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Money-saving gifts for the crafty sort: be awesome & save cash.

Money sucks right now for a lot of us. Everywhere I look there’s someone lamenting over what they can get for people for Christmas, without relying on something from the dollar store. How can you give a gift that really says, “hey, I fucking love you!,” without breaking your bank and your relationship with the [...]

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Stinky and scary: tips and tricks for bus travel.

Bus travel is often one mode of transportation that doesn't get a lot of coverage or consideration. It isn't the most glorious means of travel, but for a day or two it's really an ideal means of getting places and CHEAP. Did we mention CHEAP? We like CHEAP. CHEAP is good. Here are some tips and tricks on bus travel. CHEAP!

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Time & Money Saved. Shawn’s Easy Computer Tips: Part III

Alrighty, kids, we’re about 80% into our better computing lifestyle and so far we’ve focused pretty much on the computer, now it’s time to grab the mirror and take a good hard look in it. All of what I previously posted is completely useless unless the talking monkey sitting at it (that would be you… [...]

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Tabula Rasa: A clean slate and why it may not be bad for your blog.

Your heart is pounding, you have visions of all the wonderful comments and fun conversations had within every post. You spend hours reading other blogs, visiting to see what they’re using and what’s ‘cutting edge.’ You download plug ins and add ons and extensions to help promote your web blog, give a little back to [...]

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Time & Money Saved. Shawn’s Easy Computer Tips, Part II

In the last part of this guide, I spent some time laying the hardware foundations of your computer system. In this portion of the guide we’ll spend some time discussion tips tricks and tweaks for making your operating system to get the most out of your hardware. There are many good options for your OS, [...]

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Time & Money Saved. Shawn’s Easy Computer Tips, part I.

I wasn’t always a customer service manager. In a former life I worked for–and at one point, owned–a small, honest, computer repair business; working on everything from large office networks to private home computers. Unfortunately, as usually happens with any good business, the market became crowded and turned into the abusive used car lot that is [...]

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