Worlds Worst: Mindless GOP Wingnuts Edition

Great lineup from Wednesday’s Worst Person. Bronze goes to NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly from seeking to implement the incredibly draconian ... their throats cut just to score points in a political campaign. To its credit, the crowd booed ... have to pass through armed check points. Buses and trucks would have to go to an underground bomb [more...]

Date: 2008-08-14 23:00:26

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Vanishing point robot guidance

I came across this video today of a iRobot create robot autonomously navigating a hallway using a standard laptop webcam ... project report has a lot of details about how the vanishing point detection system works. Check ... is credit due to Pratap Tokekar. I worked on localization with fiducial (cones) and helped the robot [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 20:31:23

Credit Repair Secrets

Millions of Americans who lost their homes in the foreclosure crisis are now in dire need of credit repair ... to do so. Your first port of call is to check your free credit score with Experian, TransUnion and Equifax ... . Bankruptcy can cause a low credit score by shedding 300 or more points off; not to mention [more...]

Date: 2008-12-28 18:57:05

Barriers and Problems Refinancing a Home Mortgage in 2009

My quest to refinance my home mortgage continues. Rates are around 5.00% with no points for a 30 year fixed, last I checked ... based on LVT ratio, credit score, and loan type. For instance, take someone with a 95% LVT, good ... Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac underwriting guidelines must have an LTV ratio of 80% or less. Higher LTV [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 11:00:51

How to secure a Laptop from thieves

Laptops are becoming more and more popular as they replace the standard desktop computer ... and creative information in it. This data could be your important documents, presentations, credit card ... and then uncheck “Automatically connect to non-preferred networks” and check “Access point [more...]

Date: 2008-12-02 10:41:37

The American Crisis: The Nationalization Of Industry

1. The Bailout Banana Republic The most ominous feature of the financial panic in Washington is that so much of the state intervention launched by ... by Congress—only to be resurrected unilaterally by the Treasury Department, using the blank check ... this point in language that is a bit too precious and effete. So Doug Bandow deserves credit [more...]

Date: 2008-12-23 09:22:00

Five ways readers can save on books

NEW YORK (AP) — One budget line Wendy Li isn’t watching even in this tight economy is her spending on books. That’s because she uses PaperbackSwap ... to high food and gas prices. Start swapping If you’ve got books to barter, check out sites ... you’re willing to trade. Every time you mail a title out, you get a credit or point, which [more...]

Date: 2008-11-21 22:49:38

Customer Data Stolen From Express Scripts

If your health insurance was through Uniform Medical Plan at any point between 2004 and 2007, it’s time to get a copy of your credit report and put a temporary fraud alert on your credit file ... below the fold). Even if you aren’t affected by this, it’s a good idea to check your credit report [more...]

Date: 2008-12-07 20:56:29

0% on Purchases With the Advanta Net-90 Card

Check this out… The Advanta Net-90 Platinum BusinessCard offers no interest on all purchases for 90 days on an ongoing basis ... program that pays 1 point per dollar spent, and there is no annual fee. If this card isn’t your cup of tea, check out these other 0% APR credit card offers. But if it is, then you should… --- Related [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 11:00:34

Citi PremierPass Elite 20k Point ($200) Signup Bonus

The Citi PremierPass Card - Elite Level is offering a 20,000 point signup bonus, ... as long as you make 1 purchase every 3 calendar years Note that there is an annual fee ($75), but it’s waived for the first year. For more hot deals, check out this list of credit card bonus offers [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 11:00:07

Card Check: What Do We Know Really Know?

We’ve got a round-up of latest news and commentary on the anti-democratic Employee Free Choice Act over at the Point of Law blog, ... struggling to survive and the credit markets tightening, passing this bill does not guarantee widespread unionized employment or wage increases. And to the headline question, “What do we really know?” [more...]

Date: 2008-11-18 23:29:28

Score it! Although I'm seeing a huge flaw in our scorecard -- there's no points for authors pretending to have been Democrats before ... still waiting for my first check!) Was McCain really trying to pretend he has a ranch? FLAGSTAFF ... and benefited from the image of working a Western ranch. McCain, to his credit, doesn't pose in cowboy [more...]

Date: 2008-07-29 04:51:07

Marketing in Recession

In my earlier post , I had pointed out some strategies for marketers to counter the recession ... . For that you may check out Harvard University Professor Greg Mankiw 's blog ( warning : its full ... marketers are pressuring governments to allow liberal credit to the consumers. That means banks [more...]

Date: 2008-12-11 10:42:00

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