Wise Finish

Not only can OpenDNS speed up your surfing for free, but it can also protect your computer, your kids and yourself from malicious & obscene websites for free.  OpenDNS provides an anti-phishing and filtering features that can be setup to keep selected areas of content from being accessible on your computer.  This can protect you and your kids from the dangers of obscene content such as violence, pornography, sexuality or other tasteless content.  It can also protect your computer by not allowing it to access phishing, advertising, spyware and virus-laden websites.  Read the rest of this entry »

Does your Internet connection seem slow?  Do web pages load slowly even though you have a broadband connection?  Speeding up your domain name service (DNS) with OpenDNS may help!   When I first implemented OpenDNS, I definitely noticed that my surfing was “snappier”. Read the rest of this entry »

As you may have seen in the news, Lifelock, the company made famous by CEO Todd Davis freely giving out his social security number to the world, has been told by a California judge that they may no longer protect their customers’ credit by requesting fraud alerts be placed on the customer’s credit file.  Lifelock was sued by Experian, one of the three main credit-reporting agencies who was fed up with these bogus requests being requested by companies (like Lifelock) who were using the fraud reports as their main method of protection and making a healthy profit in the process.  Apparently it is not legal for companies to make these requests on behalf of a consumer; consumers are the only ones allowed under law to place a fraud alert on their file.

There is a Better Way to Protect Your Credit File

If you were a user of Lifelock or Debix, it’s good that you are concerned about protecting your identity & credit file.  However, there is a better (and cheaper) way to go that will give you the same or greater protection without the monthly bill. Read the rest of this entry »

Today I received word that one of the more popular rewards credit cards, the Chase Freedom Credit Card, is going to the rewards card graveyard (to live with several other cards, many from Citibank).  In these days of bank stress tests and failures, the “giant monster mega banks” (as Clark Howard calls them) are trying to cut corners everywhere, and that means keeping more of the credit card earnings for themselves.

Here’s what is changing: Read the rest of this entry »

QBQ! The Question Behind the Question: Practicing Personal Accountability at Work and in Life is an interesting book.   At 105 pages, it is a very quick read.

John G. Miller uses the 105 pages in QBQ to the fullest.  Over several short chapters, he uses captivating stories and real-life situations to get across his message.   The main thrust of the book is something I think we all need to work on: the area of personal responsibility and accountability, even in situations where we feel we are not responsible.  He urges his readers to ask the “Question Behind the Question” whenever we are tempted to fix blame.  Read the rest of this entry »