~Tue~ Jan 30th 2007
Stylehive – Blog: Top 5: Piggy Banks, Stylish Savings Me? I use a Mason jar. (tags: funnymoney change) Senate targets credit card practices – Jan. 26, 2007 “Restoring small annual fees on cards used by ‘non-revolvers’ would bolster revenues for card issuers, who then in turn might not make life so expensive for those with [...]
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~Mon~ Jan 29th 2007
Lifehacker points to a MSN Real Estate piece listing the 15 tools every homeowner should own. I’m working on a longer article about home workshops, but this is a good introduction to the subject. If you don’t have a handyman in your family and don’t have a clue where to begin when it comes to [...]
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~Mon~ Jan 29th 2007
Last spring I reviewed Why We Buy: The Science of Shopping, a book that explores what motivates us to purchase products, and explains how businesses sell to us. Today guest-author Paul Bausch looks at a similar book, The Consumer Trap: Big Business Marketing in American Life. We are continually bombarded with advertising, but as savvy [...]
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~Mon~ Jan 29th 2007
Reader Poll: What kind of affluent would you rather be? – Lifehacker Would you rather be rich with time or rich with money? I think an argument can be made that they’re the same thing (“time is money”), but if I had to choose, I’d choose “rich with time”. (tags: philosophy values money) Polls indicate [...]
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