Anyone else read this story about Rogers Communication introducing a new plan to potentially get more people to use their cell phones as their home land lines as well? I know a lot of people are already using their cell phones as their primary home line to save money.

As stated on the article, you would need a high speed Internet access for this plan to work. I personally still use both as I would find it to be a little of a hassle having to charge up a cell phone to talk at home. The other reason is that I have routers at the house which sometimes interferes with the cell phone reception and using a traditional land line is the only real guarantee of reliability. In that case it still made sense to pay for a traditional phone line as well.

That is a nice thought being able to use just one phone for all from a residential point of view. I don’t think this would necessarily change the habits of people who run some sort of business activity though. Come to think of it, a lot of people I know have multiple phones/numbers for the sake organizing say work related calls, personal use and specific people for some kind of VIP contact.

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I was recently reading this story about a smart power meter that is taking place in some places in the US with the intent to change people’s habits in regards to how much electricity they use and when.

In a nutshell, it sounds like by trying to get people to use the majority of their electricity during a certain time period it will enable a better supply and demand scenario to create better pricing. With that, the cost of electricity would be cheaper during peak times and more expensive during times outside of that period it seems.

Kind of an interesting idea when you think about it on paper as it could definitely save you a lot of money by doing so. On the other hand, it is kind of hard to make people adjust their lifestyles to all be the same. In that case it could make one’s bill incredibly higher and unpredictable.

I always thought the best way to save money in this sense is to invent something extremely user friendly so that people can generate their own power to save money.

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There was this kiosk that I saw in a mall today that was raising awareness of poverty issues in places such as Africa. As usual, they were seeking for donations to help feed children. What really surprised me though was that they had this dedicated booth that was seeking for people to donate their old MP3 players.

At the booth they had literatures as well mentioning how the item could help kids so much there as an extra push to get people to give their MP3 players. While money and food donations are one thing, I just can’t wrap my head around how a person who is fighting for survival would want or need an MP3 player.

Seems like it would create more hassle to me as now you need to worry about things like the electricity to power it up too considering the person’s situation.

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I was just walking back from the bank in my neighborhood and all of a sudden I hear this car behind me that starts speeding up. As it would have it, the person then crashed into another car that was exiting out of the parkway in-front of me. It looked like one of the car was a Porsche too.

As one of the people that witnessed the whole ordeal, I provided my contact information incase the two needed some kind of testimony should the situation require it. That’s going to be one ugly expense for either parties though.

I was just thinking on how while the situation seems like it was created as a result of the guy suddenly beginning to speed up and driving pretty fast, in a residential zone too might I add, at the same time law wise the person who was exiting out of the parking lot may lose due to a technicality as I guess when you are in that position you have to make sure it is absolutely clear before trying to exit.

I was kind of surprised at how calm the two were too when they confronted each other and began exchanging papers. That’s definitely one thing that would ruin a monthly budgeting plan as I’m sure someone’s insurance rates will be going up.

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Didn’t really have too much time to do any writing today as I am currently getting swamped with various tasks and opportunities. I’m normally pretty good at time management but this is an example of trying to take on too much at once in life.

Hopefully it will slow down soon.

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