Archive for June, 2008

On vacation.

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008

I don't post much these days regardless of whether I'm on hiatus or not. However I am in southeast Asia and unless something really interesting comes up there won't be any posts for the next 3 weeks.

Retail Hack - Checking out at the Target Pharmacy

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

One of my friends who works at one of Target's pharmacies informed me that when people go up to the pharmacy counter with general merchandise and ask if they can check them out they aren't allowed to refuse them. So if the regular checkout counters is jam packed and the pharmacy ...

Why I plan on funding $4,000+ worth of loans on Kiva.

Monday, June 9th, 2008

As many of my regulars know I'm a big fan of Kiva.org. Ending world poverty is a near impossible task but it isn't hard to loan capital to those that wish to lift themselves out of poverty. So why am I funding $4,000+ worth of loans? Simply put, it's all the ...

An interesting short read

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008

I came accross this piece titled "My Name is Dennis Gartman and I'm a trader..." on InvestorVillage. It's an interesting short read.

PayPal Tip

Monday, June 2nd, 2008

If you use PayPal frequently for purchases you might notice that sometimes PayPal refuses to give you the option to charge a purchase to your credit card if you have a sufficient PayPal balance to cover it. The reasoning is basically they profit more by not having to pay credit ...