Archive for the ‘Making Money’ Category
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009
This economic downturn hasn't been kind to a lot of people. Jobs that haven't been taken away from people have had their hours cut, their workload increased, or their cost of living allowances taken away. Jobs that people used to be able to count on are on very fragile ground.
If ...
Posted in Economy, Making Money, Personal Finance, Retirement, Saving | 3 Comments »
Wednesday, August 5th, 2009
Once in a while I'll peruse the eBay category Internet businesses and websites for sale to see what people are buying.
To speed up the process I sort by price + shipping, highest first, set the number of listings per page to 200, and scroll down quickly to see what people ...
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Sunday, July 26th, 2009
"Turn up the signal; wipe out the noise." -Peter Gabriel
Too many of my projects are laughing at me. Here's how I'm trying to shut them up.
The analogy is signal processing. With only a few important projects and sources of information (signal sources) it's straightforward to handle them all. But bring ...
Posted in Making Money, Organization | 6 Comments »
Friday, July 3rd, 2009
My wife is designing, and making, a quilt for a competition. A couple of days ago she did a wholesale change of the design. When I asked her if it what she had planned to do was just too difficult, she told me, "Pretty much everything I did, ...
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