Passwords, Strong, Made Easy
Posted by Don Chinnici on Jun 12, 2018
Strong, Easy Passwords In many of the websites I build and maintain, I’m lately observing that hack violations are getting more frequent, and more sophisticated. A good secure password therefore, has become all the more important. The problem is how do I make a secure password that I will remember? This article will tell you how to do just that. Why This is Important It’s estimated...
Read MoreWhat makes business successful? –A thought and a theory.
Posted by Don Chinnici on Oct 24, 2015
If you’ve not read this previously posted page, I highly recommend it. And I assure you, with that post and this, it will be worth your while. I have long questioned what makes some businesses succeed wildly? That post is a fascinating piece on that latest San Francisco cultural craze: $4 toast. –And not only San Francisco, but spreading to other parts of the nation. $4 for toast?...
Read MoreValue: What makes toast worth $4?
Posted by Don Chinnici on Jan 17, 2014
There are multiple reasons for this latest San Francisco craze. “Tip of the hipster spear” is one; the large amount of money floating around Silicon Valley, is another. But, in an interesting article, linked below, the origin of this is traced to a single individual. And in the end, makes a great study on value and pricing....
Read MoreIs Gold Being Manipulated?
Posted by Don on Apr 20, 2013
Gold, as a commodity, is one of the world’s oldest standards of value. Values rise and fall; however one of the most compelling arguments right now, is whether or not its price is being manipulated — in a downward way. I’ve read a number of articles over the recent months and years that suggest that there indeed are bodies that manipulate the price. But this one below, is one...
Read MoreEither, either, neither, neither; let’s call the whole thing off.
Posted by Don on Mar 12, 2013
Just for fun: If you are interested in linguistics and dialects, as in that 1937 Gershwin tune, you may like this article: It’s written by a Harvard professor, Bert Vaux (and former student, now at MIT), who has studied and mapped dialects in various geographic areas — a personal lifelong interest. There are many interesting examples such as the simple #1, pronunciation of...
Read MoreQE2, Will it work?
Posted by Don on Nov 10, 2010
The recent FED decision to implement Quantitative Easing 2 (QE2) is controversial. The obvious question is, “Will it work?” Issues concerning national and global economies are complex, I make no bones about that. The hardest course I ever took as an Economics major was “Money, Credit & Banking.” But also the most illuminating. But to the point? Will this $600 billion...
Read MoreTechnically speaking.
Posted by Don on May 11, 2010
This post is to describe just what is meant by the term technical that I frequently use here. As you may know, the interest rates that mortgages are set by are set on the open market — investors around the world either buying US Treasury notes/bonds (which demand will raise the price, and thereby lower the interest rate yield) or selling them (which will raise interest rates.) But it all...
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