The October 2014 issue of Money Magazine features their annual rankings of the "Best Credit Cards". Here's a condensed list of their top picks for various categories. I've written about most of them, and in those cases I'm linking to that post which … [Read the rest]
In the past month, both of my Western Digital 1 TB external backup hard drives have failed on me. This was pretty disconcerting considering I bought two of them specifically so they could be redundant backups. I was a bit lazy and barely had … [Read the rest]
In the provocatively-titled article How Everything We Tell Ourselves About How Busy We Are Is A Lie, the writer interviews the director of the Americans’ Use of Time Project and takes data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics American Time Use Survey … [Read the rest]
Here are some charts illustrating a couple of interesting food trends in the US. Americans are spending a smaller percentage of their income on food than ever. From America's Shrinking Grocery Bill: In 1984, the average U.S. household spent … [Read the rest]
Here is Part 3 of my series on baby gear, organized in the order of Amazon’s Baby Registry. The entire multi-part series can be found with the Baby Gear tag here. This time I'll talk about our experiences with baby bottles. Our first baby was … [Read the rest]
I've been getting back into podcasts while driving, and have been catching up on the Alton Brown podcast. In the Samantha Brown episode, she shared a good tip about international travel and language barriers that I've never read in a guidebook: … [Read the rest]
Discover It and Discover More cardholders may be able to get 5% cashback at your choice of one of the following stores: Applebee's, Bed Bath & Beyond, Lowe's, Olive Garden, Shell, or Walgreens from now until November 30th, 2014. Subject to a cap of … [Read the rest]
Here's one for the tiger moms and overachiever parents. From a recent post on the Harvard Business Review blog: A recent paper from UCSB found that the return on being good at math has gone up over the last few decades, as has the return on … [Read the rest]
Good background and interview with writer/chef/professional traveler Anthony Bourdain in this Fast Company article. His TV show Parts Unknown is one of the few that I watch and the new season starts again soon. I especially enjoyed and am aligned … [Read the rest]
When I was a senior in high school, I still remember my parents offering me a new luxury car instead of tuition assistance. Although I'm pretty sure it was only a test, it did serve to remind me of the cost of tuition and not to waste it. Seeing … [Read the rest]
Tax-advantaged 401k and 403b plans can help you save for retirement, but did you know that you're probably paying for all the costs of this "employee benefit"? 76% of large employers have workers pick up all the costs of 401(k) administration, … [Read the rest]
Papa John's sent me a code for a free song download the other day. It was really a way to introduce me to the Viggle, a smartphone app which allows users to "check in" when listening to songs or watching TV shows. Similar to Shazam, the app … [Read the rest]
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