Wired News: Investment Folio for Average Joe

Wired News: Investment Folio for Average Joe

The company, FolioFn, lets you buy baskets of stocks for a monthly (not commission-based) fee.

Christine Gregoire's clothes

The Political Teen /a> blog has these photos of Christine Gregoire, who will (probably) soon be appointed Washington's new governor now that she's had enough recounts to finally win:




The photo on the left is from 1996. The one on the right is 2004.

Software Defined Radios

Wouldn't it be cool to have a truly universal radio, one that can receive or broadcast any frequency or format at all, including cell phone, HDTV, or of course any shortwave frequency?

This is all possible now, with the recent introduction of special chips that can receive any signal, and software that can decode it.

Here's one company that sells commercial ones for $450:
FlexRadio Systems - Software Defined Radios: Home

Amabuddy - 617-712-3574

Amabuddy - dont buy not knowing

Say you're at a bookstore and trying to decide whether or not to buy a book. Call this phone number, enter the 10-digit UPC number on the book (or CD). It will read back to you the Amazon info about price and recommendations.

617-712-3574

Hedging your home value

The New York Times > Business > Your Money > Investing: A New Way to Hedge Your Home's Paper Profit

http://www.marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2004/12/derivatives_on_.html

Megan's Law on-line in California

Californians can finally see their local list of registered sex offenders through an on-line database:
http://www.meganslaw.ca.gov/

I counted two whole pages of listings for our old zipcode, most of them in apartment buildings closer to El Camino.

Reasons to shop CostCo

Kevin Kelly gives several good reasons why he likes CostCo, especially how they seem to concentrate on the best high-quality product in a given category, so you are saved the trouble of looking around for the best deal.

Note that they sell tires here, which is something to keep in mind given our need for snow tires.