Being a sleep at the wheel is just as deadly as being drunk at the wheel.  So, even if you aren’t drunk, you’re just sleepy, that’s a good enough reason for your car to pull over.

I don’t have an issue with not being able to return a game after X amount of time, provided you are informed up front that a game is short. Yes, you can look at the reviews, but most Steam reviews are trash.

I’ve working in IT for a number of companies over the years. Unless your job is 100% work from home don’t expect much more than a laptop. You may get a docking station, monitor, keyboard, mouse, and cell phone. Depending on your job you may also get a printer.

Anything that is time based would be better handled in a calendar. My spouse and I both use Gmail and Google Calendar. I can see both her personal and work calendars and use the with my calendar to schedule events. Having these listed in a spreadsheet would not be as clear. I can see at a glance if we have something…

Layoffs aren’t personal, they are about money. Nothing kills a company faster than multiple minor layoffs, the death of 1,000 cuts. After the first few anyone with any talent is already looking, very few are willing to go down with the ship.

IT folks are a different breed. Generally IT people relate better to hardware than wetware (people).

Try stopping drinking an hour or two before you go to bed. Increase the time until you find your personal sweet spot.

I’ve been in IT for over two decades. Passwords need to go away.

I briefly worked in the merchant services department of a bank towards the end of the last century. I find it hard to believe that reward cards have a different rate than other credit cards. Here’s a sample merchant agreement - http://www.net1creditcard.com/NewsLetters/Me…. This is the agreement between the merchant…

Personal opinion is that you should only cosign for your children, and then only if you are confident that they will maintain the debt properly and you are able to cover it if they do not. Sometimes being a parent you have to say no even though you want to help.

No worries on the bankruptcy, it is there for situations like the one I was in. I went from perfect credit to bankrupt over night. I hadn’t lived in the house for two years and was paying about $1,250 a month plus utilities and yard maintenance. After two years it was obvious that there was no way I was going to be…

What Amazon really needs is a chart to show you what device would work best in your situation, the Dot, Echo, or Tap. What features do you get from each device?

It is basic marketing, round numbers denote quality and odd number denote a bargain. When there is a sale the price is 9.95 or 9.99. So, it all depends on the message that you want to send.

You hope you’ll make money. I paid $74k for a home in 1992. In 2010 it was mortgaged for over $145k. The bank sold it in 2012 for less than $50k. It sold for $125k mid 2014. It may be another five to ten years that it will be worth what I owed on it when I filed for bankruptcy and let the bank take it.

I’m currently an IT Application Specialist. In this case I’m level 2/3 support for Analysis and CAD applications globally. Since all of my work can be done remotely I am able to work from home and the company is flexible enough to allow it, which came in handy when I dislocated my shoulder recently and wasn’t able to…

There are three kinds of men. The one that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves. - Will Rogers

I used to work for a bank. I was always amazed when people bought this option. I say bought because there was a $25 fee to defer your payment. It was a big money maker for the bank.

I’ll second Angie’s List. Do a quick search on line for coupons, I found a three year for the price of one deal. One thing is to allow for time, nothing happens quickly. We planned on moving in a month after purchase and it wasn’t even close to the amount of time needed to get all of the things we wanted done. We had…

I’ve been in IT now for over two decades. No one hard drive manufacturer is better than any other. All drives fail, it is just a question of when, and how much notice you get before it is totally useless. I’ve purchased drives from most all of the vendors and I buy for warranty more than anything else. While it won’t…

Like any review you have to actually read the reviews. I normally focus on the bad reviews, no body is perfect. How a company handles complaints is just as important as how they work. I’ve hired about six contractors so far and they have all been great.