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By Jeff, on February 25th, 2007 The Simple Dollar » An Introduction To Compound Interest With Spreadsheets, Part 2: Monthly Compound Interest, APRs, and APYs
I was never really clear on the difference between Annual Percentage Rate (APR) and Annual Percentage Yield (APY). Trent has cleared things up for me with a good article (really part two of a trilogy) about compound interest.
Whenever a bank mentions an interest rate to you, they’ll give you the APR when they’re lending you . . . → Read More: APRs and APYs – What’s the difference?
By Jeff, on February 25th, 2007 Computer-Generated Image Looks Exactly Like a Beautiful Woman – Gizmodo
Click the link above to see a completely CG image of a real Korean actress. Those of you with keen eyes and a knowledge of image manipulation may be able to tell the difference between this “photo” and a real photo, but I assure you, I could not – even after reading the comments from the self-proclaimed experts saying exactly what tipped them off.
On . . . → Read More: Is she, or isn’t she?
By Jeff, on February 25th, 2007 I enjoyed the original Cheaper by the Dozen. [tag]Steve Martin[/tag] is one of my favorite comedic actors, and [tag]Bonnie Hunt[/tag] combines sweet and funny better than almost anyone. Adding [tag]Eugene Levy[/tag], another hilarious actor (given the right role), to the mix should have upped the ante and made it funnier, but it really didn’t.
Dozen 2 was sweet, funny at times, and a nice family movie. It was also rather bland, predictable, and formulaic. There . . . → Read More: Review: Cheaper by the Dozen 2
By Jeff, on February 23rd, 2007 I find a lot of stuff that I want to share, but that doesn’t make it into a blog post of its own, for whatever reason (usually a lack of time and/or energy).
If I’m subscribed to the feeds, those interesting posts generally make it into my Google Reader Shared Posts page (currently in the right sidebar here, though I’m going to move it to it’s own page once I figure out how to get . . . → Read More: LinkList: Sci-fi edition
By Jeff, on February 22nd, 2007 So your co-worker comes over and says, “Hey, you going to lunch today?”
You say, “Sure. Where do you want to go?”
“Well, there’s Joe’s Chicken Shack, or The Hungry Heiffer, or Plantation Station, or Pizza Pizzaz, or Colonel Kluck, or…”
“Wait, wait… too many choices! How can I possibly decide?!”
Just then the overly eager colleague in the next cell (… um… cubicle) pops his head over the wall and says, “I know! Use . . . → Read More: Wheel of Lunch!
By Jeff, on February 21st, 2007 The Wachowski brothers have a firm grasp of visuals and a healthy respect for graphic novels. They also know how to write a script that challenges the viewer’s perceptions of reality. Put those things together and you’ve got V for Vendetta.
Here are my “tip of the tongue” thoughts on the film:
The beginning almost turned me off completely. The alliterative monologue of V’s entrance left me feeling that the writers were showing off and . . . → Read More: Review: V for Vendetta
By Jeff, on February 19th, 2007 Set up your own free storefront (referral included)
It seems like there has to be a catch to this, but I haven’t found it yet. Zlio.com is a service that allows you to set up an online store and choose from “millions” of products. That’s it. You get paid a (small) percentage of whatever gets sold through your store.
While it may not technically be the case, it looks like what’s really going on . . . → Read More: Money for nothing, and discounts on online purchases – Zlio.com
By Jeff, on February 17th, 2007 Slice of Scifi – Science Fiction TV & Movie News, Interviews & more » SCI-FI to SCI-FACT: Plasma Converter
Sometimes I wonder where all the really good inventions are. Breakthroughs like the telephone, or light bulbs. Things that could change the world. This may just be one of them.
This device, dubbed the Plasma Converter, uses plasma to rip waste apart at the molecular level. The benefits of this are extensive. Landfills? Who needs ‘em? . . . → Read More: Plasma Converter – the ultimate waste disposal
By Jeff, on February 17th, 2007 Video, Music, Podcasts, Audio, and Multimedia WordPress Plugins « Lorelle on WordPress
This is a great annotated list of plug-ins for WordPress users trying to add video or audio of any sort to their blog. I wish she would have put this list out months ago – it would have saved me quite a bit of time and effort.
Now I have to go through all those options and see how I can best use . . . → Read More: Multimedia Plugins for WordPress
By Jeff, on February 16th, 2007 Slice of Scifi – Science Fiction TV & Movie News, Interviews & more » Paraglider Sucked Into Killer Storm
Wow. This definitely qualifies as the craziest story I’ve heard about paragliding (or hang gliding, or parachuting, for that matter).
A woman got caught in a storm system that lifted her above the height of Mt. Everest in under 10 minutes. No oxygen. She blacked out. When she came to, she had fallen to below 7000 . . . → Read More: Flying woman freezes, falls, and survives
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