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Sep 02 2008, 11:14 AM
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Karen Datko
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Consider this argument: If you hire someone to clean your home, iron your clothes or do your laundry, you're probably being lazy. You may argue that you're saving money because, after all, doesn't time equal money? Not always, says blogger Dorian Wales at The Personal Financier. "I believe many of us overvalue our spare time," he writes. " ... The main motivator behind outsourcing chores is probably laziness."
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Aug 27 2008, 10:30 AM
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Karen Datko
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John Cain of Saving Advice found a lot more than candy and trinkets in the treat bags all kids have come to expect whenever they attend a birthday party. He discovered a metaphor for the culture of materialism he believes is contaminating our kids. Treat bags are just the tip of this iceberg. Why do we overload children with scheduled activities, entertainment and gadgetry -- including DVDs in the car and the ubiquitous cell phone? "We then complain that our children do not understand appropriate social behavior or that they are unable to converse intelligently with their parents," he writes.
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Aug 27 2008, 09:28 AM
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Donna Freedman
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It's tough to be frugal in your 20s, according to a Smart Spending message board reader posting as "byebyestudentloans." Your peers seem to spend most of their time in malls, restaurants and nightclubs. And you?
"I'm brown-bagging my lunch, limiting my driving, work a full-time and part-time job," says the reader, who contributes to a 401(k) and has two other financial goals: pay off student loans and save to build a home. And all in the next two years.
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Aug 22 2008, 03:19 PM
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Ryan MacClanathan
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This post comes from By Martin H.
Bosworth at partner blog ConsumerAffairs.com.
In the wake of the Federal
Communications Commission ruling
against Comcast for its practice of blocking users' access to file-sharing
services such as BitTorrent, the cable giant is rolling out plans
for its new network management system -- plans which involve throttling and slowing service for heavy users for between 10 and 20 minutes.
The slower service would be equivalent to "a really good DSL
experience," Comcast senior vice president Mitch Bowling told Bloomberg
News. The users would see their speeds return to normal after the congestion
throttling was lifted.
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Posted
Aug 20 2008, 09:53 PM
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Ryan MacClanathan
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Call me a geek, but I love new software. I love exploring
the options, I love customizing my settings and I love playing with all the new
bells and whistles.
Most of all, I love it when new software is free.
Randy at Fiscal Zen
has a handy set of links to 12
of his favorite free Windows applications -- everything from a tool to
help you organize digital photo collections to a free Internet music service.
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Aug 14 2008, 09:20 PM
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Karen Datko
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This post comes from Trent Hamm at partner blog The Simple Dollar. There are a lot of ways to choose a career. Most of them are bad. Someone tells you, "Hey, you know, you should be a ...." Bad. You started a job and just kind of stuck around because nothing better came along. Bad. You pick out a college major because it seems interesting at first glance, without really knowing the kind of work it entails. Bad.
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Aug 13 2008, 07:12 AM
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Donna Freedman
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After a year without going to a movie theater, I'd pretty much forgotten how expensive tickets are. That's why I was shocked to pay $10.25 to see "Kit Kittredge: An American Girl" earlier this summer. I'm not alone in my dismay; plenty of those who commented on a Smart Spending post about sneaking candy into the movies groused about ticket costs along with the price of Jujubes.
I paid cash to see "Kit" because I was writing about the movie, so the cost of the ticket was a business expense. However, I've seen several movies since then and haven't paid a dime.
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Aug 12 2008, 07:15 PM
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Karen Datko
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In honor of that upcoming blessed event known as the start of the NFL season, we'll point you to RacerX's post "What the Green Bay debacle can teach us" at Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Money. Backstory, short and sweet: Green Bay icon Brett Favre retires, changes his mind, but the Packers have already transitioned to another quarterback. Favre will wear green this season, but the logo will be that of the Jets.
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Aug 01 2008, 06:29 AM
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Karen Datko
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This post comes from Trent Hamm at partner blog The Simple Dollar. Before my financial turnaround, I had several expensive hobbies. I loved to golf on the weekends, I played Magic: The Gathering competitively, I collected DVDs, and I thought it was great to eat as many meals as possible at high-end restaurants. Each of these hobbies was a massive drain on my bank account, consuming money in huge bites like a cash-starved elephant. Since then, I've given up most of my hobbies and channeled the remainder onto paths that are much more financially stable. To do that, I had to adopt a handful of useful tactics. If you have a hobby that's a constant money drain, try some of these to see if you can make it more affordable.
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