http://www.jasonlarson.com Sun, 05 Apr 2009 17:29:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Since October I have been attending a very expensive University. All the classes are self taught, all they provide is the classroom in the form of the stock market.  If you learn your lessons well, eventually you'll get paid to attend. It's kinda funny because I went through this same ... http://www.jasonlarson.com/2009/03/17/using-spreads-to-offset-premiums-get-free-options/ Removing Songs from iTunes that no longer exist If you manually delete files for any reason from your iTunes library the library itself will still have the file. This is great if the file is on an external disc that happens to be disconnected, but if you deleted the file permanently, ... http://www.jasonlarson.com/2009/03/16/removing-files-from-itunes-library-after-a-manual-delete/ Edit 2009-03-16: After using this to delete dupes on my QNAP I found while comparing the backup file to my library that there were a few (3 out of over 100) cases where somehow the original file did not exist. For example Kanye's song "I Wonder" only existed in my ... http://www.jasonlarson.com/2009/03/15/remove-itunes-dupes-with-one-command-on-qnap-or-macos/ Quick Solution: 1. Purchase and Download Memos in iTunes 2. Follow His Excellent Directions Nearly a year ago when I semi-forced Andrea to switch to an iPhone from her Palm there was no way for her to get her memos from her Palm to her iPhone. Due to this I got into the ... http://www.jasonlarson.com/2009/03/12/transfer-palm-memos-to-iphone/ Lately it seems I've been setting up or advising on setup of more and more Mac OS X systems. When a new windows user converts and loads up this "vastly superior" operating system their first thought is usually "ok what now" Here are a few things I do to every Mac ... http://www.jasonlarson.com/2009/02/26/macos-x-to-my-liking/ The more people I convert over to MacOS the more IMs I get asking how to do common tasks. I remember going through the same thing as I learned to navigate MacOS.  Here I will start a list of common tasks and how to perform them on MacOS. I will ... http://www.jasonlarson.com/2009/02/02/macos-reference-guide-for-windows-switchers/ It's been a while since I posted anything. Life has it's ways of smacking you around sometimes. I did play with straddles a little as I talked about in my last post. I did one shortly after that post on GM on 11/12 when it was trading around 3.50. This ... http://www.jasonlarson.com/2009/01/18/long-straddle/ As previously stated I know very little of the stock market but it has become an interest of mine lately after discovering different plays that are possible. It's similar to poker in that you try to make the best decision possible with limited information. However there are more ways to ... http://www.jasonlarson.com/2008/11/08/fumbling-through-the-market-today-collars/ Though it is sad Californians voted the discriminatory prop 8 into effect there is plenty of hope to hold on to today. First off in 2000 the nearly identical Prop 22 was voted in by Californian voters by a margin of 61% - 38%. In contrast Prop 8 only passed 52% ... http://www.jasonlarson.com/2008/11/05/prop-8-loss-is-a-sad-commentary-but-hope-is-alive/ First off I don't claim to be any kind of Investment Guru or have any kind real knowledge on the matter whatsoever. However for those that know me, what you know is that I am is a risk taker, but a calculated risk taker. I don't think I have to ... http://www.jasonlarson.com/2008/11/02/investing-in-this-market/