Archive for 2005

Fosfor Gadgets

My new favorite blog: Fosfor Gadgets [via]. Besides the cool content, i think it’s the squished typo that gets me[ READ MORE ]

Cash Back On Gift Cards

Tip: Many supermarkets and drugstores (like Safeway) sell gift cards to stores like Starbucks, Home Depot, Barnes & Noble, Old Navy, Circuit City, you name it. Buy a gift card at a grocery store with this card, and boom! 5% cash back. MyMoneyBlog: What’s in MY wallet? My daily-use credit cards (Part 1 of 3) [ READ MORE ]

Crucial Scooby Crash

Vermont SportsCar has videos from three different angles of Travis Pastrana’s Vermont SportsCar Subaru crash at the Colorado Cog Rally, Round 7 of the 2005 Rally America National Championship [via]. Amazing crash, and amazing videos. I’m jealous of that dude. He’s only 22 and he gets to do that. See also the stills of the [ READ MORE ]

Windows Live

Hmm… Signed in with my Hotmail address/Passport whatever. Looks like some new attempt at a “portal.” Whatever good that is. Only if you use Mircosoft’s email or other services. Google’s already winning this war. I’d use a Google portal. I’m tied to Gmail, and have started using Google Reader. That’s how i wandered onto this [ READ MORE ]

SavING

I need to start saving. ING Direct‘s savings options look pretty good—no fees or minimums [Quicken or Microsoft Money. I’ve been sort of using a simple Excel sheet mostly to keep track of my bills and make sure i have enough to pay them. But it’s too manual. And only a narrow view of all [ READ MORE ]

The Years