Monthly Archives: February 2009

When is the right time to get a mortgage?

By Demian Perry | Published: 11 Feb 2009

Today the Mortgage Bankers Association announced that mortgage applications hit an 8 year low last week. With uncertainty in the housing market, the credit market, and the economy in general, the conventional wisdom is to wait to buy a house. But is ‘wait and see’ the right strategy?

Posted in Money | Tagged housing market, mortgage, mortgage rates | Leave a comment

How do I create lolcat images? And why, forgodsake?

By Demian Perry | Published: 07 Feb 2009

Hey Technorati, file this one under “stupid web tricks.” You know those annoyingly adorable cat pictures with retarded phrases built into the image? As it turns out, the technology behind lolcat images is as mindnumbingly simple as the people who post them. At the same time, the code that makes lolcats possible also has some [...]

Posted in Technology | Tagged captcha, lolcat, PHP, stupid web tricks | 2 Comments

When is the right time to buy stocks?

By Demian Perry | Published: 04 Feb 2009

Warren Buffett says now is the time to buy stocks. Is he freakin’ nuts? Or is the stock market dead wrong?

Posted in Money | Tagged Economy, equities, gdp, gnp, gross domestic product, gross national product, savings rate, stock market, unemployment statistics, warren buffett | Leave a comment

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