Archive for November, 2007
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Staying on Track When You Work at Home
It has now been a month and a half since I resigned from my job. Last Friday, I stopped to think, what I have accomplished with all this time? I can sum it up in just a two words: “not much.” This may surprise some of my regular readers who have [...]
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Is Software Development Slowly Killing Me?
When I was 8 years old, my parents bought the family an IBM PCjr. It was a great computer and one that I’ll always remember fondly. My brother showed me how to get to the BASIC interpreter and my parents bought programming books. And boy did I program. You name [...]
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Zopa Launch Imminent
Zopa, a peer-to-peer lending company with a long history across the Atlantic, has sent me (and probably countless others) an e-mail saying that they are going live with their service “within a few days.” I haven’t been keeping track, but it’s probably been more than a year since they announced it was coming [...]
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Lazy Man Contest Winner Finally Announced
If you read the title and were a little confused about when I ran a contest, I don’t blame you. Many months ago I ran a contest. I’ve been waiting until the prizes were given out to announce the winners. I had hoped to include another mention of the book, so [...]
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Buy! Buy! Buy?
With Abu Dhabi investing 7.5 billion of his oil money in Citigroup, it’s time to ask the question… is it time to buy? Rumors are circulating that this isn’t the only deal in the works. CNBC open speculated that someone might invest significant amounts in homebuilders in the coming weeks. I [...]
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Another Blogger Quits His Day Job
While I was away on vacation I missed the huge announcement from J.D. of Get Rich Slowly. He’s quitting his day job to pursue his dreams of writing. If that sounds a little familiar perhaps it should. He’s also launching a health site called Get Fit Slowly, which might not seem [...]
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Why I Buy Gift Cards
Last week, MoneyNing wrote an article about gift cards. In it, he states many of the reasons that gift cards are evil. He’s not the only one against gift cards. Jim from Blueprint to Financial Prosperity thinks they are stupid as well. In many ways, I agree with both of [...]
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Weekend Links: Finally Getting Productive Edition
I apologize for back to back editions of links. I figure most of you are still out of town enjoying left over turkey sandwiches. (Is there anything better than leftover turkey and stuffing in a sandwich with gravy poured over it?) I’m not turning into a full-time link machine though. [...]
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Morning Links: What Do you Want for Christmas this Year Edition
For those of you who celebrate Thanksgiving, I hope you had a great turkey day. My family has a Thanksgiving tradition of making a Christmas list. This was always the hardest thing for me growing up. Everything that I wanted was just a little more expensive than what was deemed polite for [...]
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Things I’m Thankful For This Thanksgiving
I was going to take the day off, but I read this article from Brip Blap and got inspired to take some time while watching football.
Here are some things I’m thankful for:
Bill Belichick, Scott Pioli, Tom Brady, Randy Moss, and the 2008 San Francisco draft pick.
The new Valdiguie Charles Shaw wine at Trader Joe’s. [...]
