Archive for December, 2007

Opt Out From (Some) Junk Mail and more

December 19th, 2007 No Comments

Salon.com had an article about how to stop junk mail that I saw the other day.  Most of the ways they focused on to stop it were paid services and according to the article, they have done a pretty good job of stopping junk mail at a pretty reasonable cost (between $14-$41).  Being somewhat strapped [...]

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Posted in Blogging, Online Identity, Privacy, Sean Lavelle, Tip, Web |

Hardcore History Podcasts

December 18th, 2007 No Comments

I’ve recently discovered Dan Carlin’s series of podcasts called Hardcore History.  If you are at all a history buff, or are just looking for something interesting to listen to you should really check it out.  Dan covers a whole range of topics, from the end of the Bronze Age to the Cold War.
The nice thing [...]

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In New York for the next week

December 9th, 2007 No Comments

I’m out visiting the fiancee’s family for the next couple of days.
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Posted in Blogging, Sean Lavelle, Travel |

Buying a House – Series Roundup

December 7th, 2007 No Comments

Here’s a round up of the housing posts that I’ve put up recently:

Buying a House – An Introduction

Buying a House – Getting a Preapproval

Buying a house: The house hunt

Buying a House – Making an Offer

Buying a House – Acceptance

Buying a House – The House Inspection

Buying a House – The Remedy Phase

Buying a House – Backing [...]

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Posted in Blogging, Buying A House, Sean Lavelle, Tip, Web |

Why I love Ask Metafilter

December 5th, 2007 No Comments

Ask Metafilter is one of those sites that I’ve really come to love.  If you’ve never heard of it, it is really a simple idea.  Ask a questions and somebody on the web should know the answer and tell you.  There is really no limits on the questions or answers (keeping it civil and [...]

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Posted in Blogging, Tech, Web |

Buying a House – Final Thoughts

December 4th, 2007 No Comments

I thought I would sum up what I’ve learned over the course of the whole house buying process:

Although I am sure it is possible to do, I would personally not recommend buying your first house without an agent.  They are payed by the seller (the sellers agent and your agent will split the commission) and [...]

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Buying a House – Closing

December 2nd, 2007 No Comments

Hopefully everything from the rememdy phase gets resolved without a problem and there is no need to back out of the deal.  When everyone agrees what needs to be done you are almost ready to close.  Usually the date for the closing will be se during the initial negotiation.  A day or two before the [...]

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Best Quick Tomato Sauce

December 2nd, 2007 No Comments

Here is a recipe that I use at least once a week and I though I would share with everyone.  It is a great simple tomato sauce that is perfect for pasta, chicken or whatever and it only takes 2 or three minutes (once you get it down).  Here it is:
1 Tablespoon extra virgin olive [...]

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Buying a House – Backing Out

December 1st, 2007 No Comments

So what happens if the home inspection turns up something big and you and the seller cannot come to an agreement on how to fix it during the rememdy phase.  I’ll give you an example.  We made an offer on a house and it was accepted.  During the open house and during our walkthrough with [...]

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