Archive for October, 2009

Back In The Saddle Again

Some people have normal hobbies like woodworking or gardening. I, on the other hand, am into signing up for things. I used to be into applying for BMG memberships to get the 12 CDs for the price of one as well as the bonus for signing up a ‘friend’ (hey, I think I [...]

$1500 Federal Energy Tax Credit through 2010

I was discussing with some friends the $1500 Federal Energy Tax Credit, particularly regarding the fact that it has been extended through 2010. One question that was raised - does that mean we can apply it both in 2009 and 2010 for a total of $3000 of tax credits? The answer is ‘no’. [...]

Kenmore “Energy Performance” to the rescue

After watching on Craigslist for a while, I found a decent 20.6cf Kenmore energy star refrigerator. I’ve come to the conclusion that you pay a big premium for a bottom freezer model or refrigerator sizes greater than 21cf. I don’t think either of them deliver much in the way of energy savings [...]

Format free copy+paste in Windows

One constant source of annoyance to me when typing an email in outlook is when outlook irreversibly mangles the formatting of my message when I paste something from another email or document. To make the problem even more irritating is the fact that Outlook doesn’t give me the option to “paste special” and just [...]