Citigroup Warns Customers It May Refuse To Allow Withdrawals

Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/citigroup-warns-customers-it-may-refuse-to-allow-withdrawals-2010-2 The image of banks locking their doors to keep customers from making withdrawals during a bank run is what immediately came to mind when we heard that Citigroup was telling customers it has the right to prevent any withdrawals from checking accounts for seven days. “Effective April 1, 2010, we reserve the right… Read More »

Androzip – File Viewer

Androzip is a nice file viewer with the option to zip files as zip, gzip, or TAR. Very stable. Pros: Stable Intuitive Unique option for a handheld (zipping files) Ability to send files in email Cons: No thumbnail viewer for images No layout or view options Works nicely in conjunction with ES File Explorer if… Read More »

Droid Apps

Below is a work in progress of reviews of Droid apps. Daily Bible Androzip Task Killers or Performance Killers? Note Everything – $3.99 Well Spent Droid ConnectBot- Unix SSH on the go! If you have raw pcm files from Virtual Recorder, here is how to convert it to mp3.

Mindloops, sayings, and one-liners

* Promiscuous people tighten their belts when they’re feeling loose. * Some people don’t care for my programming puns.  I take exception to that. He’s no dare-devil, but he’s safe. Today is the last day of your life, so far. Never play leapfrog with a unicorn. * Did Hitler shop at the Home Despot? If it takes… Read More »

Tactics of Liars

Many times I have seen this type of thing, where someone wants to lead (or mislead) another person to a conclusion and the same tactic is used over and over. At first, this may sound insignificant, but when practiced, it creates arguments that are convincing and appear to have proof while the substance of the… Read More »

Tax Refunds

This came in my email. It was worth posting: Sometime this year,  we taxpayers will again receive another \’Economic Stimulus\’ payment. This is indeed a very exciting program,  and I\’ll explain it by  Using a Q & A format:      Q.  What is an \’Economic Stimulus\’ payment ?     A.  It is money that the federal government… Read More »

Nice Phone, After Rebate

Proverbs 3:27-38 – Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to do it.  Do not say to your neighbor, “Go, and come again, tomorrow I will give it”—when you have it with you. Rebates suck. Let’s face it, it’s a scam that allows someone to advertise… Read More »

The Conman That Scared the Nation

Newsweek Remember the ugly feeling you used to get in the pit of your stomach after 9/11 every time a new video message from Osama bin Laden or his top deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri, appeared on TV? One reason we became conditioned to dread these spectral broadcasts was that the government itself told us to be… Read More »