A Purring Classic
March 8th, 2013Several years ago I learned that a car that is over 20 years old is a classic. The classic car club defines it a bit better by saying a classic is between 20 and 40 years. Over 40 and it's an antique. In either case, most people think a classic must be… more »
Count Your Taxes
March 8th, 2013Government systems are setup in such a way that they get your tax revenue and you rarely see the impact of that taxation on your income. Your phone bills have taxes included. Your income taxes are taken out before you get your paycheck. Sales tax is a… more »
Jack or Genius?
March 6th, 2013A person that does many unrelated things is often referred to as a "Jack of All Trades", with the afterward "master of none." Unfortunately, that does not consider the possibility that a gifted person may in fact be a master of many trades. In the dated… more »
Visit VITA for Free Tax Preparation
February 27th, 2013Tax season marks the beginning of one of the services being provided by PATH in Tyler. PATH is the site of the local Volunteers in Tax Assistance (VITA) program. The main feature of the VITA program is that low-income taxpayers can go to a VITA site an… more »
Seven Languages of the Web
January 30th, 2013
From: 12/30/2007
I was at a Mensa gathering a couple months ago and a couple of people there were talking about their web pages. These were smart people, but they didn't know much about the way today's web works. This is a simple guide to understan… more »
A Microsoft Access Front-End Updater
January 22nd, 2013A question came up on one of the discussion forums is how to automatically update the front end (FE) of a split database. Instead of taking up space on the board, I'm posting it here. This is the method I used on the only situation where I provided that… more »