Monthly Archives: July, 2008
Instructables book contest
It has been quite a while since i made any new and significant projects. But my old ones can still earn me something. Check out the Instructables Book Contest. They are holding a vote for the best Instructables to include ina new book by O’Reilly publishing. Feel free to vote for mine!
Online games
I’m not much of a gamer when it comes to computers. But i do like mind puzzles so the surge in popularity of Scrabulous and other games has been nice. Recently Cena stumbled on a game that gives you points for playing that you can then redeem for physical (and virtual) objects. It’s a Microsoft …
Upstairs bathroom
Many of you know that i plan on building another bathroom downstairs. When we divided the house to make the apartment (in-law apartment that is) we lost the downstairs bathroom which is critical for our frequent entertaining. I plan on converting the boiler room into a bathroom and sauna. But i also have plans for …
The (eBay) customer is always right
I just went to leave feedback for the seller of the trailer hitch that i bought on eBay. This little pop-up appeared. As a frequent seller on Amazon i can attest that buyers can be complete idiots at times. Sellers are blamed for shipping delays or delivery failures even when there is proof of shipping …
Debt savvy
I took a little online Credit card debt quiz and it turns out the I’m a little wiser than i expected about debt, bills, and credit. I scored a 93% overall (without cheating – many of the answers are easily available online). Some of my answers were valid last month and others valid next month. …
9 years later
Yesterday and nine years ago I started working for the City of Petersburg. I was 25. It was my first year-round full-time position. And I have just started my 10th year. I remember celebrating the completion of one year in the position. I felt like i really had made it. Thinking back isn’t too difficult …
Tarnished bell
Tarnished bell Originally uploaded by zieak A few weeks ago we bought this brass bell at a garage sale. (I have it disassembled here to work on cleaning it up.) It was marked for $10 but we bought it with a pile of other things including some records which we got for $10 less than …
Mickey Mouse Spoon
Mickey Mouse Spoon Originally uploaded by zieak I really should document more of my garage sale and thrift store finds better. Saturday morning we got up and went to four garage sales. At the first we bought a t-shirt and two sets of glasses with ducks on them. The night before we had FFF at …
Stella Artois
Stella Artois Originally uploaded by zieak On Thursday we played trivia at the Harbor Bar. We ended up in third place which scored me a Harbor Bar hat and Cena a Stella Artios glass and drink token. It definitely is interesting to think about the Inbev purchase. The napkins in the Harbor Bar proclaim Bud …
Credit card utilization
I know that i have been focused on eliminating my debt this year. My single resolution was to not owe on any credit cards. But the more research that i have done on personal finance has made me aware that debt isn’t entirely bad. Take a look at this chart. You see that i have …
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