Posts by Chet

• Reasons Not To Use H&R Block’s Taxcut Free File To File Your Taxes In 2007

  by Chet

  Last year I used H&R Block’s TaxCut Free File (HR Block) to file my taxes. This year I went with them again and wish I hadn’t.
  Today I was filing both my taxes and my partner’s taxes (we were filing separately). She and I make basically the same amount of money and do similar jobs. […]

  Filed in: Death and Taxes on February 24th, 2007

• Is Merck Price Gouging With Gardasil HPV Vaccine? The Most Expensive Vaccine Ever.

  by Chet

  (This article was revised on 12/06/2007 to reflect new data that has been released about Gardasil.)
  If you’ve watched TV or picked up a magazine in the past 6 months, you’re probably drowning in advertisements for the “cervical cancer vaccine.” And besides the millions (and millions and more millions) of dollars Merck is pumping into […]

  Filed in: Sexuality on February 21st, 2007

• USPS Click-N-Ship Charges Credit Card Multiple Times for Same Package

  by Chet

  There are few things that are more annoying than waiting in line at the Post Office, so I’m all for anything that saves me from this. I have been a fan of the USPS Click-N-Ship (and the equivalent UPS and FedEx services) for a while now. It has not gone without incident, however, and I […]

  Filed in: Uncategorized on February 13th, 2007

• Improve Your Digital Pictures and Movies with a Wacom Tablet and Pen

  by Chet

  If you do any (and I mean any) work in Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom, Apple Aperture, Gimp (Linux, you know we love Linux at Buzzdroid), iPhoto, Picture Editor, or you use Adobe Flash, Apple Final Cut Pro, Premire, iMovie - basically any program where you need to make accurate selections - you should be using […]

  Filed in: Photography on February 10th, 2007

• Converting a Server from Centos (Fedora, Red Hat) to Ubuntu

  by Chet

  I recently helped a friend of mine, who had virtually no knowledge of servers and networking, build a server and get it up and running in his office. He chose to install Ubuntu. I had run several versions of Linux servers (after I did away with Windows Server 2000 about 3 years ago) […]

  Filed in: Ubuntu on February 8th, 2007

• Make An Adapter For The Canon iPF8000 Printer Instead Of Buying A Roll Holder

  by Chet

  I purchased a Canon iPF8000 (ImagePROGRAF) Large Format Printer about 2 months ago. The thoughts on this printer as of 2008 are posted here.
  Overall, there were very few initial surprises with the Canon iPF8000. The major one I found was that the roll holder that was shipped with the unit could only be […]

  Filed in: Photography on February 7th, 2007

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