Month: December 2011
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My favorite books of 2011
I did less reading in 2011 than in the prior year due to the 500 +/- hours I devoted to retaking the CPA exam. Now that’s done and I look forward to taking in more than a dozen books next year. From the limited titles read this year, these were the three most impressive:…
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2011: My year in review
2011 was a big year for me filled with events I choose to perceive as miracles that bloomed or exploded at a dazzling pace. Here are a few of the mile marks: Technology 2011 was the year that I moved to cloud-based technologies. I purchased my first personal computer in 1982, so this coming year…
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Enom central price increase
This is a reprint of an email received from enom central announcing a Web site registration renewal price increase from $15 to $39.95 per domain: Valued Customer, This is a follow up to the notification sent on 10/19/2011. In July 2011, eNomCentral was notified by VeriSign that it plans to raise the cost…
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Asked of NJBIA: “Can you help my family turn this nightmare into just a bad dream?!”
Following is an except from the beginning of a fund drive email from the New Jersey Brain Injury Asscociation. I thought it was especially well written and effective in addressing the intangible issues surrounding mild traumatic brain injury so I reproduced it here: “Can you help my family turn this nightmare into just a bad dream….?! We…
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New consumer credit score system exposes much more of your finances
This may the ultimate ‘big brother’ that we have long feared. Long ago I concluded that it makes sense to live as if nothing is private and confidential, since eventually it will not be. CoreLogic seems to add even more proof to that argument. This week, a company called CoreLogic introduced a new type…