Flash server replacements

Red5 for open source stuff : http://osflash.org/red5 , More for gaming stuff : http://www.smartfoxserver.com

Excellent JDBC 2.0 introduction

http://java.sun.com/developer/onlineTraining/Database/JDBC20Intro/JDBC20.html

BEA Notes

Developer Resources: http://dev2dev.bea.com
NewsGroups : http://forums.vea.com
Documentation: http://edocs.bea.com

Weblogic workshop internals
http://dev2dev.bea.com/pub/a/2004/06/wlw_internals.html

Weblogic workshop team development
http://dev2dev.bea.com/pub/a/2004/12/wlw_team_dev.html

more freelancing sites

http://www.allfreelancesearch.com

http://www.AllFreelance.com

www.guru.com

www.smarterwork.com

www.freelances.net

http://asp.computerwork.com/

software freelancing

http://www.rentacoder.com/RentACoder/default.asp
http://www.thecentralmall.com/index.html
http://www.elance.com/

how to buy a house

House quality and search
www.zillow.com (free estimates for house price)
www.realtor.com
www.mlslistings.com
Surf for Houses
www.craigslist.org
www.zillow.com

Realtors
HomeGain can help you find a realtor.

Lenders
One lender I like is Home 123
www.eloan.com

Reference websites
http://michaelbluejay.com/house/startlooking.html

Fundamental analysis

Quantitative analysis v/s. Qualitative analysis

Quantitative Analysis

1. Understand company's business model.

• Niche or no competition is a good business model. You can make a lot of monies.

2. Understand who is running the show (management)

• Read the MD&A for couple of years and it can be illuminating.
• Watch out if management is dumping the stocks
• Look for who owns most of the stocks
• Do a background check for the top execs of the company.
  

3. Corporate Governance

• Make sure that the board represents interests of stock holders.
• DEF 14A proxy statement has names of people in the board.

Qualitative Analysis

1. Customers

• 10-K document will have details if most of the revenue is coming from one customer.

2. Market Share
3. Industry Growth
4. Competition
5. Regulation

Financial Statements

10-K and 10-Q, 10-K is like the financial statement document and 10-Q is done every quarter for 3 quarters and 10-K is filed only once a year.

1. Balance Sheet
2. Income statement
3. Statement of cash flows