Archive for March, 2008
Monday, March 31st, 2008
I finally got around to updating to the latest Wordpress version. Most of this update will result in nothing being change to the appearance of the blog. It was lot easier than I thought it was would. All that was involved was deleteing the wp-admin and wp-includes directories, uploading the ...
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Saturday, March 29th, 2008
Subway has a advertised deal of $5 footlong sandwiches so I decided to try one out the other day. It's a mistake I won't be making anytime soon. I remember back in the day when you could get a real sandwich at subway. Well, the times are a-changin'.
I ordered ...
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Friday, March 28th, 2008
I just watch a hilarious slideshow (a google doc) about the housing mess depicted in stick figures. You can find it here.
I never thought about it from the viewpoint of people that actually bought their securities thinking they were safe investments. Man they really did get conned.
I've always thought the ...
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Thursday, March 27th, 2008
I came accross this nifty anti-telemarketing script from junkbusters. Apparently you can sue telemarketing companies in small claims court for unsolicited calls. There are exemptions though such as tax exempt non-profits and if you've had a previously established business relationship.
Personally I always get pre-recorded messages and I can't remember the ...
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Tuesday, March 25th, 2008
So I read an article about Last.fm awhile ago in some random magazine and thought about it today. I was sitting at my desktop and wanted to listen to some music instead of the TV that's usually in the background.
Last.fm dubs itself as the "social music revolution". Apparently it's suppose ...
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Thursday, March 20th, 2008
Turns out Mariya Stetsiv made the last payment on her loan and is now 100% paid back. That means another loan can be funded on Kiva.org. For you that don't know Kiva.org is about loaning micro loans to third world individuals interest free to enable them to lift themselves out ...
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Friday, March 14th, 2008
I was reading an article about how somebody was forced to show ID at Walmart and they refused the sale when he didn't. That story is fairly common, however there's tons of comments that call the original poster a nitwick for refusing to show ID. Here's the bottom line and ...
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Friday, March 14th, 2008
I came accross an article entitled "Keyherb.com Too Busy Trolling Own Forums to Ship Your Order" and apparently Keyherb.com lacks basic customer service in even responding to e-mails. They do kick it up notch by not only threatening the guy with legal action but barring him from doing business with ...
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Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
Portfolio.com has a whole nifty finteractive flash of the new $5 bill and misc tidbits about it. The idea of money is crazy isn't it? The government prints bills that are backed by nothing and everyone accepts it as legal tender.
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Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
According to Forbes, Bill Gates lost the top spot awhile ago to Calos Slim Helu but Warren Buffett has taken the #1 spot with Berkshire Hathaway shares surging.
Graph of BRK-B shares 1997-present.
This is why people need to grasp the importance of buying for the long term. Buffet sits on a ...
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