For the past few months (since the time she was about two months old), I would sometimes have my daughter wiht my on my lap while I was checking my e-mail or surfing the web. It wasn’t long before she starting reaching out for the keyboard. It’s all right for her to press a lot … Read more
Do you have a website? If you do, odds are you’re promoting it — submitting it to search engines and link directories, promoting it on traffic exchanges, submitting e-zine ads, posting in forums. Promotion is a lot of work. The result of your efforts is usually traffic to a particular URL (uniform resource locator) — … Read more
My wife asked if I wanted to cancel our DirecTV subscription today. Part of the reason was because we don’t really watch the TV all that much. Another big part of the reason was that we didn’t want our daughter (now 6 months old — yay!) growing up with the constant ads. Looking back, I … Read more
MSN Money had an article entitled “Don’t pass up free money in a 401(k)” yesterday. A lot of companies offer 401(k) retirement savings plans, which allows you to invest pre-tax wages, subject to certain federal and corporate limits, for use in retirement. The interest and dividends are untaxed until they are withdrawn. Additionally, some companies … Read more
I’m in Charlotte NC this weekend for a comic book convention. My hotel stay has been very good for the most part. Just watch what is included with your hotel stay and what is extra. We (my business partner and I) went to the main area in the hotel for breakfast. There was someone very … Read more
This is a trick that my wife and I use to save some money (and some calories!) We order a dessert but split it. Two forks, half the calories. “Lemon Passion” was our dessert today at Macaroni Grill, in celebration of my first Father’s Day 🙂 Some more tips for dining on the cheap are … Read more
I’ve had a couple of recent posts about mortgage refinancing, and I promised some instruction on how to crunch your own numbers to see if it’s a good deal for you. Some lenders will be up-front with you and tell you that it’s not worth it to refinance; others will not. WARNING — LOTS OF … Read more
The first time I used LendingTree.com (back in 2001) I got only one response. Not so this time. Today I got three calls back to back from three different lenders regarding my refinance request. I was starting to answer the phone, “Hello … Lender Central …” Some things I’ve learned through all of these calls: … Read more