Me on Twitter- ryharv: RT @TheOnion: Bob Marley Rises From Grave To Free Frat Boys From Bonds Of Oppression http://t.co/50A79cpW #InFocus February 6, 2012
- ryharv: Do not ever buy an extended warranty from Samsung. I want Apple to make a TV just to have a TV vendor with good service. February 1, 2012
- ryharv: RT @susanorlean: My 7 yo son, listening to NPR: "Why do they say 'verdant' so much?" January 30, 2012
- ryharv: @tweetbot for iPad. Please. January 29, 2012
- ryharv: @peat have fun! If you have time to kill and haven't tried it, the Tom Kah drink over at the Observatory is my favorite in town January 28, 2012
- ryharv: RT @jasonzweigwsj: says new study: to make money, short jim cramer's "buys," ignore his "sells" http://t.co/uocyj2fv January 28, 2012
- ryharv: @peat are you by chance going to @Tanukipdx tonight? My wife and I are waiting for a table January 28, 2012
- ryharv: RT @mikeakaleroy: If listening to Hall & Oates all day is wrong, I don't wanna be right. January 27, 2012
- ryharv: Great way to spend a three-hour flight is to stream a one-hour Netflix show over #gogo wifi. January 27, 2012
- ryharv: @nelson "never used Aperture" you're smarter than I am! Thanks. January 27, 2012
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On Buying a House with Your Girlfriend
I have a friend who is contemplating buying a first house with his girlfriend. Having owned two houses, and having purchased both while involved with girlfriends, I thought I could share some thoughts. Names changed to protect the innocent. [Friend], … Continue reading
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The Easy Way to Remember all the Free Cash Flow Formulas for Financial Statement Analysis
Reorganize them to get all the things that are added on one side, and all the things that get subtracted on the other. Then, remember that: FCFF uses Interest(1-t) and FCFE uses net borrowing. From EBIT or EBITDA, you can … Continue reading
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Update Client Configuration for OpenDNS and DNS-o-Matic
I spent a couple hours today fighting with Linux update clients for OpenDNS and DNS-o-matic (dnsomatic.com). I tried three update clients: inadyn, ddclient, and finally update-dnsomatic. I couldn’t figure out why I kept getting authentication errors like “401 Unauthorized” and … Continue reading
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How the AT&T iPad Data Plan Works
I couldn’t find a concise explanation anywhere on how the AT&T data pricing plans for iPad work when you run out of data. Two phone calls to AT&T have cleared it up for me. So here goes: You sign up … Continue reading
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How to Upgrade the Hard Drive in a 2010 Mac Mini
I have successfully upgraded the hard drive in a 2010 Mac Mini. The process wasn’t a trivial one, but wasn’t an especially complex one. First, note that as of this writing (August 2010), the largest-capacity hard drive that you can … Continue reading
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Two Visual Diagrams of How Synthetic CDOs Work
From page 294 of Nerds on Wall Street: the complicated and the simplified diagrams to help you understand synthetic CDOs. Hat tip to Casual Businessman for this one.
How to Chat with your Facebook Contacts in iChat
To set up iChat with your Facebook buddy list, you need to do this: * Create a new Jabber account. Go to iChat menu, then Preferences, then the plus sign. The “Account Setup” window will appear. * Select “Jabber” as … Continue reading
The Best Doctor Visit: Zoomcare
I have had a cold for a few days, and when this morning I woke up with two painful ears, my worry that I might have an ear infection caused me to abandon my long-standing practice of waiting colds out … Continue reading
What Tiger Woods Can Teach Us About Hedge Fund Risk
“I like See’s candy. Put me in a See’s store, I’m eating candy. The whole world is Tiger’s See’s store, and the candy is vagina.” – From the “Shit my Dad Says” Twitter account We have all known for a … Continue reading
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Ten Ways This Decade Resembles the Seventies
1. Sans-serif fonts that will seem horribly dated in retrospect 2. Unpopular war 3. Runaway inflation 4. Bell-bottom pants (today, they are called “boot cut”) 5. General mistrust of politicians, especially the President 6. Dance competitions 7. Fondue 8. “Modern” … Continue reading
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