Mike Benson’s Blog

Okay, I’ll admit it. I was not a big Christmas fan and I don’t think I am alone in this. When you are out shopping not many people are having a good time. They all look like they are stressed. Knockdown fights over Elmo, drunk eggnog celebrants getting busted by cops, people stealing delivered packages from your doorstep and many other Merry Christmas, Happy Kwanzaa, Happy Chanukah or whatever it is you celebrate aren’t you happy you do this activities. (more…)

I hate it when I buy products that just don’t work. For those of you who don’t know about me and shopping, I am very anal. I generally research all the big products to death. I use Consumer Reports, opinion sights, newsgroups etc… It took me the better part of a month to pick my new washer and dryer.

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It’s a bit embarrassing to admit but my online id’s were compromised. Those of you who know me, know I am a bit paranoid about security. My machine at home sits behind a hardware firewall, I run the Microsoft “firewall”, Norton Internet Protection Suite and Lavasoft Adaware.

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