Archive for October, 2008
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How I Saved Money on a New Laptop
Earlier this week I bought a new laptop. My currently laptop is around 3 years old and it’s starting to show it’s age. It has 768MB of memory, much less than many computers have nowadays. When I have my 700 Firefox tabs open, it really slows down to a crawl. [...]
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Eligible People Not Getting Food Stamps?
Today on the news I heard that 67.8 percent of eligible people in 24 large urban areas studied participated in the program in 2006. While it would be interesting to know if more people are taking advantage now, the data isn’t there. I can’t think of an impetus for why the they’d [...]
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Credit Karma’s Credit Simulator (and Other Credit Tools)
Last April, I went to Finovate Startup in San Francisco. I was introduced to around 40 companies at the time, and I met a number of their founders personally. One of them was Credit Karma. You may remember that in the past, I told you how you can get, free credit [...]
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Five Questions I Ask Myself Before Making a Purchase
When I was learning to drive, my mom decided she would teach me herself to make sure that I was well educated and wouldn’t get in an accident when I was of age to get my license. She told me to be the key in the ignition and turn the car on. [...]
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Cassel Does Not Stand on Pillars of Sand (and weekend links)
Last Sunday, the Red Sox lost game seven of the American League Championship Series. I remember thinking, the worst part is that my sports experience over the next 6 months will be watching Matt Cassel. The Patriots had just gotten destroyed by San Diego ad the injuries were starting to pile up [...]
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My Friend is Brainwashed by Get Rich Quick Schemes, Help!
I got a very interesting e-mail this morning… almost 1800 words. I wrote a 1700 word article earlier this week (probably my longest ever) and I can say that writing that much takes a long time.
The emailer, who I will call Buffy, has a friend, who I will call Faith, who [...] -
Why Didn’t Anyone Teach Me This Review
It’s not often that I do a book review. Though it seems that at least once a month some author’s marketing team sends me a new book, I almost never get around to them. The biggest reason is that I’m an extremely slow reader and most books would take me 8 hours [...]
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What Happened to Prosper on Lazy Man?
Last week, Get Rich Slick asked the question, What Happened To All The Prosper.com Blogs? Two years ago, along with RateLadder, I probably wrote about Prosper more than most personal finance bloggers. So when RichSlick asks why the blogs have seemingly gone silent, I feel that I should stand up and answer.
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Red Sox Lose Game 7 = Ouch (and weekend links)
Anytime the Red Sox season ends without a champagne shower, I get a little sad. I probably wouldn’t be as sad if they were a .500 team. It’s not often in your life, when your hometown team can contend at a high level for a number of years. When you find [...]
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I Saved $150 on a Samsung 32″ Television by Accident
Last week, my wife said, “I think it’s about time that we got a second television in the apartment.” From time to time, I’ve been known to tune out what she’s saying, but this time my ears perked up. Hmm, I think I can sanction the purchase of a television.
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