Archive for August, 2006
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Baseball Hall of Fame for Free!
We stopped into Cooperstown, NY yesterday. Turns out that the military discount for the Baseball Hall of Fame is 100% off - a savings of $15 per ticket. I wonder if the Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame has some kind of price matching…
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Getting Ready for the Move to San Francisco
The time is nearly here. Almost everything I have is boxed up for the trip across country. It will be difficult for me to keep you updated along the way. I’m not sure what Internet connection I’ll have - if any. I also am not sure if I’ll have any down [...]
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Getting an itchy Prosper finger
It’s been over a month since I’ve started putting 75% of my earning in my 401K in an attempt to max it out before I switch jobs and have to wait for 401(k) enrollment. It’s been tough to scale back on the spending and I’m nearing the point where I may have to dip [...]
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Getting Close to the Move and Still no Job
You’d think it would be easy to find a job in Silicon Valley for an engineer with 7-8 years of experience. Every recruiter (and there have been 40-50) says that it shouldn’t be a problem. Yet, I haven’t gotten any offers and they don’t seem to be coming back to me as much [...]
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Saying “I Do” (Want to Save Money) - Part 2 - The Reception
Hopefully you’ll have read Part 1 - The Ring before now. If you haven’t and are a little lazy to click, here’s the executive summary: I’m getting married. I saved some money along the way. I explained how one can save 50% or more in buying the ring and what to [...]
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