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Best of 604 Awards - A Tale of Two Parties

While many readers knew that last night was the reception for the Best of 604 awards, most were not aware that there was also another party being held at a swank restaurant on Granville Island. Sarah and I were invited to attend both and it created some interesting and funny situations.
The party at Granville [...]

Taco Tuesday: The Inner Mechanics of Budgeting on Vacation

By Nora Dunn

I recently found myself sitting around a dinner table in Hawaii with a number of new traveling acquaintances. We met at the place of accommodation we were staying at, and enjoyed each other’s company, sharing travel tales of adventure and misadventure alike. So when “Taco Tuesday” presented itself as a way to get [...]

Five alternatives to 0% yield U.S. treasuries

By Xin Lu

This week the 4 week T-bill rate was driven down to 0% and the demand for these treasuries was astounding.  It seems that investors are so pessimistic that they are willing to accept no yield for the safety of their principal. If you have been following the markets for the last few months [...]

Miscellaneous Ramblings - Let’s All Win Edition

Vote for Wireless Cell Accessories
My buddy Collin De Ruyck has entered his affiliate site, Wireless Cell Accessories, into the Pepperjam Network Store Builder contest. He made it to the finals and needs you help to get to the finish line. If you can take a minute of time and head over and cast a vote [...]

Is the courtesy flush dead?

By Paul Michael

Nora’s recent article “Saving the planet - one drop at a time” rang a bell with me as I was sat in the men’s bathroom at work yesterday. All the stalls were occupied and every minute I heard flushing. It was constant. This once kind act of “courtesy flushing” may now be offensive [...]

WordPress 2.7 Available for Download

The latest version of Wordpress, codenamed “Coltrane,” is available for download. This is a major update with new everything. From the top down, the WordPress developers have listened to your feedback and thought deeply about the design and the result is a WordPress that’s just plain faster. Nearly every task you do on your blog [...]

Traffic Secrets 2.0 Review

Traffic Secrets 2.0 is the master work of Internet marketing legend, John Reese. I had the pleasure of meeting John Reese in Orlando during IZEA Fest and I have to tell you, he is the real deal. In Internet marketing, John Reese is known as the man who made million in 24 hours. [...]

What Do You and a Credit Card Thief Have in Common?

By Linsey Knerl

I’ve always considered myself to be an educated credit card user. I keep my balances low, pay on time, and don’t do anything that could potentially come back to haunt me.. Little did I know, that by playing it cool, I was putting myself at risk for being treated like a [...]

How To Get More Twitter Followers

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve no doubt heard of Twitter. It’s hard not to notice something that is being used by CNN and the President-Elect. Many people still don’t understand what Twitter is about. However, as an Internet marketer, I can tell you that Twitter is one of the best Internet [...]

Seven Lessons Learned from Working Retail

By Andrea Dickson

I took a part time holiday job in the evenings at a local retail store - I’m hoping to earn extra money to pay down some medical debt, and honestly, I just wanted something extra to DO in the evenings. Something that didn’t involve running out and spending money on drinks and dinner, [...]

Book review: Towers of Gold

By Philip Brewer

Towers of Gold: How One Jewish Immigrant Named Isaias Hellman Created California by Frances Dinkelspiel.
It will not, I think, surprise my regular readers to hear that I like to read books about money.  All kinds of books about money–not just books on personal finance and frugality, but just about anything, including monetary histories [...]

Premium Themes for Premium Bloggers

Many online entrepreneurs, myself and John Chow included, firmly believe that WordPress is one of the best content management systems for bloggers. Even though it may be a free platform, it is also remarkably robust and reasonably easy to use. Unfortunately, the default WordPress theme leaves a lot to be desired.
If you’re savvy enough, you [...]