Archive for September, 2009

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009

AT&T Uverse – Yes I Dumped The Dish

Well I feel like I might have made a deal with the devil but I had little choice as I became desperate for higher speed internet.   The problem began when I started my MBA and realized that I would need to do a great deal of research for my classes online and the 768k internet [...]

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Monday, September 21st, 2009

Google Voice vs. Big Telco (and Everyone Else)

Last week I wrote about my options for replacing my lost cell phone but I didn’t write what prompted my Google Voice quest.   After I lost my phone, I went into a Big Telco carrier outlet (which one doesn’t matter because they’re all the same) and I asked the clerk for the “cheapest” phone they [...]

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Sunday, September 20th, 2009

Amazon’s and iTunes Lost Millions in Sales

I’ve just about had it with iTunes and Amazon.  This weekend I tried buying some items from iTunes only to be greeted with the following: So nearly every time I log on to iTunes to purchase something, I am expected to “upgrade” the damn iTunes application so I waste 20 minutes downloading and installing the [...]

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Saturday, September 19th, 2009

Remember The Good Old Days of Pensions, 401k’s and Health Insurance

This is a future post scheduled for September 16, 2029.    It is the year 2029 and the last major corporation has just announced that it will no longer provide health insurance to any employee, the employee must buy their own insurance policy.   Many people have seen it coming for years though as health insurance coverage [...]

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Friday, September 18th, 2009

Chase’s New “Blueprint”

I logged on to Chase today and was surprised to see a splash screen for “Blueprint” so I clicked to find out more as I was a bit intrigued and discovered that Chase is finally doing something right but I’m not sure how right it is at this point.    The “Blueprint” are essentially some tools [...]

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Thursday, September 17th, 2009

Save For Retirement or Dead At 50?

It started with this story about a co-worker I wrote back in 2006 and with the recent deaths of Tim Russert, Billy Mays, Michael Jackson and Natasha Richardson and Patrick Swayze have rekindled my interest in trying to understand what it is that I want to accomplish in life. While 50 seems like a long [...]

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Wednesday, September 16th, 2009

Planes, Trains, and Ships Are Stilling Idle

This news story is making the rounds in the economic blogosphere and I decided to do a little research to find out a little more but first, the news: The biggest and most secretive gathering of ships in maritime history lies at anchor east of Singapore. Never before photographed, it is bigger than the U.S. [...]

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Tuesday, September 15th, 2009

In Philadelphia, One Frugal Idea Is Dead

Remember those great frugal tips you read on some pf blogs?   One of the most recurring one seems to be to go to the library and check out books, dvds, and other items to save money.   I’ve even heard people suggest that you can get “free” internet at the library or simply hang out there [...]

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Tuesday, September 15th, 2009

Getting Rid of Your Cell Phone Google Voice Style

I recently lost my cell phone. Don’t know what happened to it, it just disappeared off the face of the earth. While researching new models, weighing the costs of a dreaded new 2 year contract, and trying to figure out what I would do, it occurred to me that perhaps I didn’t even need a [...]

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Monday, September 14th, 2009

Free Banking Is Getting Very Expensive and Draconian!

I received notice from one of my banks with the most draconian new change of terms I’ve seen in a while.   The terms are so draconian that there is even a clause in the agreement that I cannot link to the bank without their express explicit permission!   But the terms include some of the following [...]

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