I asked this one borrower why he decided not to pay his mortgage for a whole year sincehe had a steady six figure job. He said, “Because my home is under water, so why waste money?” He then turned around and said, “Banks are evil anyway.”I wanted to punch that guy in the...
OVERLAND PARK, Kansas — Each fall, as temperatures drop, people in this suburb can count on head-turning displays of richly hued maple leaves. But maples make up about one-third of the city’s street trees, and Overland Park has learned the hard way that too much ...
And that’s just part one of a five-part book. *Does he write about Alex Honnold? Check. Peter Croft? Check. Dean Potter? Henry Barber? Steph Davis? Michael Reardon? Russ Clune? Mark Twight? Marc-André Leclerc? Hazel Findlay? Jimmy Jewel? Dan Osman? John Long? John Bachar? Basically...
What should I do if my power cord isn’t long enough to form a proper drip loop? If you find your power cord is too short to create an effective drip loop, consider using an extension cord that does allow for enough slack to form the loop. Just ensure that the extension cord is als...
One is to make sure the customer is happy so that they will spread your product through word of mouth, and the other is so that they will become repeat purchasers and come back and buy again. So, Molekule, there’s only one flagship product, right? So, how does it work when you’...
While at any given point in time one could point to China’s many problems and risks, China has, as a whole, exhibited an extraordinary level of resilience. Why is that and how does China do it? In this article, I take my best shot at summarizing the three primary reasons for China...
One of these people was my student and friend who began her question by saying I always appeared happy to her. She then asked how I could be this way and if I could teach her how to be happy all the time. The other inquiry was basically the same and came from the secretary of a ...
One has a destination in mind which can be found on a map. She can drive straight there surely without any wasted time of wrong turns. The other driver has no goal, or destination or map. She starts off at the same time from the same place as the first driver, but she drives aimles...
While there will always be advice that sucks and advice that doesn’t work for your audience;a lot of advice does work when you apply it in the right way. Remember that results aren’t always immediate – things take time but there has to be a cut-off point where you either figure ou...
This doesn’t mean that no performance testing was carried out prior to launch. But it does suggest that the performance expectations for the site were too conservative. You have to allow for those peaks in demand. Performance Testing Is Still an Informal Discipline As mentioned previously, ...