It seems you can’t go anywhere without hearing about the American financial crisis. Doom and gloom - and of course people consider not spending (even businesses) in times like these. But for business, that is a BAD idea - the fact is, through good times and bad, you need to...

Awhile back I wrote on short-term creative financing - specifically, payday loans. Now, to recap - payday loans DO provide money - but they are NOT the ideal option for financing. However, in extreme emergencies any way to bridge a money gap is worth exploring - especially for someone without...

As I mentioned earlier, my new computer came with Vista pre-installed - and I’ve been slowly working on it to get used to it (and test) while I plan the move over to it. It’s a good test machine, but a bit anemic for development (but FAST - the Athlon...

More on Vista for a programmer: it’s rather annoying, since Vista has dropped support for the .HLP (help file) that we’ve had since the 80s. With the older help format not running, all your favorite programs are ‘help less’ for now (sorry, it’s late when I wrote this). It will...

As I mentioned earlier, I picked up a new computer, primarily to get Vista installed (my personal ’summer of code’ is to make sure all my Windows products work under Vista). And my first thoughts on Vista are mixed, to say the least. This is the first desktop computer I’ve...