Comedian Jerry Seinfeld has gotten very rich from his brand of observational humor.

Observational humor is when someone finds humor in the mundane things that they observe around them.

Stereotypical Seinfeld jokes often start with the phrases, [more...]

I’m using a 22-inch widescreen LCD monitor as I type this.

And you’re probably using an LCD monitor to read this.

That’s because, in the past several years, light, flat, energy-efficient LCD screens have gotten cheap enough to replace nearly everyone’s heavy, energy-guzzling CRT monitors. [more...]

Everywhere you look, someone has advice on how to live longer.

“Eat more vegetables.”

“Exercise more.”

“Learn to reduce and deal with the stresses in your life.” [more...]

Regular readers of this Journal know that, in the past several months, I found several great deals on my local Craigslist, and they were all cash deals, done face-to-face, with sellers who live near me.

Years ago, I occassionally bought items on the eBay auction site, where I would bid on an item and then wait for the seller to ship it to me. I didn’t have any bad experiences with eBay, but I stopped using it after [more...]

You know those ubiquitous TV commercials for Windows 7?

The ones that feature “regular people” claiming that Windows 7 was their idea?

Well, if Microsoft would actually ask some real “regular people” what they want, they might find out that most people don’t really care about [more...]