Archive for January, 2011

Yakezie Challenge: Did I win my Beta challenge?

Monday, January 10th, 2011

On October 8th, 2010, I announced my plan to enter the Yakezie challenge and get my Alexa rating below 100,000 by today. My ranking at that time was 132,955, which means that precisely 132,954 sites were hipper, cooler, better, and more popular than mine on October 8th, 2010.  (Well, not really, ...

Number 1 NFL draft vs. architecture degree

Saturday, January 8th, 2011

I wasn't anywhere close to being an athlete in either high school or college, so I never would have been posed this question.  Nor do I really follow football. The headline of Frugal Dad's latest roundup, Turning Down Millions for a College Degree, makes reference to a statement by Andrew Luck, ...

A hack to include online purchases in a cash budgeting system

Wednesday, January 5th, 2011

A cash-only budgeting system can be the ticket to reining in spending and getting away from the temptation of credit cards.  The idea is this: Pull out the total of your weekly (biweekly, monthly) budget in cash. Separate the cash into envelopes by category according to how you're budgeting that money. Spend down ...

What’s with all the begging online?

Tuesday, January 4th, 2011

Starting a website up in "spare time" with the purpose of developing expertise and getting a Plan B going is a great idea.  The Plan A job can go away at any time.  Actually, doing just about anything that provides a product or service -- whether it's holding a sign ...