Photo by: Aaron WagnerSo I made it through my own personal conspiracy theory this week; got a few inches closer to whipping up the new blog design from Jon @ freelancefolder.com and found myself pleasantly surprised to see my weekly subscriber base climb significantly. I’d have to say it was a good week for me. [...]
Photo by: sleestak66Storms hammered the Pacific Northwest again this week and the US government passed the stimulus plan to brighten everyones day – are you getting any $$$ from it? The reads that caught my eye this week were: 1. MightyBargainHunter reflected on SuperBowl ads – 2. MoneyNing lets us know how to give away [...]
A quick “BooYah” to MyInvestingBlog – I gotta say I feel like I’m in decent company over there. I recently got this email in the inbox and it gives a good feeling: Dear My Investing Blog Author, Our editors recently reviewed your blog and have given it a 9.1 score out of 10. Your blog [...]
Photo by: meyshanworldThis week wasn’t so great – the stock market was down, so investments were down, and on top of it someone broke into my car and stole my stereo, DVD/TV setup all while tearing up the inside of my car. Ugh, that’ll hit the ol’ expense book and will hinder the 4k I [...]
Photo by: goetterI know, I know, you’re asking, “Hank, how does this type of post fit in your blogging niche of personal finance?” Well, quite frankly, I’ve stumbled across and had a few of these ideas myself to improve parts of my blog, but I haven’t posted (except this one) about them. I want to [...]
Photo by: matangueroThis week I found myself fighting back the elusive CPU quota exceeded errors I was getting from Bluehost.com because I was getting a lot of hits from the Magic Quadrant of Personal Finance and “Why is it taboo to talk salary?” posts I tossed out this week. I like it because of the [...]
Welcome to 2008 – hope the new year treated you all well. I’m working on a project to revamp the site with Jon Phillips and should have at least a rough draft here in the next few weeks. I like this design, but he’s let me know there are a handful of things that need [...]
Photo by: tloe I came down with a cold this week, and the site hit its CPU utilization threshold about 4 or 5 times, so the site was in some trouble, but I’ve found a WordPress guru named Jon Phillips who has been very helpful thus far; and we may even be looking to revamp [...]
Looks like I’m starting off the new year relatively clean; up 2.02% from December 2007. The house is still flailing a bit and my bet that Dodge & Cox (DODFX) would payoff for my new 401k allocation – The wifes 401k, on the other hand, stayed in REREX and the ol’ target fund TRRDX which [...]
Photo by: spacepleb It’s finally the end of 2007, where did it go? How did your finances do this year?1. AllFinancialMatters let us know how to rebalance a portfolio come end of year. I don’t have those assets there, but the idea of rebalancing index at end of year makes perfect “cents”. 2. MoneySmartLife shows [...]
