Archive for the 'Biz Stuff' Category

How to Change A Tire

Thursday, August 28th, 2008

It always happens at the worst times! You need to know how to
change a tire even if you have an auto club membership.
Depending on where you get a flat, there may not be a phone
nearby to call a tow truck. Let’s take is step by step and
always remember to read your owners manual, there will […]

A Guide To Affordable Term Life Insurance

Sunday, August 24th, 2008

Term life insurance provides you with a more affordable opportunity to ensure you mortgage payments in the unfortunate event of your death. Even though they are offered for a limited time-period, but you can always match them up with your mortgage payment cycles of 10 or 20-year contracts. For the budget conscious, this definitely seems […]

Dress Up Your Website With Fantastic CSS Tricks

Sunday, August 24th, 2008

In Part 1 of this series, we discussed the different ways
of implementing style sheets into your site and the basic
layout of tags. Now, let’s move on to some of the fun
ways you can dress up your site with some standard CSS
tags.
Have you ever been to a website and saw text that […]

Mission Style Lighting - It’s Timeless Beauty Continues

Saturday, August 16th, 2008

If you ask most people to tell you about Mission Style lighting you are likely to be met with a blank stare and shrugged shoulders. But, if you ask these same people if they have ever heard of the Arts & Crafts Style, you are probably going to see a lot more recognize this […]

Using Someone Else’s Patent to Bring A Product to Market

Friday, August 15th, 2008

Often inventors and innovators will come up with a way to make a better mousetrap. Often they will find others hold patents to a critical component to make this better mousetrap innovation or invention. Therefore they need to make a deal with the company or individual holding the patent so that they can use this […]

Game Theory, Nobel Prize, & Auctions - Auction Primer Series - Part 1

Tuesday, August 12th, 2008

William Vickrey, highly regarded as the founder of auction theory, was an economics professor at Columbia University when he published two papers outlining his views on auctions:
“Counterspeculation, Auctions, and Competitive Sealed Tenders”, 1961, Journal of Finance
“Auction and Bidding Games”, 1962, Recent Advances in Game Theory
In 1996 he received a Nobel Prize “for fundamental contributions to […]

Causes and Remedies of Dark Eye Circles

Monday, August 11th, 2008

Nine out of 10 people have dark circles under eyes, so it is quite common to have them more or less visible.
Unless there are genetically inherited, the factors that can cause dark eye circles are related to stress, fatigue, age, allergies, sun exposure and so on. The good news is there are remedies for each […]

Bermuda Triangle Facts - or Fiction?

Saturday, August 9th, 2008

One of the few Bermuda Triangle Facts that can be confirmed is the Bermuda Triangle location. In fact, the location of the Bermuda Triangle is somewhat arbitrary as well. There are no official boundaries. However, the triangle is generally assumed to run from Bermuda to Puerto Rico to Miami and back to […]

Painless Wood Floor Repair

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008

Wood floors can look beautiful in your home, but when they are in need of repair they can make your home look awful. Many people think that maintaining and repairing wood floors that have seen better days is an overwhelming task that is just too much to take on. Luckily, it doesn’t have to be. […]

Understanding the Drive Layouts

Monday, August 4th, 2008

The drive layout is the arrangement of the engine, transmission, and driven axles. The types of drive layouts are Front engine Front wheel drive (FF/ FWD), Front engine Rear wheel drive (FR/RWD), Mid engine Rear wheel drive(MR), Rear engine Rear wheel drive(RR), Four wheel drive (4WD or 4×4) and the All Wheel Drive(AWD). Each of […]