NASA has just confirmed that there is water on the planet Mars. I feel like this should be akin to landing on the moon in terms of scientific significance. Now that the Phoenix lander has proven the existence of water, it’s modified mission will be to find out if the surface of the red planet is conducive to supporting life [...]

Finding the perfect webhost for your project, whether it be a WordPress blog, e-commerce site or affiliate marketing portal can be a challenge because of all the different options out there. Some of the biggest problems that website operators like us deal with is uptime, hosting costs and support. Most beginning Internet entrepreneurs and hobbyists are looking for cheap web [...]

Cuil (pronounced “Cool”) is the newest search engine to hit the Internet. Cuil was created by some former Google engineers and has a goal of indexing more pages than any other search service, which it claims to have already done. I’m really not a fan of “more is better” because I’d rather get relevant results rather than hundreds of thousands [...]

I can’t seem to stay away from the option trading potential of RF Micro Devices (RFMD). The stock is very volatile and stays within a trading range of 2.75-3.50 per share. This seemed ripe for the picking today as their Q1 earnings were announced at 5pm. I entered a trade in the early afternoon for August 2.50 Calls at .55 [...]

I’ve been setting up and testing my new HP Pavilion Elite Desktop and 22″ HP High Definition Monitor and have been very happy with the results so far. I purchased the computer and monitor from CircuitCity.com and took advantage of several money saving offers. First, CC was offering an extra 10% off the price of computers and monitors and I [...]

It’s Monday and time for some music lyrics. This one by Eminem is a pretty dark and gloomy song, but sooths me when my mood is bad. “Rock Bottom” A-yo! This song is dedicated to all the happy people All the happy people who have real nice lives And who have no idea whats it like to be broke as [...]

France’s parliament passed a law that has effectively banished the infamous 35 hour maximum workweek the country’s citizens have enjoyed for the past 10 years. French President Sarkozy has been making many changes to his country and has proved quite unpopular among much of the population. I always thought of how nice it would be to have a 35 hour [...]

So I’ve decided to start up a regular feature on Mondays here at ShaunCarter.com – showcasing a different favorite song or music lyric of mine, highlighting my favorite parts. Santa Monica Written by Art Alexakis Performed by Everclear I am still living with your ghost Lonely and dreaming of the west coast I don’t want to be your downtime I [...]

Certain professional services are worth their weight in gold, attorneys are one of those professionals. A good attorney can provide wealth preservation and asset protection from creditors, potential or current litigants, ex-spouses, the IRS and others. Wealth can include brokerage accounts, boats, RV’s, automobiles, real estate, businesses, intellectual property, jewelry and more. Without proper domestic and/or offshore asset protection, you [...]

Shares of US Bank stocks have been moving considerably higher in recent days while crude oil falls. One stock in particular, Fannie Mae (FNM), was beaten down to around $6 per share the other day and I hesitated and decided not to pick up shares at that price for fear that the lender would become insolvent as many have predicted. [...]