TechCOW - The Geek Within

My Aunt from Irvine is actually moving to San Diego in a few days. Aside from that, she needs to get her things packed so she can go back to the Philippines and spend a few months for a family vacation. I know how she worked hard for some IT corporations and it is high time she takes a break from all that stress. The manufacturers of home and small office networking devices (where she works) are located in the same area where she lives and the plan was to get some of her office mates to help her out. Then again there was Irvine movers on stand by so some of the high ticket items are going to be transported safely. I'm sure they did it nicely since my Aunt is happy when she called in.

I hope they do more good transfers just like the Carlsbad movers which I read off reviews on a moving site. They know what they are doing because they are professionals after all. I am quite optimistic that if she plans to move out again in the next few years (because this has been a habit for her in the last decade) it won't be quite a burden for her anymore. I'm sure she can handle it even if we're not that much available to help her. They did a good job now if ever she plans to have San Diego movers do the next one, I would be the last one to worry about it. Thank the heavens for moving professionals; they make life for IT workers like my Aunt easy as pie. Everything is high tech today anyway!





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Safety in the work place has been one of the greatest things our office administration has been working on since we got ISO certified. This is so important for Information Technology based companies such as ours to qualify for because we have the most energy consuming devices plugged in on our circuits. I'm glad there are established on line stores such as Legion Safety who specialize in this particular subject and arc flash clothes and suits. They all have these on their site:

safety goggles
safety glasses
ear muffs
ear-plugs
work gloves
dust masks and respirators
hard hats
face shields
high visibility vests
rain wear
work aprons
arc-resistant clothing
chemical resistant suits
arc flash kits

It would really be beneficial for every corporation to delegate people who would take charge in matters of safety in the office. I plan to also put up teams that would be able to respond in emergencies and disasters if the worse happens. Good things happen to good people but we always have to be ready at all times. Fire prevention and safety is a must!








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I have seen the US economy stand in the midst of the economic crisis which has affected the world. It did the worst to the best names in the IT industry since 2008 and to note; it has amassed 62,000 people to lose their jobs in the US alone. 8,000 of these were from giant wireless provider company Sprint, 6,000 from electronics company Philips, 3,400 from chip maker Texas Instruments and thousands more from other multinational companies that established corporations in the United States of America. I know there would be more but that would be already out of the information technology industry. I have witnessed how the President has worked to ask lawmakers to approve and support the 825 billion dollar stimulus package. They are all in dire need of help where to get the funds for the real estate bailout and emergency benefits for workers. Even I know how hard it is to survive for families and people who live from paycheck to paycheck. There are a lot of urban hunger and malnutrition incidents after these layoffs and it was high time that the people who built the nation be rewarded with the right tax credits due them.

If I was starting off from college, graduated and got a job; I would expect my skills and contribution to the US workforce be recognized by at least helping me treat my family and children to decent shelter. I know if I were in their shoes I would not be able to afford paying for it nor am I going to consider skipping those loans I had for education since I do not want to risk that to balloon in the coming years. It would be doubly hard to pay that off on an expected high interest rate. The good news is that there is available tax credit for people who would be able to file written and binding contracts until April 30. That would mean huge amount of up to 8,000 dollars for first time home buyers and up to 6,500 dollars for people who have lived consecutively in their homes in the last 5 to 8 years. Everything would end in June 30th this year and there are no signs of extensions. If I were you I would probably be first in line to get that for my folks. Since I am single I would be able to have income limits to 125,000 dollars unlike my married peers who would have it for 225,000 dollars instead. That is not the end of it because they will also have 20,000 dollars phase out of the credit for all of us. This is a huge chop off the original price and I would like to personally recommend IT workers to avail of this before it ends. It would benefit them (the IT workers), their families and the real estate industry. Please don't let this opportunity slip away!