Eminent domain abuses
pckrt started pck 28-Dec-07 Up | Dn | ! | 500 people fighting to keep their houses http://www.pasadenas... | pckrt |
Up | Dn | ! | Connected developer takes property from family business, because he can http://www.opinionjo... | pckrt |
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My Favorite Websites
qazwsx started pck 29-Mar-07 Up | Dn | ! | PopCap Games - online versions http://www.popcap.co... | samrobb |
Up | Dn | ! | flash-based games: fun! http://www.crazymonk... | qazwsx |
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Credit Crunch: Harder to borrow, higher rates
blah-blah started pck 08-Aug-07 Up | Dn | ! | Global savings glut meets U.S. consumer http://online.wsj.co... | blah-blah |
Up | Dn | ! | The return of PMI for low downpayments http://www.recordonl... | blah-blah |
Up | Dn | ! | First Magnus (big mortgage lender) halt new business, can't sell loans http://www.reuters.c... | blah-blah |
Up | Dn | ! | National City stops taking home equity applications http://www.marketwat... | blah-blah |
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Bloomberg 2008
blah-blah started pck 20-Jun-07 Up | Dn | ! | Bails on Republican party http://www.bloomberg... | blah-blah |
Up | Dn | ! | Non-candidate does stump speech in CA http://news.yahoo.co... | blah-blah |
Up | Dn | ! | Tax cut in the works for NYC http://news.yahoo.co... | pckrt |
Up | Dn | ! | 51% of New Yorkers think he will run, but about 1/3 would vote for him http://www.reuters.c... | blah-blah |
Up | Dn | ! | Waiting until March to decide, still unhappy with current canidates http://preview.tinyu... | blah-blah |
Up | Dn | ! | Scott Adam's 2nd choice! http://dilbertblog.t... | blah-blah |
Up | Dn | ! | Bloomberg pans current slate of 2008 hopefuls http://www.nysun.com... | blah-blah |
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Bio Fuels: More affordable/practical options abound
blah-blah started pck 17-May-07 Up | Dn | ! | Ethanol production process may greatly reduce cost, sub $1 at the pump http://biopact.com/2... | blah-blah |
Up | Dn | ! | Organtic fuel for ~1 buck a gallon http://www.wired.com... | blah-blah |
Up | Dn | ! | Switchgrass: 5x engergy yield versus 1/5th for corn http://www.sciam.com... | blah-blah |
Up | Dn | ! | NH3-powered pick-up motors across the US http://www.nh3car.co... | blah-blah |
Up | Dn | ! | Growing crude oil with bacteria http://www.technolog... | blah-blah |
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It pays to have an excellent credit score
Mortgage guy started pck 05-Apr-07 Up | Dn | ! | Simply a story to let you know the steps and reasons in the mortgage world why to improve and maintain your credit score http://money.cnn.com... | Mortgage guy |
Up | Dn | ! | Credit scoring can work against you http://bankrate.com/... | blah-blah |
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Heading to Japan?
pckrt started pck 04-May-07 Up | Dn | ! | Buy a JR rail pass, spend the few extra bucks for a gree card http://www.japanrail... | pckrt |
Up | Dn | ! | Day 5 of Japan on 1K an day: read the sidebar http://www.asktog.co... | pckrt |
Up | Dn | ! | Great country overview http://wikitravel.or... | blah-blah |
Up | Dn | ! | ANA has good deals, premium economy a good deal http://www.ana.co.jp... | pckrt |
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Duke Case aftermath
blah-blah started pck 12-Apr-07 Up | Dn | ! | Charges dropped, attorney general throws Nifong under the bus http://www.guardian.... | blah-blah |
Up | Dn | ! | Students file $30M suit against state, attorney and nearly everyone involved in case http://news.yahoo.co... | pckrt |
Up | Dn | ! | Former DA pleads not guilty to criminal contempt charges http://hosted.ap.org... | blah-blah |
Up | Dn | ! | Duke pays off 3 exonerated lacrosse players http://www.boston.co... | blah-blah |
Up | Dn | ! | Nifong admits to improper statements http://www.cbsnews.c... | pckrt |
Up | Dn | ! | Nifong in court for disbarment, "horrible consequences were entirely foreseeable" http://www.charlotte... | blah-blah |
Up | Dn | ! | Gutless lemmings on our academic campuses http://www.gopusa.co... | pckrt |
Up | Dn | ! | "I'm sorry" says Nifong, accused consider suing http://www.iht.com/a... | blah-blah |
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Whoops! Software defects with huge repercussions
pckrt started pck 14-Apr-07 Up | Dn | ! | IIS life support systems goes on the blink http://www.nzherald.... | pckrt |
Up | Dn | ! | Mars surveyor lost because it thought the batteries were overcharged but they weren't http://sfgate.com/cg... | pckrt |
Up | Dn | ! | United grounded by scheduling system failure http://www.reuters.c... | pckrt |
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Being Frugal
blah-blah started pck 07-Apr-07 Up | Dn | ! | 10 things you should buy used http://www.getrichsl... | blah-blah |
Up | Dn | ! | 50 tips from the zenmaster of frugal http://zenhabits.net... | blah-blah |
Up | Dn | ! | Ways to save that won't make you miserable http://moneycentral.... | blah-blah |
Up | Dn | ! | Guide to being a cheapskate http://www.allthings... | blah-blah |
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Loose lending standards hurting more than just sub-prime borrowers
pckrt started pck 25-Mar-07 Up | Dn | ! | Renters evicted because landlords aren't paying http://www.msnbc.msn... | pckrt |
Up | Dn | ! | Prudent borrowers in high-forclosure areas suffer from declining home values http://www.nytimes.c... | blah-blah |
Up | Dn | ! | New Study on Mortgage Disclosures http://volokh.com/po... | samrobb |
Up | Dn | ! | Mass fraud results in bad loans, drop in surrounding property values http://www.washingto... | pckrt |
Up | Dn | ! | US Housing Pricing Rollercoaster http://www.speculati... | blah-blah |
Up | Dn | ! | Foreclosure Spike Due To Natural Economic Forces, Not "Risky Lending?" http://www.consumeri... | samrobb |
Up | Dn | ! | Pinched by high house payments, other purchases put off, like food http://www.bloomberg... | pckrt |
Up | Dn | ! | Emerging risk: loan resets push more into default http://www.marketwat... | pckrt |
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Small http servers
pckrt started pck 04-Apr-07 Up | Dn | ! | iny/turbo/throttling HTTP server: does the absolute minimum, great for customizing http://www.acme.com/... | pckrt |
Up | Dn | ! | Boa web server, designed to small and secure, single threaded http://www.boa.org | pckrt |
Up | Dn | ! | Popular small footprint httpd server http://www.lighttpd.net/ | pckrt |
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