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• July 23rd, 2008

  What are the advantages of mobile banking?

  This is best answered by trying it out yourself. Depending on how you like to do your banking, you’ll see how it can work best for you. If you like to enter your transactions into a program on your computer, being able to easily download transactions and reconcile them against your records is very useful. I don’t even bother with that anymore, as online banking gives me a great way of tracking my balance and seeing when payments go through (which, these days, is almost immediately). Another great feature that some banks provide is the ability to set up alerts, such as receiving an e-mail or SMS when a deposit reaches your account or your balance drops below a certain amount. In Europe, where I live now (originally from Minnesota), I’m amazed at one feature you won’t find in the US: You can send money to anyone else without going through an intermediary services such as Western Union or PayPal. All you need is their bank’s routing number and their account number. It makes payments for things like eBay much easier. Hard to believe that’s not available in the US yet, but I suppose those “middle men” companies are probably lobbying against it.
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• July 23rd, 2008

  What are you doing to save the world?

  @MrKnowItAll So part of your effort to “save the world” is mocking people who have world-views different from your own? Since conflicts all over the world are often based on just this kind of intolerance, I think you should probably leave saving the world to someone else. toolaura4ya wasn’t preaching to anyone, just answering the question from her point of view. Oh, and voting Democrat = saving the world? More and more it seems that liberalism is becoming a religion all its own, where its adherents put faith in elected leaders instead of a god. “Save us, Obama!” So much for government for and by the people — today we need elected leaders to make the world better for us. But to answer the question: Saving the world is about people for me, not recycling or carbon. I prefer not to go on & on about what I am doing, but I try to help others as much as I can.
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• July 23rd, 2008

  What do you think of Al Gore's challenge?

  It’s pretty ironic that Gore and his fans complain about oil prices and dependence on Middle Eastern oil when they cut off any attempts to drill for the stuff in North America. There are oil-rich parts of the U.S. but new drilling is extremely limited due to NIMBY environmental concerns. Concerns that often fall apart when you look at them closely. I don’t think Gore’s challenge is feasible. The amount of real estate necessary to create large wind and solar farms (not to mention the equipment) capable of producing that much electricity would be astronomical — nowhere near paying for themselves. And just wait until people hear you’re going to be cluttering their view with those things (see the oft-cited opposition by Sen. Ted Kennedy and other wealthy & powerful people to wind farms in Cape Cod). I’m all for reducing or eliminating dependence on oil from the ME and would love to have a hydrogen-powered car. But if you want true independence and less environmental impact, then we should go nuclear. Yes, that’s on a conservative site, but give the article a read before writing it off. Interesting stuff!
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• July 23rd, 2008

  What is your favorite board game?

  I don’t play board games much these days, but when I do it’s usually Sequence. Unlike some games that are all luck or all strategy, this one is a good combination of both. I also like it that you have to work together with others to win, but there’s no table talk. Makes it a bit more challenging.
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• July 23rd, 2008

  Why do supermarket refrigerators not have doors?

  The obvious answer is for convenience, but perhaps saving energy will trump convenience in the near future.
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