My friend just recently decided to start his own review blog called The Point Blank Critic. He’s really into trying new kinds of beer, Apple (Mac) computers and products, music, movies, video games, and technology in general. He also happens to be a pretty good cook, and one of my best friends. These last two…
Merchants that Accept Credit Cards Access Venture Capital
Entrepreneurs, if you’re planning your new business ideas and you’re now at the venture capital stage – you’re probably setting up meetings and planning to wine and dine some potential investors. But did you know you may have an alternative to conventional start-up capital? Instead of trying to repay a bank loan on a monthly…
Free Rental Promo Codes for Red Box Movies
A couple days ago, I wrote about getting a free rental from a Red Box movie rental machine using a promo code I got when I signed up and gave them my e-mail. Those codes can be used once per credit card, so if you had a credit card and say, a check card with…
Learn to Cut Costs and Build Wealth
Hey, we could all benefit from a little more wealth, right? If you’ve always wanted to get creative with your finances but weren’t really sure where to start, then check out CutThatBill.com. This blog is pretty nifty, with a good selection of posts about how to invest and build wealth. As I read through the…
Barack Obama for Change
Look, I’m by no means going to turn this into a political blog, or blog all year long about Barack Obama and how you should vote for him, because that’s not why you came here. I will, however, keep up with the elections and what’s going on. For this post only, because this is my…
Holiday Alert: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
We all hate it when we’re making plans or thinking about the upcoming week and writing e-mails or updating our calendars only to find out there’s a holiday we forgot about. It’s easy to get caught up in life and forget about these things. Christmas, Easter, birthdays and anniversaries are easier, but sometimes the other…
Entrepreneurs: Own Your Own Franchise
So, the prospect of building your own business from scratch can be a little scary, depending on the business. For example, when you decide to open a restaurant – do you want to open a brand new business under your own name, or do you want to own a franchise location and market someone else’s…
World Champion Chess Player Bobby Fischer is Dead
Bobby Fischer, 64, died Thursday of renal (kidney) failure at a hospital in Reykjavik, Iceland. Fischer had moved to Iceland in 2005. Iceland is a chess-heavy country, and also the site of one of Fischer’s major chess victories. The president of the World Chess Federation, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, said Fischer was “a phenomenon and an epoch…
My Take on the Dreamhost Billing Mix-up
So, if any of you haven’t heard – Dreamhost, my web hosting company, had a royal screw-up the other day. They were apparently trying to run some clean-ups on their billable accounts in order to generate payment invoice e-mails to users behind on their bill. Unfortunately, there was an error on the date they generated…
New Yorkers Ride in Style with Dial 7
New York City business people have a new car service to get rides both to and from places like Manhattan, Brooklyn, New York City, and even New Jersey. Dial 7 has a fleet of over 450 town cars and sedans toted to provide safe and reliable transportation throughout New York. Why would you need a…