Michigan Military Divorce

Free online calculator | Multi-function

Here's a link to an online calculator -- free, and nothing to download. There are many useful functions. Thanks to Elizabeth Sadowski for bringing this to my attention.

• Investment Calculators for calculating the rate of return, the amount of interest, present value
• Loan Calculators for calculating the amount of the payments and/or balloon payment, amount of down payment, interest rates, etc.
• Personal Finance Calculators for calculating the cost of an afforable house or car, length of time to pay off a loan
• Retirement Calculators for calculating how much do you have to save to reach your goal
• Schedules - What were your principal and interest payments this year?

Moffsoft Free calculators

Droid v iPhone - A lawyer's & consumer's choice

What did we ever do before cell phones? Nowadays, they are almost an extension of our hands. I have a new Blackberry something . . . still sitting in the box it arrived in 3 or 4 months ago. I guess I am not motivated as much as my more techie family lawyer friends. But I've been watching. Blackberry or iPhone? Who has what? Do they like it? Does it do for them what they want? Much more important than that is whether they can get a signal. There is a huge hue and cry about signal/connection problems with iPhones tied to AT&T service only.

Here's a link to an informative American Bar Association Journal article "Droid v iPhone: New mobile devices give Blackberry a run for lawyers' money." While you are on my blog, check out the other valuable tools in "Jeanne's Toolbox."

Should your lawfirm upgrade to Windows 7?

In the January 2010 issue of the ABA Journal, Dennis Kennedy addresses the question whether law firms should upgrade their computers to Windows 7. After all of the criticism of Vista and the startup problems with Windows XP, you will likely find this article interesting. It's titled Lucky No 7?

PC Magazine's article Who Should Upgrade to Windows 7 -- and Who Shouldn't has more technical information.

Had I read Scott Bassett's blog post PCLaw Announces Windows 7 Compatibility and realized that I would have to upgrade my PCLaw . . . I guess I would still have done it. I also had to upgrade other software related to my scanner. So the upgrade turned out to be much more expensive than I thought. But then I've never been one to stay current on upgrades.

I am not sorry. I love Windows 7, now that I am becoming more familiar with using it. In many ways, it will be a time-saver.

Social Websites becoming new tool for lawyers seeking information

Lawyers USA featured an article in late June about the types of information that can be found in social networking sites, such as Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn.  The article correctly states that these sites have opened up a potential treasure trove of legal evidence, especially in divorce cases where a person’s whereabouts, “friends” and employment status are often relevant.