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Re: About

Andrew Wanjohi — Wed, 02 May 2012 18:53:44 -0000

Stephen, my name is Andrew and came across your blog, i am currently in the Ga tech ATDG course and wanted to reach out to you hopefully meet up i may be insearch for a person with your talents.
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Andrew Wanjohi

Re: Startup Riot 2012

Andy Powell — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 20:43:22 -0000

We're glad you liked CallRail! Startup Riot was huge for us, and I'm excited we had the opportunity to get in front of 500+ tech influencers and spread the word.

Re: The Problem With Newt Gingrich’s Taxes

Stephen Reid — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 13:03:08 -0000

In reply to a comment that legitimately question the validity of estimating holding based on the S&P Dividend rate.

From his Capital Gains losses, he has recently had

Ishares Russel 1000 Growth - Various (1.33% div yield)

Ishares Russel Midcap - Various (1.5% div yield)

Ishares DJ Select Dividend (3.4%)

Nuveen High Yield (NA / Bond / Muni Bond)

Templeton Income (est 5.76% div yield)

It would be another stretch to guess his investment style based solely on his previous capital gains losses, but, if we did jump to that conjecture, 2% is a pretty reasonable guess.

Re: SOPA PIPA. What happened to presumed innocence.

Stephen Reid — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:13:01 -0000

Isakson tries to stress the safety of this bill by defining a “rogue site”, but in a year where Republicans are speaking against activist judges and bigger government, SOPA leaves a lot to interpret as to what a rogue site is or might be - giving this power to the judicial and executive branches - and to the lawyers that summon the judicial

Re: Ban Driving w/ Cell Phones or Ban Automatic Transmissions

Used Cars Louisville Guy 99 — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:00:58 -0000

Now they are bringing out hands-free so even though you are talking atleast you are able to pay more attention to what you are supposed to be doing. Driving.

Re: Ban Driving w/ Cell Phones or Ban Automatic Transmissions

BuyHerePayHereLouisvilleGuy12 — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 05:11:13 -0000

Thank you for the information. It was really helpful.

Re: Ban Driving w/ Cell Phones or Ban Automatic Transmissions

Douglas McKinzie — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 18:09:25 -0000

I agree, it's hard to talk on your cellphone if you're constantly shifting..lol.

Re: SCSS – Compiled CSS

Drew Wells — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 10:05:17 -0000

Shoot why stop there, switch to Java too. Then everything can be compiled and slow!

Re: RHOK ATL Dec 2011

Robert Dyson — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 13:41:57 -0000

Sounds like an awesome event! I'm particularly interested in Businga. I'd like to join you at one of the RHoK events some time.

Re: Texting Apps

aceonline — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 10:41:06 -0000

Everyone should use facebook messages. It's the best messaging app (at least for the iPhone) and has a good web interface as well.

Re: Google Plus is Dead

Stephen Reid — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 10:25:02 -0000

I tried looking at my newsfeed for other circles. 1 of my close friends posts. Next closest, (college) 3 people post. And 1 person posts from my high technology work.

Re: RHOK – Message Carrier

Stephen Reid — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 01:32:19 -0000

People voted Message Carrier as 1st place in the Atlanta RHOK, and Toronto continued on the project.

Re: Do I Need a Car?

Millie — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 17:00:39 -0000

Found this after I googled zipcar experiences... My Jeep is breaking down and I'm debating whether to do zipcar or get a new car. Like you - I metro to work everyday - and didn't realize my car stopped working for a good week because I don't drive that often... I know I'll eventually need a car - and I don't know if I'll be able to fix my car right now, but I'm sorely tempted to get a zipcar.

Re: Do I Need a Car?

Drew Wells — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 14:14:47 -0000

I paid up front, so no monthly car bills. I did liability b/c comprehensive more than doubled, which means accidents 1 so far are out of pocket. Georgia charges you ad valorum tax, at purchase then again at your birthday, so I got hit with that twice in two months.

Initial cost: $10,000 (4 years old)
Insurance (liability, hit&run only): $480/year
Repair (snowpocalypse): $700
Robbed, new key, rekey locks on car: $300
Initial (Gov't screwing little guy) Tax: $180
Yearly ad valorum: $180/year
Tags: $35/year

I've tried really hard to keep costs down, obviously getting liability on a fairly new car. In the end, I wish I had kept my Tennessee car and my Tennessee driver's license. There's no ad valorum there, and having a newer car has done nothing but cause heart ache like when it came back from the shop with 20 white scratches on the passenger side.

Re: Sunday Alcohol Sales in GA

Stephen Reid — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 23:16:22 -0000

IF all liquore stores were closed on Sundays because they chose, we'd call that Collusion.

Re: Nissan leaf driving event

http://www.jvmotors.com/ — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 06:44:27 -0000

This is really interesting, I've read a lot about the car but not much about how it drives in terms of reviews etc. So thanks for this.

Re: Startup Riot

Steve Donovan — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 10:27:45 -0000

Thanks for the quick summaries...jumping between here, twitter and their sites...will keep following your updates.

Re: I Sat on an Exercise Ball At Work

Stephen Reid — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 11:26:08 -0000

Downside of running a blog; coworkers who didn't know you were sitting on an exercise ball come over and kick it. Yeah, you @charlieholder

Re: 2011 Gas Prices Going Up >$3.25

Stephen Reid — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 14:03:38 -0000

And the summer, better for emissions, blend of gas is typically a lot more expensive in Atlanta.