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January 18, 2012 - Let's join Google, Wikipedia and others in telling Congress not to censor the web! Fighting online piracy is important. The most effective way to shut down pirate websites is through targeted legislation that cuts off their funding. There’s no need to make American social networks, blogs and search engines censor the Internet or undermine the existing laws that have enabled the Web to thrive, creating millions of U.S. jobs.

October 12, 2011 - The Goodreads giveaway for Corporate Ties has been a huge success. I had almost 400 people sign up to receive a free copy of my new book. Of course, not everyone is on Goodreads, so I thought I'd also do a Facebook giveaway. I'm giving away signed copies of the book to three random individuals who "Like" the Corporate Ties Facebook page.

September 23, 2011 - It's getting easier to check out e-books from U.S. libraries, now that Amazon recently announced that Kindle users could download e-books from 11,000 libraries. It's important to note that you don't have to have an actual Kindle to be a Kindle user; you can also use the free Kindle app available on many mobile devices, or the Kindle Cloud Reader from your browser. Previously, my book "The Developers" was available in hard copy in only a handful of local libraries, but now, it can be found in many more places. Of course, not every library has the availability - Amazon has instructions on how to go about finding the nearest library in your area.

April 08, 2011 - We're having a blood drive at work today. I unfortunately will not be participating today, or ever again, because the American Red Cross refuses to stop calling me.

This is a strange predicament for me because I've been a fairly loyal donor for about 15 years. But due to the Red Cross' refusal to remove me from its calling list, I'm really not that interested in donating again.

March 25, 2011 - Here are two recent releases to check out the next time you're in the need of a new book.

February 01, 2007 - During a normal week, I probably receive circulars from 15 different grocery stores, which I assume are in my area. I have visited many of them; others are a little too far out of my way; and still ot ...

June 01, 2007 - I still have a few more chapters to write, but I would like to share with my readers an early excerpt from my new project. It's a workplace humor memoir (the working title is Polos to Ties ...

May 22, 2006 - How easy would it be for the United States government to keep tabs on people via the Internet? Soon, Congress could call a vote against ...

October 07, 2004 - QUESTION When receiving multiple political emails that you disagree with from a friend, you should tell the person to stop sending them? NATE: NO I do not have a ...

July 22, 2002 - Are you running out of storage space? I'm not talking about your living room closet that contains 58 jackets, some o ...