Archive for November, 2007
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Staying on Track When You Work at Home
It has now been a month and a half since I resigned from my job. Last Friday, I stopped to think, what I have accomplished with all this time? I can sum it up in just a two words: “not much.” This may surprise some of my regular readers who have realized that I’m not nearly as Lazy as my nickname might make you believe.
I was on my honeymoon for two weeks, despite that I should still have something really significant to show for it. You know, perhaps an outline of a novel… a big stack […] -
Is Software Development Slowly Killing Me?
When I was 8 years old, my parents bought the family an IBM PCjr. It was a great computer and one that I’ll always remember fondly. My brother showed me how to get to the BASIC interpreter and my parents bought programming books. And boy did I program. You name it, I built it. I programmed more than I probably should have at that age. Some boys knew the euphoria of hitting a home run… I knew the euphoria of getting a program I wrote run and do exactly as I instructed.
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Zopa Launch Imminent
Zopa, a peer-to-peer lending company with a long history across the Atlantic, has sent me (and probably countless others) an e-mail saying that they are going live with their service “within a few days.” I haven’t been keeping track, but it’s probably been more than a year since they announced it was coming to the US. With Prosper.com and Lending Club already in the US, why would anyone need Zopa? What new twist do they have in the space?
From the e-mail here is the big thing that stuck out when I read it:
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Lazy Man Contest Winner Finally Announced
If you read the title and were a little confused about when I ran a contest, I don’t blame you. Many months ago I ran a contest. I’ve been waiting until the prizes were given out to announce the winners. I had hoped to include another mention of the book, so that the promotional company would get addition bang for their buck. However, I would be doing that for reasons that will soon be clear.
I typically don’t like to run contests for various reasons that I listed. However, since the prize was being offered to […] -
Buy! Buy! Buy?
With Abu Dhabi investing 7.5 billion of his oil money in Citigroup, it’s time to ask the question… is it time to buy? Rumors are circulating that this isn’t the only deal in the works. CNBC open speculated that someone might invest significant amounts in homebuilders in the coming weeks. I believe the answer yes. Foreigners are looking at investing because it’s a relative bargain with the weak US dollar.
I’ve been thinking about how I can take advantage of this. The obvious answer would be to invest new money in financials (perhaps the XLF ETF) […]
