For now I’m going to spare my ‘financial institution’ the bad press they deserve. I’m going to remove their name from this and I’m going to give them about six months to one year to see how they treat me as a prime borrower. If they goof up any major (or minor) thing I’m going to come back to this…
Month: April 2014
Un-social Media your Blog Comments, Man.
You may notice in my post that you are reading now, that you can post your comments below. It doesn’t matter who you are, you can try. I don’t actually expect anyone to post (this isn’t the 90’s anymore), and I still have the choice of approving it or not, but I don’t restrict you. There is nothing more frustrating…
Are Payday Loan Businesses Evil?
I have been looking into the payday loan business. It intrigues me both as an entrepreneur but even more so on the ethics side. There is a serious stigma associated with payday loan businesses that they are evil and help to ruin lives. This is a broadcast about our local city Burnaby showing the same thing: that we must unite…
Are LED bulbs worth it?
Are LED bulbs worth it… yet? I’m pondering the question. This blog post is simple. I want to make sure I don’t lose the best post I’ve seen on the topic so that I can come back to this and finish my study! I will conclude my thoughts on the matter after I actually cross that bridge. Here is the…
Making Skype and your Mic Submit under the power of Ubuntu 13.10
It’s sad that we’re even using Skype on Ubuntu considering it’s owned by a company with zero interest in open source… but alas, some habits die hard and we don’t want this little program to prevent you from realizing that Ubuntu is, by far, the best thing that will happen to your computer life (and other parts as well –…
Origins of April Fools (All Fools Day) Day
April Fools day has thrown me off since I was a kid. I thought it was quite irrational if not ‘wrong’ that there would be a day when you could trick (a.k.a. lying) your parents and do pranks and not get in trouble. I noticed people also enjoyed tricking me. For me it was the only day of the year…