you can go to your coComment homepage and there are all your comments right there. If there’s a new comment, that thread will become bold.

I’ve been meaning to do this for a while. Here’s a (short) list of a number of Personal Finance blogs that I read:

• Of course: How I Save Money.net - If I didn’t there would be hell to pay.
• 2million - My Journey to Financial Freedom
• AllFinancialMatters
• Clever Dude - Of course the Dude
• Daily Fuel Economy Tip - Invaluable Driving Tips. I try to put them to use every time I can. I guess that’s why my car is supposed to get 24 MPG but I average 27 in the city.
• Free Money Finance
• Frugal For Life - Reminds me of stuff my Mom used to do back in the day.
• Frugal Underground
• Generation X Finance
• FinanceIsPersonal.com
• I’ll Teach You To Be Rich
• Lazy Man and Money - Just came across this. Hilarious
• Money Buzzed
• Money Ning - I never really got the name, but it’s a great read.
• Money $mart Life
• Money, Matter, and More Musings
• My Money Blog
• Poorer Than You
• Punny Money

Anything that I should be reading that I’m not?

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As usual, LifeHacker has opened my eyes. I stumbled up the following at LifeHacker. so it got me thinking of what I do.

Introduction

First off I must admit something. I’m from the Commonwealth of Dominica. It’s a beautiful island in the Caribbean and we have a river for everyday of the week. No, seriously, there are 365 rivers. Water isn’t usually a problem for most. Apart from a few months when it’s hot and some new, rapidly developing residential areas (where the irrigation system hasn’t grown with the population) water isn’t a problem back home. At our house, water isn’t regulated. You pay a flat monthly fee and that’s it. Some years ago, they started putting meters on newer houses so that they are charged per usage. Also, when I came up here, the apartment complex that I lived in for almost four (4) years had water included in the rent and that was a fixed price. So I’ve never really gotten used to the whole saving water thing.