Not so reassuring problems at domain registrar my domain

There are problems today with MyDomain.com ... it seems that not only is their site affected but also domains with A records without prefixes. Not so reassuring. 

The Complete Mac - How I get the most from the Apple Mac iPhone iPad Ecosystem

This is a bit of a work in progress ... but check out The Complete Mac, which provides an easily browsable summary of all the products and accessories I recommend for Mac, iPhone and iPad users. Enjoy! 

 

Microsoft Told to Put Up or Shut Up on Nevada Tax Dodge Issue

Beginning with the publication of Citizen Microsoft in Seattle Weekly in 2004, I've reported that Microsoft used its Nevada office to avoid payment of the state's Royalty Tax from 1998 - 2010. I've blogged that the amount of the tax dodge has likely exceeded $1.07 billion (not including penalties). 

Last week, after John Burbank, Executive Director of the Economic Opportunity Institute, wrote an editorial condemning the company's hypocritical record of tax dodging while advocating for more education funding, Jeffrey Reading, Microsoft's Senior PR Manager wrote The Herald to refute the claims Burbank made (Burbank based his article on my reporting):

"Mr. Burbank does not include sourcing to support his claims regarding Microsoft’s Nevada licensing, which is part of a very complicated piece of state tax law. Much of the information regarding this issue is misinformation primarily spread by a blogger, and no state official has ever provided any factual data supporting his claims."

I stand behind my research and all of my claims. If Microsoft wishes to prove that it paid Washington State Royalty Taxes during the years 1998 - 2010, it should disclose its worldwide licensing revenue and its Royalty Tax payments for this time period. It would be quite simple for the company to provide these two sets of numbers and would put the issue to rest once and for all (as I have done here). 

Read: To Refute Claims, Microsoft Should Disclose Its Royalty Tax Payments

John Burbank Tells Legislature to Target Microsoft

In his Everett Herald column today, John Burbank, Executive Director of the Economic Opportunity Institute, zeroes in on Microsoft's tax dodge and its harmful effects on the state's educational system. Read more

Search is faster than folders for email productivity and organizing

IBM study says search is a more productive way to access your email than trying to empty your inbox by organizing it into folders: "finding those emails by digging through folders took 58 seconds, on average, while merely searching for them took 17 seconds."

Am I wasting my time organizing email? A study of email refinding

How to stop Twitter mentions of "Top stories today via" from Paper.li

If you want to stop the annoying Twitter mentions from Paper.li, you can just tweet "@newscrier stop mentions" from your Twitter account. via How to Geek

Digitize your LP records into MP3s

I really wish I was hip enough to collect LPs so I would need one of these...looks fun... seen in Vienna's Cafe Phil. 

NewsCloud's Social Media Community Platform Now Has Easy Install

Our NewsCloud open source community-focused social media platform now offers a simple installation process. Check out the video and learn more.

Register for the next Democracy School in Seattle June 17th - 18th

Democracy School teaches citizens and activists to reframe exhausting and often discouraging single issue work (such as opposing ill-advised highway projects, stadium funding and corporate tax breaks, or proposing sick leave legislation, bans on toxic chemicals and common sense drug policy, etc.) in a way that we can confront corporate control on a powerful single front: people’s constitutional rights.

Our next Seattle school will focus on activists and organizers interested in helping lead a rights-based movement in Seattle, similar to what Spokane began in 2010. Specifically, graduates of the school will be encouraged to participate in community building efforts to draft a bill of rights for a future Seattle ballot initiative.

Learn more and register at People First

How to show current file in TextMate's Project Drawer?

I'd been wondering this for a while and finally googled for it: how to show the current open file in TextMate's Project Drawer?

Command + Control + R

Conversely, you can find and open a file by keyword with Command + T