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”. […]
I hate my site stats! Revealing spotlight on what went wrong.
Site stats: The Devil is in the details Really that headline should read, “What went wrong & right.” because the numbers are trending back in a direction that are positive. However, February was a bust and March will still probably fall short of where I left off in January. Click the following links, if you […]
MoviePass extends the man-cave
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 […]
Money Saving Tip #9
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 […]
Bloggers are voyeurs
Bloggers are voyeurs We’re curious creatures by nature, but I know bloggers specifically like to peek at other people’s junk. By junk I mean stats. 🙂 It’s a benchmark for all of us to see how we’re doing. No one size fits all, but at the end of the day, size does matter. This blog […]
Scan your own books to save money
Scan your own books!? Ok, this is going to sound a little extreme to most people, but sometimes I have a hard time letting stuff go. As part of my very frugal nature, I don’t like to re-purchase the same thing I’ve paid for in the past. Something that I paid for, should be mine […]
Even blogging is on sale for Cyber Monday.
Everything is on sale No they didnint. We all know that everything is on sale on cyber Monday, but my inbox just got hit by a “sale” for Hootsuite for their Cyber Monday “Sale”. Since starting this blog, and starting a couple start / stop / die blogs in the past, my theory is, that […]
Why I don’t intend to monetize my blog (yet)
Tough road If you had seen my recent post about “Blogging not being for the faint of heart”, then you might have figured this has been a soul searching endeavor for me. Just Googling “How many blogs are there?” results in stale stats from a few years ago, but clocks in at a staggering 150+ […]
Frugal money saving tip of the week #5
Tip: Extend your devices storage capacity Apple or Android…works with both Sticker shock abounds with the new iPhone clocking in at $999. We all want to save money on electronics. I live in a mixed Apple and Android device world. However, usually when I make a purchase of a new device, I go with the […]
Amazon gets rid of “negative” votes on reviews
Well…kinda. Amazon reviews and Reviewer rankings I’ve written over 1,000 reviews on Amazon’s website, and am ranked at 1,197 out of all reviewers on the site. Not too bad, but if that was translated onto a Google style listing, I’d still only show up beyond page 100 of a typical search. I actually even reviewed […]