Prosper
Monday, February 11, 2008
I have been keeping an eye on this company for a while. It allows you to borrow money directly from other individuals or make investments by lending directly to other individuals. I recently started experimenting by making some investments through this service and have been impressed with the interest rates you are able to get. Of course since it is a loan there is greater risk involved, but I thought others might be interested to know that this type of company exists. I find the idea very intriguing since your investments go directly to other individuals.
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written by Brian C. Mills at 13:08 
Links
Sunday, January 1, 2006
Brian writes Java and Xml in his sleep. In Eric's dreams, he verbs before he direct object puts. For both, after dozens upon dozens of web-readings each day, there is always something leftover yet worthy to share. These links, images, and stories, have fallen through the cracks but Brian or Eric (or both) think they deserve more than just a quick death:
You have not seen beat boxing until you look at this.
Forget Ninjashite, Meta-Glossary is a cool-ass site.
Ever get tired of those annoying voice-prompted menus we all come across when trying to reach a human on the other end of the phone? Someone finally did something about it. This looks really great, and we all need to get human
This is probably the best disclaimer I've ever read.
A bend sensor along one of the stems of a highly heliotropic plant is attached to a servo motor. When the plant passes a certain threshold as it leans toward the light, the servo turns it 180°, requiring it to begin its stretch over again, always leaning, always straightening more...
How to train your cat to operate a light switch, a video tutorial on YouTube.
"Satanic edition" of Linux Flavor: Ubuntu Evil Edgy
Who sent the first email? The first message was sent by Ray Tomlinson, a computer engineer at the above mentioned company, in 1971. He was located in Cambridge, Massachusetts and he sent an e-mail message from his computer to another computer right next to him more...
This coupon entitles bearer to one free internet.
Burning Door, the guys who started Feedburner, has this Venn Diagram on their site. Can't recall how I got there. Check it out.
Stikkit Video Review For those of you who don't know, Stikkit is a really cool way to keep track of everything, whether it be appointments, meetings, to-do lists, or people.
This is an interesting poster a la "Where's Waldo" but of web 2.0 thingies and their relatives.
Tuscan Whole Milk for sale on Amazon.com with 856 customer reviews. These are real reviews, and they are some of the funniest things I've read in a long long time.
Move-in Move-in specializes in complete apartment packages. This site is really neat, it's flash and I've always been impressed with good flash sites.
Vegan Lunch Box A stay-at-home mom with a work-at-home hubby and one groovy little shmoo. Even if you're not vegan, this blog is really well-done.
A Really Fast Dictionary... fast like a ninja. Built with Ajax-y goodness, this dictionary rocks.
Wine and Wheels - great rides | great wines. WineandWheels.com is a journal written by Eric Mills and Lisa Rothgery containing wine reviews and tandem bicycle rides with helpful tips, useful products, websites, gear, and a healthy sense of humor.
Lifehacker a weblog on software and productivity, updated several times daily
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