Fortune Magazine // September 27, 1999 Your intrepid blog host & writer was featured in the 1999 edition of Fortune Magazine’s Top 40 Under 40 issue, with the headline “The Hundred Thousandaire”… read on to see why it was appropriate given the timing of the issue. http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/09/27/266144/index.htm
Posted in May 2011 …
Harold Camping Rapture Prophecy causes problems
The Haddad children of Middletown, Md., have a lot on their minds: school projects, SATs, weekend parties. And parents who believe the earth will begin to self-destruct on Saturday. The three teenagers have been struggling to make sense of their shifting world, which started changing nearly two years ago when their mother, Abby Haddad Carson, … Continue reading »
SHORTCHANGED: States Charging Unemployed Fees To Collect Benefits
WASHINGTON — Many states shortchange the jobless by distributing unemployment benefits on debit cards loaded with obnoxious fees, according to a new study by the National Consumer Law Center. Of the 40 states that have switched from paper checks to prepaid debit cards, 22 states’ cards charge ATM fees, 24 charge balance inquiry fees, and 28 … Continue reading »
The Tragedy of Sarah Palin – The Atlantic
IT’S HARD TO escape Sarah Palin. On Facebook and Twitter, cable news and reality television, she is a constant object of dispute, the target or instigator of some distressingly large proportion of the political discourse. If she runs for president—well, brace yourself! But there is one place where a kind of collective resolve has been able … Continue reading »
Finding android apps just got a lot easier
For all the improvements the Android Market has made recently, it’s still been a pain to find new and interesting apps—increasingly so, now that Google’s app storefront has grown to 200,000 programs strong. Not anymore. As part of the second day of Google’s I/O conference, the company introduced some much-needed discovery tools to Android Market: … Continue reading »
Morgellons: A hidden epidemic or mass hysteria?
Will Storr The Guardian, Sat 7 May 2011 It all started in August 2007, on a family holiday in New England. Paul had been watching Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix with his wife and two sons, and he had started to itch. His legs, his arms, his torso – it was everywhere. It must … Continue reading »
