Well, garbage in garbage out. After updating my printer driver I am now able to see all of the forms in Turbo Tax. I had a hunch where there might be an error so I did a bit of backtracking through the state forms to the federal form and found the problem. I entered the number wrong – instead of…
Tax season is upon us – and I’m seeking professional help
I have done by own taxes for years and for the most part my returns are pretty simple. For the past couple of years I have had to deal with filing in two states because I work in Illinois but live in Indiana. Turbo Tax has handled this fairly well. This year we sold our house in Indiana and moved…
From Kevin Kelly – Better than free
Kevin Kelly wrote an insightful post on the internet as a great copy machine. His premise is when copies are free you have to sell things which can’t be copied. This creates an opportunity to derive value (cash) from things that can’t be copied, faked or cloned – or as he calls them, “generatives”. He goes on to outline the…
Sheldon Brown passed away
I just read on David Churbuck’s blog that Sheldon Brown passed away. I never met him in person, but his wealth of knowledge about bicycles helped me restore an old Raleigh Sport and created an obsession with fixed gear bikes. I finally managed to build one up after poring over his articles on the subject. Some time back I learned…
P.F. Chang’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Half-Marathon in Phoenix
My son Aaron Fioritto and I ran the P.F. Chang’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Half-Marathon in Phoenix a few weeks ago. After training in the Chicago winter, running in Phoenix was great. The temp at the start was about 50 degrees and it warmed up to the high 60’s towards the end. My old friend Tony Corso flew up from Texas…
This blog has moved …
A few hours later and I have moved my old MT blog to WordPress. There are some issues with some of the posts I created automatically from my del.icio.us posts, but there are too many to fix, so they’ll stay the way they are. I also decided to bail on my old design and use the Cutline theme. I have…
Moving this blog
My wife has been bugging me to update this blog so here goes. I have been wanting to move this to WordPress for sometime so I am going to attempt it this weekend. We’ll see how it goes. I have experimented with several extensions and other coding options on this site for some time so I am sure it will…
iTunes updating
Just as I was finished with my last post iTunes popped up another offer to update to the latest, greatest version. Something to do with connecting to mobile devices that I don’t have…
How to play AAC and M4P files without iTunes – jotsheet (Tom Sherman)
It is good to see Tom blogging again. I miss his tech rants and fine tips on the latest software that all the cool kids are playing with these days. Makes an old man feel hip… I agree with his rant on iTunes. It seems to update at least once a week. And it is a memory hog that pretty…
Mr. Testicles runs the Chicago Marathon
Photo by Tony Corso, Tony Corso Images My good friend (and great photographer by the way) Tony Corso and his wife Kathy were in town visiting us over the Columbus Day holiday. Tony and I decided to head down to the start of the Chicago Marathon to shoot the race. As the throngs of runners were streaming by us, I…