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Don’t Buy Stuff You Cannot Afford

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That’s the advice of the decade, isn’t it? Well, it’s also a pretty funny Saturday Night Live skit with Steve Martin. The skit’s a parody of those book infomercials for financial products we see all the time. Looking a little deeper, it’s also a slight commentary on the marketing of common sense. Well, I saw ... Continue reading this article…

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The Super Bowl Commercials

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If you’re coming to this website looking for the commercials aired during the Super Bowl, I’m not quite sure how you ended up here, but here are all the commercials. I haven’t seen anything particularly special, except an exciting GoDaddy sale for domains at $1.99 and 10 percent off with the code SB2006. GoDaddy also has ... Continue reading this article…

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Bat-Mitzvah For The Rich And Not Really Famous

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If you have ten million dollars lying around and your daughter happens to be preparing for her Bat Mitzvah, why not drop the cash on a fancy party for her and her friends? While you’re at it, go ahead, invite some popular entertainters, such as Aerosmith, Tom Petty, and 50 Cent. Well, this is pricely ... Continue reading this article…

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Microsoft’s Xbox 360 Strategies

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Just like for the older Xbox, the new Xbox 360 costs more to manufacture than Microsoft charges for the system. The retail price is $399 (which will eventually be cut down, which is the pattern for video game consoles) but the cost for all of the components is $552.27. Microsoft must believe that people who ... Continue reading this article…

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Career Advice

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Here’s some good career advice that has netted millions of dollars for some lucky individuals: If you want to get ahead quickly, leak to the public a sex video of yourself. It’s worked for the likes of Paris Hilton and Rob Lowe.

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News Corp Buys The Internet

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Actually, News Corporation is buying one website, but it’s the “fifth most widely viewed domain.” The corporation is purchasing MySpace for $580 million. Out of all of the social and business networking websites, MySpace is probably the ugliest and worst programmed. It’s easy to hack and the templates kids choose for their profiles are horrendous. ... Continue reading this article…

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News News: CNN Offers Liberated Video

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CNN.com (which of course includes CNN Money) now offers its video features for free. Unfortunately, my company’s proxy server blocks access to the content, but nevertheless, this is a great move by CNN. Now all they need are better permanent links to the video streams and a trackback feature for every story.

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Account Balances, May 2005

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Below are my account balances for the end of May, 2005. The balances are displayed next to the two previous months as well as May, 2004 for comparison. I’m slowly making my way, despite May’s net worth being a little lower than April’s. Some notes: * There is a value listed for my 2004 Honda ... Continue reading this article…

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