by Tom | Jan 5, 2009 | Reading
In common with many others, we are loving Pseudo Names in Private Eye. My favourite to date is this one:Sir,We believe that this column has gone as far as it can.ANNE DANNOWD.N. DISNEREANNE-ZOE IPHASEDEE FEIN-AL-KHURTANJust brilliant.My contribution (thanks to Wiffy,...
by Tom | Dec 18, 2008 | Business
It had never crossed my mind that there was a good business reason for the minimum monthly payment. There is: people pay their debts down less quickly and therefore the card issuer makes more money. Read more in The Fiendish Genius of Credit-Card Minimum...
by Tom | Dec 17, 2008 | Uncategorized
Freakonomics looks at auction sites like MadBid and describes them as All-Pay Auctions. Looks like I was right to be wary of these things. The thought of protecting ones investment in bidding costs is exactly what people will protect, and therefore end up spending...
by Tom | Dec 17, 2008 | IT
Cobian Backup looks like it might be the thing I need to automatically back up my laptop to my portable hard drive. It does open files using volume shadow copy which is very important for me.
by Tom | Dec 17, 2008 | Business
Freakonomics looks at auction sites like MadBid and describes them as All-Pay Auctions. Looks like I was right to be wary of these things. The thought of protecting ones investment in bidding costs is exactly what people will protect, and therefore end up spending...
