Archive for June 12th, 2009

A quick tech bit

Friday, June 12th, 2009

As of the end of June, Microsoft won’t be selling Money anymore.

Yep, after 18 years, MS is tossing in the towel and stopping development of Money.

Here’s a link to the article in USA Today about it: http://blogs.usatoday.com/technologylive/2009/06/microsoft-money-suddenly-canceled-after-18-years.html

NOTE: That link is all on one line.    Unfortunately, tinyURL doesn’t seem to like this one.

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Lotsa stuff

Friday, June 12th, 2009

This will be in the podcast.  (My GOD.  He’s actually going to DO one?  Yeah..too much strange stuff going on not to comment on it!)

Today is the BIG CUTOVER.  From about noon until midnight tonight, your analog TVs turn into very large paperweights if you haven’t gone and gotten a converter box and maybe a new antenna.  Remember that if you have satellite, cable or a digital TV, you’re good to go.  Otherwise, best get yourself to radio shack or bestbuy or somewhere to get that box.

The police are looking for whoever left a newborn baby in a yard in Wheaton.  I DO mean an newborn.  The infant still had it’s umbilical cord attached!  WTF!  I hope they find the nimrod that did this.  I mean, after all the talk about save havens (fire, police or hospital), WHY?????  Needlessly putting a newborn at extreme risk by doing this?

Blair has recalled robes that can catch fire.  Here’s the link from the Chicago Tribune: http://tinyurl.com/msvrac

EDIT: Not only are people in Crestwood asking hard questions about that poisoned well business, but folks in the following municipalities WHO GET THEIR WATER FROM A PRIVATE WELL have been advised by the EPA to have those wells checked for evidence of vinyl chloride.  The town involved are: Lynwood, Ford Heights and Sauk Village.

More later on today when I put the ‘cast up.