February 2010
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Note to self:
k8lu:
Time is money.
Stop wasting so much of both! I wouldn’t throw $20 away, so why is it okay to waste 20 minutes?
Sometimes I think of purchases in terms of how many hours I have to work to make them. Do I really want to spend three-hours of work on dinner? Generally: yes.
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When I go around to my roommates to collect rent,...
in-a-bottle:
I have $1500 cold hard cash in my hand for about two hours, then it leaves. I feel rich momentarily.
“Only a fool would give up their dream for something as common as money. They...”
– The ‘Other’ Grandpa, Charlie & the Chocolate Factory (via theperksofbeingakyle)
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Fionn Hodgson: My first month of being 18 →
It’s great being able to finally get into clubs and pubs, but I’ve suddenly noticed I don’t have any money left.
When your 17, a standard pint of beer costs £1. If that. The only place that can has come from is an ‘offie’ or a supermarket. At 18, that price more than triples to around£3.50. It’s…
NYT Bucks Blog: Tax tips for same-sex couples →
“For money you can have everything it is said. No, that is not true. You can buy...”
– Arne Garborg, writer (1851-1924) (via mjschindler)
Watchkellsnicole:
Jon Stewart MAKES IT RAIN by educating the public on what it actually means to use a credit card. Hilarious and simultaneously sad that consumers don’t understand the system.
“…unless you decide, in those 11 years, to buy something else.” If you prefer your credit card rules explanations even simpler than Jon Stewart makes them, Janet is your gal.
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“But, yes, sure! We are going to get there! We all do want to get there. There...”
– The Awl’s Choire Sicha has some thoughts about the future of money
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“Money never made a man happy yet, nor will it. The more a man has, the more he...”
– *by Benjamin Franklin (via cranberryjuice)
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From a strictly financial standpoint: briefs
david:
Today is the day I either switch to briefs or boxer-briefs. Which are better?
At American Apparel, briefs are $12 and boxer briefs are $14. Some men buy 30 pairs of underwear a year (hopefully you’re one of those men?), so you could be saving yourself $60 a year if you go with the more compact version. But sometimes money isn’t all that matters: Slate’s Seth Stevenson...
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Tally of a day off
I haven’t granted myself a work-free day in many weeks, and to celebrate I went a little swipe-happy:
Baby shower gift at baby store: $28 New York Magazine: $4.99 Birthday gift at bookstore: $14 Lunch at Indian food cart: $10 Prescription pick up: $15 Parking: $6 Coconut gelato cone because it was sunny out: $3 Two movie rentals plus late fees: $9 Bloody Mary: $7
Total damage: $96.99
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Secret London →
culturehoover:
If you’ve been on Facebook lately, you’ll probably have noticed a lot of people joining a group called Secret London. That Facebook group grew to nearly 200,000 members in 2 weeks and is now a fully fledged business. The article talks about how this was accomplished for under £3k. Definitely worth a read.
READ: TechCrunch - ‘How We Built Secret London In A Weekend’
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“While it’s true that traffic is now again actually worth something, the...”
– Evan Williams, creator of Twitter, 2005 (via davidkaneda) (via mikehudack)
This is a serious question… are people “liking” and reblogging this quote because it is inspirational or ironic.
While I greatly admire everything that Evan Williams has done, both Blogger and Twitter have played in the...
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My iphone app, myself
Last week we asked what you’d be willing to pay for your favorite iphone apps; today the NYT Freakonomics blog wonders the same thing! (Always a good price: Free! Like the Bundle Vicetracker app!)
WatchSick of watching TV on your little tiny baby laptop? Don’t sign up for cable just yet (it’s too expensive!). Wired teaches you how to hook your laptop to your TV. (I think this might be a thing that most people know how to do maybe? But I don’t/didn’t!)
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