Why do we screw around with shoelaces when Velcro is readily available?

I refuse to acknowledge the arguments of a friend who says they make you look like an old man, even though I saw an old man wearing shoes with Velcro straps over the weekend.

I think that's just because he's older and wiser than the rest of us. Wearing shoes with Velcro says, "To hell with standards. To hell with conventions. To hell with shoelaces."

This all came about because I have a problem with my shoelaces coming untied almost constantly all day long. Sure, I could tie a double knot, but that's asking me to do more work. I don't want to do more work. I want to do less work. I want Velcro straps on an otherwise normal-looking running shoe.

I Can Save the 24 TV Show Franchise

I've heard that for the 7th season, the writers are going to "change things up a bit" in Jack Bauer's world. Yeah, yeah, we've heard it all before. In the end it's going to boil down to this:

"Terrorists are threatening Los Angeles again, and for some reason, Jack Bauer is the only one who can stop them."

That's going to be the story. You know in your heart that I'm right.

Well, I suggest they really do change things up a bit.

Imagine this:

24 - Jack to the Future

That's the season where Jack Bauer finds Doc Brown's Delorean and travels back in time to the first season, when the show was still good.

Success Story: I've made $2.51 in 7 days.

After reading about the success of PlentyOfFish.com, I decided to change the entire business plan (as if there ever was one) for my little assembly language editor, MIPSter.

Previously it cost $9.99 for a single user license. Now it's free.

It's hard to judge how well it will do because I made so little off MIPSter before. Every now and then share*it, the company that handled the order transactions, would send me a check for $90 or so. The thing is -- I can't remember how often I got those. Maybe once every 6 months?

At any rate, it will be an interesting experiment. I think I'm going to throw a few non-obtrusive ads on some of my other sites. I'll admit, the ads on the MIPSter site are very obtrusive, but it's my only product at the moment, so I had to do something.