Archive for February, 2006
Published on February 9, 2006
This year is the 10th anniversary of the case that struck down Internet censorship. The Communications Decency Act was passed by Congress on February 8th, 1996. The law aimed to extend to the internet the same “decency” statndard that applies to broadcast TV and Radio, and is now beginning to be famous for leading to [...]
Published on February 8, 2006
I was working with Microsoft Money last night and tracking all of my assets and my negative net worth (due to my car loan and my school loans) and found out that I should inventory all of the stuff that I have just in case of an emergency. Here are some of the things to [...]
Published on February 7, 2006
This goes under the category of, why didn’t I think of that? Colin Fitz-Gerald runs a roofing company in Cape Cod, MA. He decided that he wanted to take that business in a new direction. So he started RoofShout.com. He is looking for customers to advertise on roofs. What makes this idea interesting is [...]
Published on February 6, 2006
In my earlier post, I showed how simple opening an account was. Now, I am ready to fund the account. I have linked my bank account to my Roth IRA and made my deposit for 2005. Call me lazy for not doing it earlier and I’ll tell you why depositing the money earlier is better.
Published on February 4, 2006
According to sources, VW has not confirmed nor denied the fact that they have been talking with Google to incorporate their use of satellite imagery for their new nav systems. Could this be the move that makes Google a standard on the navigation systems? I mean Google Maps has already been awesome and Google Earth [...]
Published on February 3, 2006
I have been contributing to my Roth IRA at Fidelity for 2 years now (this being my second year). There are a million hypotheticals on how much money this account will gain. On a realistic note, it depends on how you invest the money. When you are in the ages of 18-30 you should definitely [...]
Published on February 2, 2006
Granger Whitelaw, winner of the $10 million manned space vehicle competition has started a new sports league. We can consider this a rich man’s NASCAR, well more like NASA-CAR. This guy apparently has too much money than he knows what to do with. He has started the Rocket Racing League. The league consists of 10 [...]
Published on February 1, 2006
I know a few of you are living in the city and if you haven’t heard already, they are test trialing new RFID subway passes. The NYC subway is teaming with McDonalds and Mastercard to come up with a system. So, not only will you be able to get on the subway, but you can [...]