by Chris Walters | Jan 8, 2010 | Troubleshooting
For the life of me I could not figure out why Google Calendar was not letting me share all details with the public. I was only getting the “See only free/busy details (hide details)” when I wanted “See all event details.” I’ve done this...
by Chris Walters | Oct 30, 2009 | Free Tools, Social Bookmarking
I finally joined a social bookmarking site. I toyed with Delicious in the past, but then when I decided to commit to one I stumbled across Diigo. I see Delicious bills itself as “the biggest collection of bookmarks in the universe.” That’s fine. I...
by Chris Walters | Oct 30, 2009 | Economics, Investing, Religion
A friend and I have emailed each other for the past three years about our thoughts on investing in stocks. Occasionally we find ourselves writing fruitfully on a tangential subject. The following is a selection from an email I wrote on 10/25/2008 in the midst of the...
by Chris Walters | Aug 14, 2009 | Healh Care, Politics
The recent media frenzy surrounding the health care reform town hall disruptions and the tired rhetoric criticizing all government programs as leading to fascism make me think about how the government does provide good service at low cost in many areas, such as the...
by Chris Walters | May 2, 2009 | Free Tools, Operating Systems
Approximately four years ago I decided to explore several Linux distros to learn about their capabilities and to discover for myself what all of the hubbub was about in geekdom since Linux had become ready for usage by the masses. As someone who had messed around with...