One of the first things most personal finance gurus tell you to do is start an emergency fund. But what is an emergency fund: it’s a easily accessible stash of money that is dedicated to emergencies only. It’s not regular savings that…
Everyone hates doing a budget and tracking their spending but it is really important to in order to make smart financial decisions. Doing a budget doesn’t have to be that hard and once you’ve done the inital work keeping it up to date…
So I finally bought a radar/laser detector. I wanted to buy one after my first ticket but never got around to doing the research on which ones are actually effective. Well now I really wish I had since I’d probably had already saved…
Google maps for iOS is finally available in Apple App Store. It has turn by turn navigation, live traffic information and public transit directions. The UI is very responsive and easy to use as always. I must say that I’m very impressed…
Smartphone cameras have come a long way and now with smartphones like iPhone 4S you can pretty much replace a regular compact camera with your smartphone. So far I’ve always had a compact camera like Samsung TL225 12.2Mpix camera but in…
Nokia released it’s HERE maps for iOS recently so decided to give it go since it’s free. There’s not much good I can say about that application. The UI felt weird compared to Apple Maps or Google Maps. The map graphics are really ugly…
Most people would think that buying a gun is only limited to US citizens but many states that’s not the case. Non citizens have more requirements than citizens but it’s still possible to buy a gun legally in California even for us non…
A few months ago I signed up for a sweepstakes to win $100.000 or dream car at Camarillo Premium outlets. Then just this week I got a call from Diamond Resorts International that I was selected as the few finalists. They explained that…
Ever since I got my Costco TrueEarnings American Express my credit worthiness has climed up. What’s best with this card is all the perks and cash back. I already had costco membership so my AMEX doesn’t cost me anything extra on the…
I got a TriggerTrap Mobile for me and my wife some time ago from Jan at TriggerTrap and this review has been pending ever since. We were going to do a field test and see how TriggerTrap mobile stacks up against Trigger Happy. That how…
