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The Get Rich Slowly blog has an article about five credit card company tricks and how to thwart them.
For example:
Promise #3: “0% APR on balance transfers for 12 months!”
The Trap: Two-fold. First off, it’s almost impossible these days to transfer a credit card balance without paying 3% of the balance upfront. Transfer $5000 and you’ll [...]

Many Linux / Unix programs create temporary files with names like “#file#” or “file~”. If a program crashes, you may be left with “core” files. These files serve a purpose, but quite often it is useful to remove them. I have been using the script below for a decade or more to keep my directories [...]

Electronic retailer Circuit City is closing its doors after 60 years in the business. All 567 U.S. stores are closing, but Canadian stores are not affected. There will be liquidation sales starting immediately and lasting until all merchandise have been sold.
Circuit City [Via Wired]

Easy Whiteboard is a program that turns your screen into a whiteboard. You draw directly on your screen on top of all other applications. This is very useful if you are explaining something. It is similar to how the meteorologists show the direction of weather patterns or how sports commentators explain the latest plays on [...]

Google has announced that they will stop active development of Google Notebook. We have long been fans of Google Notebook, and we are sad to see it go. According to Google, the Notebook website will still be available, but they won’t be adding features or signing up new users. This also means that their browser [...]

WhoIsHostingThis reveals who is hosting a website. Just enter the website, and WhoIsHostingThis will display the web host and provide a link to them. For some web hosts, they also have a profile available.
They also have a list of coupons for web hosting companies.
Visit WhoIsHostingThis [via Lifehacker]

Palm has introduced the Palm Pre cell phone. It looks ready to take up the battle with Apple’s iPhone. Take a look a the many photos on Palm’s own website to see for yourself.
The Pam Pre uses Palm’s new webOS operating system. It has an 3.1 inch, 24 bit, 320×480 pixel screen. It has a [...]

Financial expert Suze Orman’s latest book Suze Orman’s 2009 Action Plan is available as a free PDF download from Oprah until January 15, 2009. Normally it is a $10 paperback book at Amazon
The book is 227 pages long. The book first briefly describes how we got into the current financial crisis. The rest is divided [...]

Once in a while you come across a book that in a simple and elegant way describes some deep and core issues. The book Peacock in the Land of Penguins is one such book. It is a fable about creativity and courage. It describes how Perry the Peacock travels to the Land of the Penguins, [...]

Now that computers have become so powerful, it is possible to simultaneously run multiple operating systems on a single computer. I like to use Windows as my main operation system, but sometimes I need access to a Linux system. Dual-booting Windows an Linux is possible, but often I want to juggle back and forth between [...]