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NJ Gas Taxes and You, Perfect Together

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It’s finally official. New Jersey is going to raise the gas tax 23 cents a gallon. We’re gonna see it like, next week or something. I know a guy who used to say “BOHICA” on the radio about the state…

That Didn’t Last Long

11 days isn’t terrible, right? The volume of texts and emails and routed-through-wife contacts I got was impressive. I’m breaking all sorts of mental, internal rules anyway because I was going to post here weekly, and failing that too isn’t…

Getting Back to Nature

Hello again, my blog. I apologize for not using you for nearly a year. That was cruel and unkind of me, and I shouldn’t have left you there with a terrifying, large picture of my hairy arm. I offer you Echo Lake,…

Why I love my Pebble Time

For as long as I can remember I’ve always wanted That Watch. I don’t know if it came from old Dick Tracy comics when I was a kid (and let’s not discuss that movie) but it was always there. I…

Supercharge Your Wife: Get Her an SSD

I know the top of every guy’s list is to keep the wife happy, right? Right. We’re all in agreement on that. So when I was told “My laptop is crappy and slow and you need to fix it” I…

Home Network 2015: Who Wants Wireless AC?

So a year ago I posted a little article about my recommendations for home networking hardware. In a year, there’s been some movement on what I recommend. Funny how that works, huh? Where applicable, I’m going to copy and paste the stuff…

Cordcutting for 2015

So we cut the cord entirely. With the move happening soon, I had to take care of unburdening myself of both my Dish Beta Program equipment as well as my standard Dish receiver. Since I’m now out of the program, I…

All This, Everything and More

There are strangers in my house. They’re poking, pulling, prodding, pushing levers and turning knobs. Home inspection is here, and with that we’re moving house. I’ve had all sorts of feelings about this over the last two years. We started trying to…

Home Network Hardware Recommendations

I have a lot of people ask me questions about what they should be buying to upgrade their home networks. It’s become something of a rote topic for me, so what better place to put it than here? This is primarily…

Trolling, but In Real Life

  It’s OK, honestly. It was only a spamcalling scam artist. I might be really weird, but I enjoy when we get the “Unknown Caller, Unknown Area” on the caller ID on the house line. Aimee rolls her eyes at…