That’s right, folks. The Raging Tech (the person, not the blog) has survived a quarter of a century of living on this planet. It’s crazy! Just last year I was working at a job I sort of enjoyed for a boss I definitely didn’t. I didn’t have insurance. I didn’t have a plan. A year…
Entrepreneurs: Find a Dental Plan
If you’ve been in the world of entrepreneurial pursuits very long, you know that you will absolutely have to fend for yourself unless you’ve still got one foot in the day job pot and continue to earn benefits. One of the biggest concerns for an entrepreneur just starting out is how to afford medical, dental,…
Bloggers Unite: Blogger’s Union on the Horizon?
Slashdot covered an interesting article by the Columbia Journalism Review about the possibility of blog authors (or “Bloggers,” if you will) unionizing in light of the recent Hollywood screenwriter’s strike by the Writer’s Guild of America. There is a lot of debate but not a lot of legislation in congress right now about the rights…
Snowed In? Slack Out with Your Mac Out
With wintry weather upon us, a lot of people are unable to even leave their houses today. We’re fortunate enough to have light snowfall today and the roads aren’t bad. My roommate picked up Family Guy: Blue Harvest and my Netflix movies came in: Mystery Science Theater 3000 – the episode where they watch Mitchell…
Geek to Live, Instead of Living to Geek
How often have you thought, I just need to save up this much more money, or work this much overtime, so I can afford that new gadget or video game or computer when it comes out? Or how often do you spend hours on end in front of a computer screen? As I get older…
Snow Lethargy
I’m not sure if it’s the nice toasty heating system from the central air in this building, the snow outside, or my general lack of sleep as of late, but man – I feel lazy. I’m sorry for the slowness of posts the last two days. It’s been so cold; I feel like I’m cold…
Presidential Race 2008 Most Expensive Election Ever
According to the AFP news wire, this year’s presidential election campaign will be the most expensive ever. Several financial magazines and political magazines estimate that the last election – most expensive for its time – was a whopping 693 million dollars. For that money, we saw a few political ads on TV, some signs in…
Web Comics: Real Life Comics by Greg Dean
Comic author and artist Greg Dean’s web comic strip “Real Life Comics” is just that – a comical look at both real and some fictional aspects of his actual life. The characters are named after real people for the most part, and tell amusing anecdotes from Greg’s life. He is married to a woman named…
Bachelor Chow: Awesome Dogs II
I’d like to introduce to you a new segment on The Raging Tech called “Bachelor Chow,” the name of course, stolen from the tv show Futurama. What I’ll be sharing in “Bachelor Chow” are recipes for the single, lazy, or low-income man (or woman). They are by no means necessarily healthy or nutritional, but they…
Classes Resume Next Week!
At the particular university I work at in the UNC school system, classes resume on Monday. We’re going to have our hands full with new arrivals and returning students who have, over the course of a month, forgotten every password and login they know. Of course that means they’ll be calling us or visiting our…