What is a non-app person? “Favorite app” is really an elusive term. Even as an “IT guy” for more than 20+ years, I am often wary of technology and forever concerned about the security of my data and devices. When everyone started saying “there’s an app for that!” I kind of felt like I was […]
Unexpected expenses The other day my computer hard drive decided to “give up the ghost”. Ugh… even as a seasoned IT guy, I always dread when I have computer problems. They’re just too disruptive to my “work flow”. However, this needed to be handled promptly. Sometimes I can be a bit cynical about “upgrade paths”. […]
When I wrote my post a few months ago about the benefits and savings I could extract from “Moviepass”, I was overlooking an important part of this as an investment. My own time. I’ve been guilty of this before, in estimating the true cost of shared office space. But, with movies, we’ve probably always heard […]
Let me slip out of these wet things and into a dry martini You could say I’m a movie head. I own over 1,500 DVD’s and have written about how I’ve consolidated them to take up less space. The frugal side of me did this to avoid re-paying for digital versions of these films. I […]
Sharing economy friend or foe? I’ve been wanting to try Uber Eats for a while now. I don’t even use Uber, or I might have used it once or twice in the past. However, every time we’d drive or walk past McDonald’s I’d notice that Uber Eats delivery sign in the window. For those who […]
Sometimes it’s about the tools you use When I built my Ikea kitchen all by my lonesome, the best investment I had made was purchasing 3 small clamps. They are similar to these. Wow, what a difference they made. These things clamp the cabinets together tightly so you can easily screw them together. I had […]
The good old days weren’t always good What is that saying? You’ve gotta know where you’ve come from to get where you’re going? Well I had a little flashback this weekend, when collecting some paperwork for my home equity line of credit. I stumbled across my first paystub from my very first real job at […]
Certain personality types are susceptible to spending I used to work for a publishing house and never realized that one of the strategies of publisher’s is to get people to build their “collection”. My old boss was a genius. He re-published the classics, which were in the “public domain”. That means you don’t have to […]
Long tail upgrades When we were both employed, I was springing for flat panel TV’s in every room. It was an interesting exercise, because I bought them over a 2 or 3 year period. It gave me an education in the various types of TV’s out there, and the evolution of “SmartTV’s”. I moved from […]
DISCLAIMER: This post contains an affiliate blog link where I might receive a nickel or quarter if you click on the link and purchase the item. (Bah Humbug) Bridging generations We spend so much time writing and reading about saving nickels and dimes that sometimes we forget what it’s really like to truly “Do without”. […]