Amazon.com is offering $2 in free MP3 downloads with the code GIVEMP3S. No purchase required. See details at this link. It should increase your gift card balance by $2 for music purchases only. You must redeem the code soon - by December 26, … [Read the rest]
eBay, Half.com, PayPal, Amazon.com Sellers: 2011 IRS 1099-K Regulations
Posted on December 23, 2010 // 9 Comments
I just received the following e-mail from Half.com, where I occasionally sell used books: We're writing to let you know that starting with transactions occurring on or after January 1, 2011, new Internal Revenue Service (IRS) regulations require … [Read the rest]
Two Completely Different Ways to Boost Productivity
Posted on December 22, 2010 // Leave a Comment
While procrastinating today, I of course ran across a couple of tips on productivity and success that both powerful and very different. First is an essay called Good and Bad Procrastination by Paul Graham. It includes a lot of insights into … [Read the rest]
Free PDF of The 4-Hour Workweek by Tim Ferriss
Posted on December 22, 2010 // 13 Comments
First published in 2008, The 4-Hour Workweek by Tim Ferriss is a book about "lifestyle design" and included many uncommon ideas about working and retirement. He describes how you can build a business and delegate/outsource nearly everything about … [Read the rest]
Peer-to-Peer Renting: Lease Your Stuff to Strangers, Hopefully Buy Less Stuff
Posted on December 21, 2010 // 11 Comments
Recent articles in the New York Times and BusinessWeek magazine talked about the growing emergence of websites where individuals can rent out their belonging to other strangers, coining the new term "collaborative consumption". I like the idea. … [Read the rest]
New 2011 Tax Plan Highlights: 2% Payroll Tax Reduction, Extension of Current Tax Rates
Posted on December 20, 2010 // 18 Comments
Our tax rates for the next two years have been decided, a two whole weeks before January 1st! Just in time for their winter break, what a coincidence. ;) The "Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010" … [Read the rest]
MIT’s Real-time Inflation Calculator
Posted on December 16, 2010 // 11 Comments
A lot of people are worrying about inflation or deflation in the future. The most widely used definition of inflation is the Consumer Price Index, which is published monthly by the Bureau of Labor Statistics and is based on a basket of consumer … [Read the rest]
The E-Myth Revisited: Small Business Book Review
Posted on December 15, 2010 // 9 Comments
I bought The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It by Michael Gerber at a outdoor market because it was a finance "bestseller" and I'd seen it on a few reading lists. It's been sitting on my bookshelf since … [Read the rest]
Borders & Waldenbooks 50% Off Coupon
Posted on December 14, 2010 // 1 Comment
Borders has a printable coupon good for 50% off any one single item. Valid 12/14-12/16. The coupon says you need a Borders Rewards number, but it's free to join. Maybe I'll actually buy a book not from Amazon! … [Read the rest]
eBillme Offer Fine Print: 10% Off Home Depot Gift Cards, $15 Rebate on $100 Amazon.com Gift Card
Posted on December 14, 2010 // 1 Comment
For some reason, I always thought the website eBillMe was a service that lets me pay over time (and also pay interest charges). I was confusing it with BillMeLater. Upon further review, it seems like eBillMe tries to do the opposite. The way their … [Read the rest]
Practical Uses For American Express Gift Cards
Posted on December 14, 2010 // 10 Comments
American Express Gift Cards are basically prepaid credit cards that work anywhere that accepts American Express. The good thing is that they have no inactivity fees, no maintenance fees, no balance check fees, and they never expire. Other than for … [Read the rest]
‘Tis The Season For Giving… Away Your Extra Stuff
Posted on December 12, 2010 // 3 Comments
It's the Season of Giving, so why not give away the things you don't need anymore? I think right now is even better than "Spring cleaning". We just spent a chunk of this past weekend making a box of stuff to give to various charities. Here's … [Read the rest]
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