http://oct17.com/blog The Web site of Stephen and Saloni Howard-Sarin Wed, 13 May 2009 05:22:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en You all heard enough about it from me -- our new personal finance site is live. And boy! Am I tired. http://oct17.com/blog/62/cbs-moneywatchcom-is-launched/ I love electronic bill-pay, but I recommend that you periodically clean out your old, unused accounts. Otherwise, your mouse might slip and you could select the wrong recipient when paying your holiday credit card bill. And if you do somehow accidentally wire thousands of dollars to the wrong company, make ... http://oct17.com/blog/61/things-not-to-do-accidentally-wire-3000-to-att/ MoneyWatch.com is a personal finance site for professionals -- people who know how to use a spreadsheet, who know that diversification reduces risk, and who are wondering why their 401(k) was still knocked back to 2005. This is a big project for my team at BNET, and I've been hiring ... http://oct17.com/blog/59/a-little-preview-of-whats-coming-in-march/ The store’s main computer was crippled, just as the store was opening for the day. Friday night one of the employees at Saloni's store called to say there was a virus warning appearing on the main computer. We go in, and discover that the machine is infected with the "AntiVirus 2009" ... http://oct17.com/blog/58/the-curse-continues-virus-attack-and-mcafees-betrayal/ I am experiencing some sort of technical curse. My troubles with the home network are well-documented at this point, and tonight at dinner Gopal informs me that his e-mail is no longer working properly. It won't send. I fiddle with the settings. For some reason, the Comcast SMTP mail server is ... http://oct17.com/blog/57/hey-yahoo-i-pay-you-for-this-service/ Every time I start on a tech home-improvement project, I get "the look" in my eyes. My whole family knows my short-tempered frustration will persist until I have things working the way I think they should. Right now, they are not. I've had a wireless network at home for several years, ... http://oct17.com/blog/56/why-my-home-network-stinks/ I'm not sure how it happened, but I've suddenly awoken from my long winter of reading magazines, Web sites, train schedules, pretty much anything but a book. Credit is probably due to Michelle Gagnon, an old friend who writes mystery crime novels. Her new book was coming out, so I ... http://oct17.com/blog/55/so-called-books-are-entertaining-portable/ CNET Networks Inc shareholder Jana Partners LLC on Thursday said it dropped its effort to win control of CNET's board in light of CBS Corp's plan to buy the Internet media company. And good riddance. Paul Gardi can take his profits on his 129,199 CNET shares, two installments of his $25,000 ... http://oct17.com/blog/54/jana-throws-in-the-towel/ The nuclear family got new passports this week -- a remarkably quick two weeks after we applied at the local library. (Extremely cool that they have a passport office in there after hours. Love this library.) The new passports are cyborgs; they are stiff with embedded electronics, colorful with holographic ... http://oct17.com/blog/53/new-passport-75-new-citizenship-675/ Time to update the Ole Blog here with two major pieces of employment news. Saloni works at Vivu. It happened by slow degrees; first a get-to-know-you meeting with the CEO, then some follow-up discussions on the direction of the startup, and before you know it she's printing business cards for the ... http://oct17.com/blog/51/vivu-and-cbs/