Archive for September, 2006
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Too Many Transit Systems in San Francisco
I have to make a trip from the peninsula to San Francisco tonight. There is a very helpful website, but it’s still going to be difficult to figure out. I plugged in my origin and destination in their trip planner and it looks like it’s going to take me at least 3 changes on three transit systems to go around 20 miles. The total travel time? An hour and a half. The cost? Somewhere around $10 between the different fares there and back and parking at the station.
Back in Boston there’s on system and […] -
An Expensive New Toy or Great Tool?
I went and got a Magellan Roadmate 3000T (scroll down for the exact model). It was onsale for $415 via an online retailer. I have to admit that if time is money, this is going to be a very smart purchase. My sense of direction is that bad. Add in that I’m in a new area, and it might be worth twice the price.
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Auto-enrollment for 401(k) Thought.
So I just saw that the Department of Labor approved auto-enrollment for 401(k) plans. I hadn’t been following this very closely, but it seems that when you start a new a company can enroll you in their 401(k) automatically. I think it will be helpful for many people, but it also seems like the government is assuming too much control.
It seems very odd that they’ll approve this legislation, but not allow us to control how our Social Security money is invested. I haven’t really said much about the government, but at least give us the ability […] -
That’s What I’ll do - Value Menu!
I’ve noticed that McDonald’s is playing up it’s value menu offering. At least locally, they have radio commercials depicting a gentleman saving for a diamond ring and solving his problem by eating the value menu. I think at the end he even ditches the girl so that he can by even more double cheeseburgers, but I might just be projecting myself as the gentleman :-).
I had mentioned the McDonald’s value menu in the past. It is a good value, but remember it’s a “sometimes food”, not an “all the time food” as Morgan Spurlock showed in SuperSize […] -
I am idiot…
I owe you all a ton of apologies. I had comments enabled and never knew how to moderate them. Now, I know. I’m sorry everyone. Now to go back and comment on all the comments.
