February 20th, 2008 | by Rusty | published in Debt, Personal, Shopping, Web, Work
Oh man! For those of you in the design and web development world, you realize the importance of a stable work environment. And for that matter, almost everything we do on our computers these days requires a good stable environment. As for me, I have been having some trouble with my computer for a few [...]
November 8th, 2007 | by Rusty | published in Austin, Debt, Work
Interesting Article I found at work today. When gas prices continue to rise, where do our thoughts about this really fall?
Forbes would have us believe that $100 a barrel oil is a good thing, because it will encourage the development of synthetic oil from coal via a process that was too expensive to commercially develop in [...]
August 2nd, 2007 | by Rusty | published in Austin, Debt
Yesterday evening, I was with a friend in my car driving down town showing him a few places around Austin. Little did I know that the cooling fan in my car had gone out. After my check gauges light came on and I noticed that the temp was really high, I pulled over in a [...]
August 1st, 2007 | by Rusty | published in Debt, Web, Work
Many of you know that I do some freelance work on the side in my “spare time” these days. I recently started working with a new client a few months ago helping them with their branding, identity, and web presence. My business partner and I have taken countless phone calls and e-mails from this client [...]
June 12th, 2007 | by Rusty | published in Debt, Personal
I’m headed to court tomorrow. Turns out I have known about my expired inspection sticker for sometime now, I just never thought I would get a ticket for it. Cops were out on the street the past few days specifically looking for people like myself that hadn’t bothered to renew the thing. [...]
March 4th, 2007 | by Rusty | published in Debt, House
At Home Depot and Lowe’s that is. Since taking ownership of this house I have spent more time in Home Depot and Lowe’s than I ever thought I would. My friend Dan told me that once I bought the house the guys there would soon know and recognize me. And man was [...]
February 1st, 2007 | by Rusty | published in Austin, Debt, House
It finally happened! I closed on my new house yesterday! And without any big hassles or issues. A few repairs are still being made and I have a lot of work to do on the house, but I am pretty stoked that I got to close and it all went through. [...]
October 7th, 2006 | by Rusty | published in Church, Debt
In a recent article posted in the LA Times, this church has designed ATM kiosks for their congregation. It’s something new for many churches. And to be honest, our church has wrestled with the idea of online giving, giving by credit card or even check card, for some time now. More specifically, we have wrestled [...]
August 11th, 2005 | by Rusty | published in Debt, Music
iTunes has it down to an art! I have spent more money in iTunes than any place I can think of in some time now. You all know what I am talking about. You click on a song, find a groovy tune, and it’s click leads you to another album which is mixed on another [...]