Archive for May, 2009
Startups in 13 Sentences
Paul Graham is an essayist, programmer, and programming language designer. In 1995 he developed with Robert Morris the first web-based application, Viaweb, which was acquired by Yahoo in 1998. In 2002 he described a simple statistical spam filter that inspired a new generation of filters. He’s currently working on a new programming language [...]
Are You Healthy?
…that is….financially healthy? CNNMoney.com has a pretty good, high-level questionnaire for everyone to fill-out to determine your personal financial health. At first glance, when I saw this post by Flexo, I was skeptical. I said to myself, “how can a short quiz determine an individual’s financial health?” Well, upon further review, this short survey of [...]
I love delayed flights…
…don’t you? Come on, the joy of getting to the airport early to try to find a parking space, parking your car, immediately going through security since you already checked in online beforehand and printed your boarding pass. Security is a breeze (sometimes), and then you get to your gate only to find out that [...]
Do you have any clue what your credit score is?
….do you? Previously, I spoke about the FICO score, what it is, how is it calculated, blah, blah blah. Recently, my wife and I sold our townhome and purchased a new construction single family home, both in the Raleigh-Durham region of North Carolina. When you purchase a new home, there are three key ingredients that [...]
Economic Education
Recently, I came across a great not-for-profit organization (NFP), the North Carolina Council for Economic Education (NCCEE), which is an affiliate of the Council for Economic Education. Both of these NFPs are doing exactly what I have been advocating regarding financial and economic education in this country. A little more on the Council:
Vision
The Council for [...]
