I purchased my first netbook ( a 1st gen EeePC) long before tablets were out. Of course I used it for consumption, but the primary purpose for me was getting work done while traveling. It was (and still is) much easier to cart around something I could put on an airplane tray table and work than it was to lug around my 15 inch laptop and end up slumping in my seat to view the screen.

A lot of other traveling workers did the same. Sure, I would never edit video or music on one, but any kind of document processing or other "office" type work could easily be done. As others here have said, I'd buy another one - the form factor suits me. I still use my Aspire One that I bought last year for most things these days.

If you're single/divorced/widowed and don't have anyone to support, definitely go this route.

At 60 you should have already realized long ago that money's fine, but if you have enough to live comfortably (not that a greeter job would provide that. really), then you have that much more time/energy to do other things you really like - some of which may turn into a nice side or freelance business.

I've been watching ABC's hokey "Once Upon a Time". It started out all well and good, mostly about Prince Charming, Snow White and the Queen. Then they added Jiminy Cricket, then Tinkerbell. I thought, "Oh well, it's all Disney, let's see how this plays out." Then came the Mad Hatter, Mulan, Captain Hook, and, in this week's episode, Dr. Frankenstein. Never mind that Universal actually owns the copyright on the image of the Frankenstein monster image (the story itself is in the public domain, from what I understand). To be fair, they never did actually show the monster's likeness in the episode.

So, look for an upcoming episode featuring Darth Vader as another villain.

It relies on Compiz for 3D. I'd be a Unity fan if it weren't for Compiz.

How can you be so sure? S/He's an AC, just like you.

It sounds like you're looking at internet use purely from a media consumer's point of view. And that's fine.

But, for a lot of us, it's a business tool, whether it's for our own content delivery (so you - a consumer, or another business, can consume) to long distance communication that wouldn't have been possible for us either financially or technically just a few years ago.

So, while you may not think it's a necessity (again, that's fine for you), it *IS* for some of us. I happen to live in a very rural area (NW Wisconsin) and conduct my business online. I'd be more than happy to pay for something faster than 1.5M, but it's just not available. There's BluSky satellite, which offers (much) faster speeds, but then we' re back to data caps.

I know it comes down to semantics, but I'd go so far as to say no CV, rather a brochure to market what you've done, client testimonials (perhaps without giving company names away) and what you have to offer.

I think the biggest mistake a freelancer can make is to set themselves up as someone applying for a job, rather than positioning themselves as someone who'll get a (specific) project done.

That said, if you don't have enough material to put something like this together, I agree: get cracking.

LAUSD is probably the worst managed school district I've seen. You have things like the old Ambassador Hotel being converted into a "prestige" school t the tune of over half a billion dollarsw, while simultaneously shuttering other schools that could still serve a purpose for their communities. Or the Roybal Learning Center, coming in at close to 400 million. Or the Visual and Performing Arts High School, coming in at a little over 200 million.

And truthfully, it doesn't take much investigation to see that this is happening all across the country. We're putting more value on real estate than we are on our kids.

When I was in my mid-twenties, I moved to SF as a single person. My parents, who lived in the suburban sprawl of Phoenix, AZ, were always worried about me. It was hard for them to imagine that there were vibrant communities throughout the entire city that provided safety for everyone living in the area. In fact, I don't know of a single area in SF proper that there aren't corner stores and eateries that are open past midnight.

It was also hard for them to realize that it was relatively easy to become friends with owners and other patrons of all these corner spots, and we'd all eventually come to care for each other. If something happened to one of us, the rest of us would inquire what was happening, if there were anything any of us could do, whatever. Of course they couldn't understand that. Suburbs just don't offer that.

If anything is a ghost town, it's suburban America. But I can assure you, such a compact, diverse city as SF is hardly a ghost town. Growing up in SF, surely you realize that you never had to travel many blocks to find plenty of human activity. If not, you were most likely a shut-in.

Many, many people switch careers mid-life. There's no reason to believe that you wouldn't be taken seriously. Whether an advanced degree would help or not is debatable, but switching careers (often to something completely different) happens often.

She didn't leave to just go somewhere and vegetate. She's concentrating on her writing. I presume she'll be getting paid for it, too.

You know, you can start to focus on another passion/interest of yours while still working. If it becomes important enough, you'll eventually make an exit plan and figure out a way to live off it. You don't have to be rich to do it.

Which is a really myopic and uninformed way of looking at things.

Business taxes (and incentives) are determined at the state level, not federal level. Companies don't pick up and move to other states or anywhere else because of federal elections.

I suppose I can find replacements for most of what I use on yahoo or some other service. I haven't checked, though.

This is really bad advice. Represent YOURSELF and what you've accomplished, not your employer.

When you start representing someone other than yourself, with or without their permission, you put yourself in a legally precarious position.