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ShakerRacer project with N95
on Nov 29, 2007 in YouTube NOKIA modification Bluetooth Andreas Jakl and Stephan Selinger have launched a new application called ShakerRacer that utilizes the 3D Acceleration Sensor of a Nokia S60 3rd Edition mobile device such as Nokia 5500 Sport, N93i, N95 or N82 to control and drive a real world Radio...
How Do I Know What a Judge Will Decide in My Divorce or Child Custody Case?
on Sep 13, 2008 in Child Custody Child Support Divorce child custody Grapevine Keller Lawyer Modification Texas law When I attended my first class in law school, the professor asked a seemingly simple question: What is “the law”? As I was to find out, law professors never ask simple questions, and never accept simple answers. But after much discussion by the c...
Ignorant TV commercial advertises mortgage scam - badly
on Dec 5, 2008 in Musings Outbursts Politics eviction foreclosure loan modification mortgage In these shaky economic times, there are many TV ads for different schemes and plans offered to homeowners who are at risk of losing their homes because they can’t afford their current mortgage payments. Today, I saw a commercial for a company...
Even Luxury Home Loans Can be Modified
on Feb 3, 2009 in Luxury Info Luxury News Real Estate News carlsbad homes interest rate la costa loan luxury modification mortgage neg am loans real estate by Roberta Murphy Not all clients took my conservative mortgage advice over the years, and some ended up with home loans that have turned downright nasty. In one case, a client and dear friend was persuaded to take out a Negative Amortizing Adjustabl...
Prescriptivists amaze me (to) no end
on Feb 4, 2009 in English Uncategorized adverbs grammar history idioms ipsedixitism modification prepositions questions to the reader style bastardization idiocy no end robert hartwell fiske to no end Summary: Some people actually argue that "to no end" is an improper bastardization of "no end", and more oddly, that this matters to our lives. There is no evidence that one is a bastardization of the other, and they've both been attested for more t...