I realized on my commute in this morning that my perspective on $2.00 is greatly skewed. On the one hand, I spend $2.50 every day in tolls to and from work. This is simply for the convenience of avoiding the (more) overcrowded alternate highways.
On the other hand, I get choked up when I’m about to [...]
Archive for August, 2009
August 14th, 2009
How far does $2.00 go these days? [motivation]
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August 10th, 2009
How can we maintain productivity while increasing portability?
I was wrong.*
Just a short while ago, I wrote about how I had found the ideal netbook. After testing some of the popular models, I ended up liking the the Asus EeePC 900A with a version of Ubuntu Linux loaded on it. But after less than two months, I’ve already sold it on eBay.
Why? I’ve [...]
August 4th, 2009
Throwing Money away [personal finance]
No, not throwing away money as in cash, tossing Microsoft Money as my financial software. Earlier this year, Microsoft announced that they would discontinue the popular software Money after June 30, 2009.
I’ve used Money for many years but lately I’ve been increasingly frustrated with it, so I’m not sorry to see it go. Furthermore, [...]
