Archive for the ‘Rants’ Category
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How Much is Customer Service Costing You? (Part 1)
I’m putting the Guest Post Wednesday on hiatus for a little while. It’s kind of like the McRib sandwich. It’s good when it’s around, but you can’t have it all the time. Instead, I’ll ask how much time does customer service service eat up and what’s it costing you? In two parts today, I’ll talk [...]
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Updating Daylight Savings Time (Microsoft “Cancel or Allow”)
I just woke up and remembered that it was the new updated daylight savings time. Since I’m Lazy, I didn’t install the patch on my computers for the daylight savings headache. I thought it would be a quick and easy download. I should have known better.
I was given the official Microsoft knowledgebase [...] -
Just won $390 Million in the Lottery? Maybe not so quick…
The news is hopping with word that the $390 Mega Millions has been won. There’s always a big rush to buy tickets when the jackpot reaches these amazingly high numbers. I never understood why. It seems like the odds of splitting the lottery just goes up when that happens.
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Personal Finance Blogging Pet Peeves #2 (or #X tips that will save you $Y)
If you’ve read a lot of finance blogs, you’ll see articles that give you 30 ways to save $3,000 or 25 ways to save $2,000. Often times each of the ways are legit. Occasionally they are stretched a little bit. For instance, you’ll often read about the $5 cup of coffee that [...]
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Response to Comments on the 10% Compounding Myth
Yesterday, Ramit from I Will Teach You To Be Rich dropped by to leave a comment on my post, the 10% Compounding Myth. Like the writing on his site, it was a well-written piece.
Here’s my response to his comments:
Thanks for the comment, Ramit. As an early user of PBwiki.com, I want to thank [...]
