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So a Frog Walks into a Bank …

Saturday August 22, 2009

So a frog walks into a bank one afternoon and stands in line for a little while until finally a teller is available. He looks at her name tag and sees her name is Patricia Whack.
“Hello, Miss Whack,” he croaks. “My name is Kermit and I’m here to get a loan.”
“You’re the Kermit [...]

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How to Understand the Economy

Monday February 23, 2009

This excellent presentation has been floating around the ‘net for a few days now, but I just got a chance to watch it. If you are confused and mystified by how everything seemed to suddenly fall into the toilet, by what caused your 401K to wither away, or just by why everyone is getting [...]

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Bally’s Total Fitness Account Update

Thursday February 12, 2009

Dealing with my hacked checking account has been a major pain in the ass. I have had to update dozens of companies who were automatically debiting my checkcard. The fine people at Bally’s Total Fitness allow you to pay your bill online, but for some reason it is near impossible to determine how [...]

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Hacked Checking Account

Monday February 9, 2009

Well, it’s finally happened. After over a decade of using the Internet for 10+ hours/day, someone has attempted to steal my identity. I went to my Washington Mutual online checking account to review my balance this morning and discovered a dozen charges that were most certainly not made by me (or my wife).
Someone [...]

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Poor Programming

Friday June 17, 2005

CapitalOne’s website is just terrible. About every third time I click the “LogIn” button on the front page it simply redirects me to the front page. Even on my work connection the entire site loads like it’s running on a 1992 486 box. There are ridiculous pop-ups thrown at me every time [...]

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