Cash-flow free for nearly a year!
There was a lot of positive response to my post two weeks ago about living carlessly for a year, so today we’ll look at my financial situation and how I’ve been living with a very meager incoming cash-flow for the past year. Though a little bit of money flowed in here and there via various […]
Posts from the Past
In our world of growing economic uncertainty (thanks bailout!), let’s take a look at some posts from my past that shed a little bit of light onto today’s economic issues: AIG and General Re Fraud Right near the start of this blog, this post about AIG and General Re corporation points out that AIG simply […]
Justin Wright Joins The 42nd Estate!
Last Friday I promised everyone some big, big news involving The 42nd Estate and today it’s delivered! 😉 It’s with great honor that we’re introducing Justin Wright as the newest member of The 42nd Estate! For those of you who don’t know, Justin blogs over at Life of Justin about his trips, hiking expeditions, workplace […]
Web Quotes and Counterpoints IX – The 42nd Estate Edition
It’s time once again for the latest edition in the greatest (and really only) series on this site, that’s right it’s Web Quotes and Counterpoints IX – The 42nd Estate Edition! As you’ve surely surmised from the tantalizing title, this time around the web we’ll focus on The 42nd Estate and its vast repertoire of […]
The 42nd Estate is Live!
A few weeks ago I wrote about my company, The 42nd Estate LLC. Well, over this past Labor Day weekend the company’s main site launched! You can check it out at the42ndestate.com. We’re also planning on launching a few of the sites owned by The 42nd Estate this month. On the schedule we have: a […]
Web Quotes and Counterpoints VIII – The Summer Cleaning [toblog] Edition
A while back I started a huge digital cleaning session. My e-mail inbox was well into the thousands, so I started archiving older messages. It’s unbelievable how many random web sites, mostly social network betas, I signed up for that I only used once or twice. The worst is ones where they constantly e-mail you […]
Apple Gave Me a New iPhone!
Apple’s great customer service comes through! A few days ago my iPhone stopped responding to any and all inputs. Even iTunes would not see the device. Well, Darrin, the Apple genius guy, was able to get my old iPhone working but still exchanged it for a brand new iPhone just because of all the issues […]
I Hate the Federal Reserve
I just received an e-mail from the Executive Vice President of HSBC Direct informing me that HSBC is once again dropping the interest rate on my online savings account, this time from 3.55% to 3.05%! Aaargh! At least it’s only dropped by .5% but it’s still frustrating, especially considering the savings rate started at 5.05% […]
Hulu Adds Full-Length Movies
I just logged into Hulu today for the first time since the site went public and noticed they’ve add full-length movies to their video collection. This addition is great news, but from my very limited time checking out the movie section, it seems advertisements still pop up during the movie. I understand that advertisements fuel […]