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  • Tesla Range Thoughts

    So one of the biggest issues with owning an electric car is its range. It can take a long time to recharge batteries. I’ve been thinking more and more about the Model 3 and how it would fit into the lifestyle that Annie and I have. Would it be able to get us everywhere we Read more

  • Name Change Thoughts

    I have, for as long as I can remember, wanted to change my name. While my last name, Peralty, is fairly unique, I have never really felt like I was a “David”. Maybe that sounds weird to you and you’ve always thought of me as a “David”, but I’ve long wanted to be Malcolm Alexander Read more

  • Big Rigs and Rush Hour

    I hate driving. If it was up to me, I’d live next to my work and have everything else delivered to me. The worst part of driving is that pretty much everyone has the same schedule. Most of us need to be at work between eight and nine in the morning and head home between Read more

  • Why Buy an Electric Vehicle?

    I’ve read many articles that discuss the fact that electric cars aren’t as “green” as we think and their best suggestion is to not buy any car at all. Unfortunately, that isn’t feasible for most people. We’ve become accustomed to cars, and I don’t see that changing anytime soon due to the high rent or Read more

  • My Experience With a Domain Sale Scam

    I recently had someone email me the following: Hello! Our client is interested in buying optimumppc.com. The buyer is an investor from Canada. I located your contact information in a domain name whois lookup and understand that you own the domain name. Are you still interested in selling? If you have more names I can Read more

  • 32 .com Domains for Sale

    I have more than a few domains and need to cut back on my list. I am taking offers on the following domains. Please use my Contact form or Comments form to let me know if you are interested. I am putting in my gut instincts on Canadian pricing for each but am open to Read more

  • Our Next Car: Tesla Model 3

    Back in June of 2014, I made some predictions about what I thought the Tesla Model 3 would be like (Predicting the Tesla Model 3) and I feel I was wrong more than I was right, but guessing the future isn’t an exact science, and much of what I wrote was more about wish fulfillment Read more

  • Would I Take Experimental Depression Treatments?

    Yes. To answer that in a bit more detail, I should say that I keep an eye on what is happening in the space of depression treatments and I would love to help move advancements forward. I’ve been on and off treatment for nearly two decades now, and have found the SSRI’s and SNRI’s typically Read more

  • Helping a Friend: PCM Industrial Solutions

    Recently, my wife’s co-worker’s husband, Manuel, asked if I could help him with his business website: PCM Industrial Solutions. I took a look, and it was built using a WYSIWYG editor and needed some serious help. I compiled some changes he should make and presented him with the list. After an hour of talking, he Read more

  • Picard’s Peanuts

    Today we ended up going to Picard’s Peanuts in Morriston. The original plan was to go to a sugar bush today, but upon arriving, there were around two dozen cars waiting to pay to get in. So we decided not to join the slow moving line and instead tried to help Annie’s mom look at Read more

  • Fortrus Financial Website Improvements

    Each day I’m making progress on the Fortrus Financial company website. I’m not a Joomla expert by any means, but today I got the site to achieve a 90% or an A-rating on PageSpeed and achieved a load time of under two seconds on Pingdom’s website speed test. When I started, it was a C-rated Read more

  • Emotions are Hard

    I can be slow at processing emotions, and that can be doubly difficult when those around me are actively experiencing theirs. With the passing of my Grandmother, I’ve been around many highly emotionally charged people but haven’t really felt any of my own. I don’t know if it is just a processing delay, or my Read more