I didn’t see this back on the 5th, but the Maryland tech tax was repealed. Halleleujah, amen.
Is it just me, or does anyone else who has money deposited with Bank of America get nervous when reading this headline? It could be that they’re just shoring up a bad investment, or making a smart one for the future. personally, I can’t help thinking of A Night To Remember when I think of Countrywide.
McDonald’s is going to make Cappuccino. The employees at the McD’s down the street can’t make a smile successfully; I don’t think they’re going to compete with a real barista. Sorry, I’m a coffee snob: Anyone who chooses to drink the excrement made at a McDonald’s deserves to pay any markup they’ll charge. Me? I’ll pay for good beans and brew it myself.
Hey, this is sweet. From Lifehacker, a handy site which has a searchable list of recycling options, from christmas trees to computer equipment. Be careful about the big-box stores taking computer equipment, though—we’ve had some disappointing experience.
The Consumerist has posted an uber-directory of helpful steps and links in a Guide to Fighting Back, for those times when big companies have done you wrong. I don’t like to think about it, but someday I will need this list.
For Baltimore, Housing Slump Slows a Revival, from the NY Times. Bottom line: It’s slowed, and there are a lot of unsold houses on the market, but there are a lot of local businesses still fueling growth.
File this one under “What-if:” TransUnion is now offering credit freezes immediately for a fee of $10. The way I understand it, a credit freeze blocks access to one’s credit report and score, making it impossible for an identity thief to open accounts in someone else’s name. The other two credit rating companies have not changed their policies yet. Here’s a page with info for each state, and here’s the Maryland information. (via)
This is a link to Kodak’s legacy support page for the DC3400. At some point, I’d like to hook this up to an old iMac and set it up to take time-lapse photos with Boinx iStopmotion.
via kottke, here are a dozen tax-saving tips for the self-employed. We’re meeting with our tax pro this week, and some of these questions were already on our list.
Sad news from Mobtown: Historic Senator Theatre to be sold at auction. “Tom Kiefaber, the Senator’s owner, acknowledged yesterday that he is $90,000 in arrears on a $1.2 million mortgage he took out on the 900-seat theater five years ago.”
I’m as guilty as anyone else for not having seen a movie up there in years. This is awful news.