A tip of my (not ten-gallon) hat to the Texas Department of Public Safety.

I renewed my driver’s license online today and I figure they saved me at least an hour of driving time, an hour or so of standing in line aggravation, and a gallon or so of gas.

Thanks to DPS!

Miles and Miles of Texas

I’m a sucker for an easy bet.

Back…oh, 6 or so months ago, I wondered who’d win the high definition DVD battle;

Toshiba HD DVD or Sony Blu-ray.

What prompted me was an article I read where Netflix had wholly endorsed HD DVD…or something to that effect…I don’t remember the details. Regardless, I thought HD DVD was a sure thing for that reason, plus Microsoft backed it.

Be glad I’m not a day-trader working your money;

Toshiba officially threw in the towel and the now ubiqutious Blu-Ray will rule the day. Naturally, former supporters moved quickly to Blu-ray, notably Wal-Mart and Netflix. Target and Blockbuster had already made the decision earlier. Meanwhile, Microsoft eschews the obvious.

Blue Morning, Blue Day

Tax season again. I always start early so I can optimize all of my deductions and be sure I’ve covered all of my expenses. I’ve loaded up all my income in a pseudo 1099 and as I receive 1099’s from clients, I add them to my 1099 worksheet and deduct from the bogus form (In Turbo Tax). So essentially, my taxes are ready to go. But as they say, the job’s not done until the paperwork’s done.

Speaking of paperwork, it’s spam season for me again. (What a segue) Late last year, I finally managed to use a good spam filter and dedicated whitelist to separate the wheat from the chaff. Of course, I have it set to delete immediately, so I wonder how much wheat is splling from the silo. But I digress…spam season again.

Spam season and tax season are synonmous with me today because I’ve been reading how talk of a tax rebate has already let loose the spammers and scammers. While everyone expects scammer’s to come out when there’s blood in the water, I thought it was laughable, because who would fall for something so stupid.

I guess I underestimated how bold and unrefined the spammers can be. Go figure…

P.S. Curiosity killed the cat, so don’t fill out the form just to see what happens.

P.P.S Firefox brings up a phish warning for the url shown.

P.P.P.S Internet Explorer offers to let you auto-fill the form for a percentage of the refund.

P.P.P.P.S. You didn’t believe the P.P.P.S. did you?

P.P.P.P.P.S. Baby You’re a Rich Man