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The best rewards cards for credit card deadbeats
The credit card industry refers to people who use their credit cards frequently, but then pay the balance in full every month as “deadbeats” or “freeloaders.” Why such a negative term for people who are diligently and responsibly taking care of their finances? Because the card companies can’t charge them any interest. (Don’t feel bad for them, though, they still make money on transaction fees charged to the seller every time the card is used to make a purchase.)
How walkable is your neighborhood? Now you can calculate it online.
We’re all familiar with Zillow, the online housing value estimator. But when looking for a house, another way to measure its livability is by the walkability of the surrounding neighborhood. That means determining how many amenities and service businesses (restaurants, bars, grocery stores, fitness clubs, schools, parks, etc.) are available within walking distance.
How to display html or javascript code in a Wordpress entry
You don’t think about it until you have to do it, but it’s difficult to print HTML code in a webpage (or blog) as actual HTML code. The solution? More HTML code, of course.
Javascript to hide email addresses from crawlers (and spammers)
There are of course many ways to do this… One way is to always use an image to display the email address, so a user has to manually type it into their email client. An easy way to hide email addresses, while still using a mailto: link, is to use a simple javascript function.
The XO free laptop program (one laptop per child)
The much-fabled $100 laptop is almost ready to go into production. The plan was to create an inexpensive laptop, rugged and resilient to heat, cold, humidity, and tumbling about, and get governments to pay to distribute them to children in the world’s poorest nations, so that they could access the education that the internet provides.
How to get a free online credit report
I’ve been watching my credit at TrueCredit.com. Keeping track of my credit online lets me know what to expect if I apply for a new loan or line or credit, and lets me know right away if something incorrect is showing up. TrueCredit.com includes a free credit score (not included in most free credit reports), and provides graphs of your debt-to-income ratio, available credit, balances/payments, and total debt over time.
Credit Cards lowering credit limits
In the wake of the subprime meltdown, credit card issuers are getting nervous as well. Reportedly, they’ve been slashing credit limits at the first sign of trouble (a single late payment, for example). The ratio of credit used vs. credit available is used in calculating people’s credit scores, so this may have a negative effect on many people’s scores.
Patient financing for non-covered medical expenses
To get the financing, I simply went to Care Credit’s website, and filled out a short online application (they asked for my contact information, DOB, Drivers license info, Social Security number, Net Income, and my housing situation - own/rent/etc.). I instantly was told how much money I qualified for, and was given an account number…
Fraxel laser resufacing vs. CO2 laser resurfacing
In the past 5 years or so, there’s been a new exciting development in the field of laser resurfacing - fractionated lasers, most commonly known as “Pixel” and “Fraxel” lasers…
Into the Wild
I saw a screening of this movie tonight. It has the makings of a good, or certainly at least OK movie, but about an hour could have been left on the cutting room floor…
