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WaterCal.com

Revolutionizing Irrigation Management for Shared Water Communities Are you tired of the chaos that comes with managing shared irrigation schedules? Do you dread the confusion of who gets water when, missed turns, and the headache of collecting fees? We’re building WaterCal—a comprehensive solution d

PayItForward

Derogatory Terms of Endearment

The Setup…. I’m on a layover in Denver airport at a restaurant. When I travel alone, I’ll pick a bar seat, since it’s usually first to come first to serve. Any open seat means I can eat on a tight schedule. After a few minutes, a lady politely asks if anyone is sitting next to me….

Travel

Why You Should Fly Southwest Airlines

As most of my friends know, I’m a Southwest Airlines fanboy. I love the airline. I do. They have employees that deeply care about their passengers and have great, easy-to-follow, very business-friendly rules. Now … some of you will complain about no first class. OK, you got me on this one. If you fl

Travel

Southwest Isle seat trick

Ever in the isle on Southwest airline, and need to get out? As a little know trick there is a button under the armrest that will let you lift it. This is much much easier to then get in and out of your seat! Enjoy!

Family

How my family of four flies for free

If we are friends, in person or virtual, you know I travel *A LOT*. And if we are FaceBook friends (which means we really do know each other) you know that mostly I fly with my whole family of four. Why do we do it? How do we do it? Well…. The why is simple,

Family

LifeHack: Dyson Handheld is a GREAT Mosquito Catcher!

My children’s bodies don’t react well to mosquito bites 🙁 Not that anyone does, but where I might get a bite/bump about the size of a pea, they might see a huge bump the size of a 50 cent piece for a number of days. Needless to say, when the children see a mosquito in

Technology

Microsoft OneDrive vs. DropBox

OneDrive from Microsoft wins over Drop Box, just because of it’s “Make Available Online Only” feature. Drop box has this (sort of) with what they call Selective Sync. The problem with Selective Sync is … it’s folder based, and it’s all or nothing. OneDrive let’s you right click any file, and select