Recording Real Deal podcast today 3:30pm PST. Topic: Value tech. Got tips for getting most out of your tech $? Send em - [email protected].

It's Dec 1, and you know what that means... Time to open this year's Lego Advent Calendar! Yipee!

Doing my part for Buzz Out Loud: Guest-co-hosting today since one of the regulars is out. Live at 10:30am Pacific: www.watchbol.com

Co-hosting Buzz Out Loud today at 10:30 AM Pacific. Watch Live at www.watchbol.com

Hah! jtoeman says, "If you’re in PR and need to read Rafe’s tips, you should be fired." ping.fm/1krrn

Re the interplanetary Net (see t.cnet.com/1l): Vint Cerf speaking in Feb in San Jose. Sign up at t.cnet.com/1m

About to record Real Deal podcast. Topic: Getting video files to your TV. Watch live: www.watchbol.com

Doing my regular Friday co-host of Buzz Out Loud podcast at 10:30 am Pacific. Watch here live: www.watchbol.com

Doing some personal economic research online. Why can't sites put dates on their stories? I can't tell if these things are relevant or not.

Got the day off. The boy just woke up from his nap. We're going to the aquarium.