So Governor Pawlenty is going to have to cut the budget himself to balance it. The question is how? He’s asked for public input at budgetideas@state.mn.us, and a lot of people have been sending him suggestions. We have little idea what those suggestions are because they haven’t been released in their entirety, but the ones… Continue reading Where the money goes
Month: May 2009
Саша the kitten
Julia and I picked up Саша (Sasha) the kitten yesterday. Here is the link to the gallery. She is very playful and energetic, and is pretty fearless. She climbed all the way to the top of the cat tree I made (although she needed a little help getting down), and is in general having fun… Continue reading Саша the kitten
New Photos Up: McClure-Fisher Wedding
This past weekend I went to Omaha with Julia to attend the wedding of one of her friends from way back. I took my camera, of course, to capture the event. The full gallery of photos is on my website here. Here’s a sampling…
The end of a (foolish) era
Today, Time Warner announced that they would be spinning off AOL into a separate company, undoing the grand AOL-Time Warner merger of 2001, a business decision that is destined to go down as one of the worst decisions of all time. There are many symbols of the dot-com boom and bust — Pets.com, eToys, computers… Continue reading The end of a (foolish) era
Computer Utility: SyncBack Freeware
If you have more than one computer, laptop, or external hard drive, and you want to keep files synchronized between them, one of the best tools out there is SyncBack Freeware. This free utility allows you to set up multiple syncing rules between different drives and network locations, such as full two-way synchronization, pushing data… Continue reading Computer Utility: SyncBack Freeware
Two Graphs
Well, three actually, but two concepts: Price of Government and Tax Incidence. They are pretty important in understanding Minnesota’s budget and tax issues.
Computer Utility: Firebug
Firebug isn’t a computer utility per se; it’s an add-on to the Firefox browser. If you do any web development work, such as working with CSS and JavaScript, Firebug is indispensible. I’m a CSS noob, and it is incredibly useful for seeing how CSS works, especially fun things like inheritance. Of course, it goes without… Continue reading Computer Utility: Firebug
Taking it for granted
A couple weeks ago I went to the dentist, and although I didn’t have any pain or other issues, my dentist found the beginnings of a small cavity. I went in a week later to have it filled; less than an hour later I was on my way. A short time later, I got my… Continue reading Taking it for granted
Computer Utility: TreeSize Free
Hard drives are huge these days (I have a couple drives in my computer with a total of over 1 TB of space), but that doesn’t mean that it is infinite. More important, having lots of stuff on your hard drive can slow down your computer and make some tasks, like defragmenting, take much more… Continue reading Computer Utility: TreeSize Free
Have a kitten
I don’t have any good recent photos available, so here’s a photo of a kitten (as always, all of my photos are at http://www.nathanhunstad.com/photo) Миша asleep in his temporary kitty bed.