Tag: money
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Free or paid online services: which should you choose?
There are a bunch of free services on the internet. There are services like Google Drive (formerly Docs) which is basically a free online word processor, spreadsheet app, and presentation app. There is Flickr which is a free photo sharing service. There’s Tumblr which is used for many types of sharing, but is most similar…
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Holiday Gift Guide 2011: Shopping on a Budget Edition
In case you haven’t been following the news over the past few years, the economies of most countries around the world are failing. This means a lot of people will be tightening their belts this year as they seek to hold onto what little they have left in the way of assets. This means those…
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How to Make Money Online as a Cha Cha Guide
So here I sit, finishing my last semester of college and dreaming about the future and all it will bring. Money, income, cash, cabbage, cheese, wonton… ok, I’m not entirely sure if that last one is an actual slang for money, but if it’s not it should be (and I will be collecting a small…
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How I Used the Internet to Save Time and Money While Shopping
As I believe I’ve stated on most (if not all) of my past articles, I am kind of lazy. I did not line up at 2:30am on Black Friday in hopes of scoring huge deals. In addition to that, I am in college, therefore I am, let’s say, not as financially well off as I…
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Stay connected & save: 6 tips for padding your bank account in the New Year
With the New Year just around the corner, saving money seems to be on the minds of many people. Being a graduate student, I am not among these people, because Academia pays huge sums of money for almost zero work. Let’s be serious, I’m broke, and I need to save some dough. New Years is…
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The Month That I Had Cable TV
For some reason, there seems to be this impenetrable wall between myself and accumulated money (this wall may be made up solely of beer and video games, but it is a wall none the less). Because of this unfortunate, seemingly impossible-to-avoid situation, I constantly find myself in, I find that I must cut back in…
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Create Budgets, Visualize Expenses, and Reduce Debt for Free with Mint.com
When I got my first glimpse of a “big kid job” by taking an engineering internship in 2008, I quickly realized that my strategy of “save enough money for food” wasn’t going to cut it anymore. Since I was earning significantly more than I was at my previous part-time jobs, I needed a way to…
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Save Energy and Lower Your Electricity Bill without Losing the Tech You Love
Most people are worried about how much power they are using and what their carbon footprint might be. Most people think, “I am just one person, what can I do to help?” I have said this same thing before, then I realized a few easy steps can help me save money and help save the…