Now is the Time to Buy a First Generation E-Reader
Amazon, B&N, Kobo, Sony, and many others have recently released large color Android tablets/e-book readers out into the wild. Effectively the third generation of e-book readers, these tablets...
View ArticleA Preview of My Upcoming Fourth Book, A Direct Sequel to Live For Free
While I sit here in bed, my body fighting the last remnants of a flu virus that had me knocked out for days, I am reminded of the past times I’ve been bedridden. Post-surgery, post-motorcycle...
View ArticleYou are Buying This for Life!
The economic potential of amateur pc computer resale has changed, almost completely disappearing since I wrote “Live For Free” (LFF), and is declining for apple computers steadily. This makes a direct...
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Goodbye Paypal, Goodbye Ebay
I considered titling this post many things. Ebay: 15 years of asshole buyers Paypal: Your game is up and it’s about damn time I’ll never get screwed by Paypal again! I’ll never get screwed by Ebay...
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Patch Yourself Up A New Pair of 4$ DumpsterPhones
While I’ve owned many, many pairs of headphones over the years, these are my favorite. While perusing the local Goodwill outlet (the ones where you rummage through dumpster bins), I stumbled upon an...
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Sometimes You Get Lucky
Though it’s been many a year since I wrote my first article about thrift stores, they’re still one of my favorite places to shop. Sometimes, it’s like all the stars align to grant you a deal of a...
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Secondhand Saturdays: Find of The Century?
Screw cyber Monday. To hell with black Friday. My consumer dollars are spent at the thrift shops around the nation. I believe in “Secondhand Saturday.” After 20 years of thrift shopping (and 10 years...
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Oubastet’s Wager
Thousands of years ago, man was the dominant species on this earth. Horses, camels, mules, dogs, all manner of beasts bowed to his might. Man tilled the earth, brought forth grain for beer, raised...
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Open-Sourcing a Fable (Oubastet’s Repository)
I wrote a fable when I awoke this evening. It wasn’t perfect, but it’s out there and I like it. How then, will I track and improve it, sharing it with others? How would we know fables if they had not...
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Simplify
Life is complicated. Can I say 1000 words with a photo? What if I put words in the photo? Mind blown, I know. At any rate, in the ongoing effort to simplify my life (one blog post at a time) I decided...
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