random bits and pieces… for slightly more coherence, check out irregular payments!Tumblr (3.0; @irregular)http://irregular.tumblr.com/<a href="http://www.technotheory.com/2007/06/dreamline-worksheet-a-follow-up-to-the-four-hour-workweek/">Dreamline worksheet: a follow up to the Four Hour Workweek</a>: <p>a prettied up version of Tim Ferriss’s dreamline calculation</p>http://irregular.tumblr.com/post/6641294http://irregular.tumblr.com/post/6641294Tue, 24 Jul 2007 13:23:30 -0500<a href="http://www.save-electricity.ca/index.html">PowerCost Monitor</a>: <p>Why isn’t every utility company offering something like this?</p>http://irregular.tumblr.com/post/5195934http://irregular.tumblr.com/post/5195934Sun, 08 Jul 2007 02:03:36 -0500<p><blockquote><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-Scotus-Kays-Kloset.html">…the court said that agreements on minimum prices are legal if they promote competition.</a></blockquote></p>http://irregular.tumblr.com/post/4489892http://irregular.tumblr.com/post/4489892Thu, 28 Jun 2007 14:28:34 -0500<a href="http://www.ticonline.com/buffett.partner.letters.html">Warren Buffett shareholder letters - the early years</a>http://irregular.tumblr.com/post/4201596http://irregular.tumblr.com/post/4201596Sun, 24 Jun 2007 23:44:20 -0500“I live very simply, and I’ve discovered that half of the so-called luxuries that people strive for do not provide happiness. My happiness comes from my children, my wife, my house that I love that I live in.”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSN0634315020070607?pageNumber=2">Police Drummer Stewart Copeland on living simply</a></em>http://irregular.tumblr.com/post/3373281http://irregular.tumblr.com/post/3373281Tue, 12 Jun 2007 10:24:28 -0500<a href="http://www.uesp.org/index.html">Utah Educational Savings Plan</a>: <p>They may be crazy religious freaks, but at least they know how to save a little money for their kids… ;)</p>http://irregular.tumblr.com/post/2999212http://irregular.tumblr.com/post/2999212Tue, 05 Jun 2007 16:05:58 -0500<a href="http://www.spreeder.com/">online speed reading application</a>: <p>Over the years, my reading feels like it’s getting slower and slower - I appear to have acquired the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subvocalization">subvocalization</a> habit.</p> <p>Here’s a little tool I stumbled upon to see if I can un-acquire that! ;)</p>http://irregular.tumblr.com/post/2282625http://irregular.tumblr.com/post/2282625Tue, 22 May 2007 15:54:56 -0500<p><a href="http://www.paperbackswap.com/index.php?n=6"><img src="http://www.paperbackswap.com/images/icons/pbs_button_1L.gif" align="right" height="102" width="182"/></a></p> <p>As if I need more ideas on books to read, the ever excellent <a href="http://www.thesimpledollar.com/">Simple Dollar</a> offers up three more in <a href="http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/05/04/101-goals-in-1001-days/">his 101 Goals in 1001 Days</a> list:</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/modernlibrary/100bestnonfiction.html">The Modern Library 100 Best Nonfiction</a></li> <li> <a href="http://www.listsofbests.com/list/28">Pulitzer Prize Winner for Novel/Fiction </a><br/> </li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Book_Award">National Book Awards</a></li> </ul> <p>Going to have to find a few of my boxes o’ books and add them to my <a href="http://www.paperbackswap.com/">PaperBackSwap</a> account so I can afford them… ;)</p>http://irregular.tumblr.com/post/1532380http://irregular.tumblr.com/post/1532380Fri, 04 May 2007 15:22:33 -0500<a href="http://www.lifereboot.com/2007/10-reasons-it-doesnt-pay-to-be-the-computer-guy/">10 Reasons It Doesn’t Pay To Be “The Computer Guy”</a>: <p>This group of reasons is about as dead on as I’ve ever read to describe why <a href="http://irregularpayments.com/2006/12/29/looking-ahead-to-2007/">I’m looking for ways to earn some extra money besides working on PCs</a>.</p>http://irregular.tumblr.com/post/1528484http://irregular.tumblr.com/post/1528484Fri, 04 May 2007 13:20:03 -0500<a href="http://us.whatsthecost.com/snowball.aspx">Snowball debt calculator</a>: <p>Very nice debt repayment calculator - allows you to compare the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0785289089/ref=nosim/marginalideas-20">Dave Ramsey</a> way (aka pay smallest balances first) versus the highest interest first method.</p>http://irregular.tumblr.com/post/1489636http://irregular.tumblr.com/post/1489636Thu, 03 May 2007 13:14:11 -0500<a href="http://www.iwillteachyoutoberich.com/blog/tell-me-a-story-about-your-debt">Tell me a story about your debt</a>: <p><a href="http://www.iwillteachyoutoberich.com/">Ramit</a> gets almost a hundred people to share a bit of  their debt stories…</p>http://irregular.tumblr.com/post/1231837http://irregular.tumblr.com/post/1231837Wed, 25 Apr 2007 16:12:48 -0500<a href="http://www.wisdomtree.com/home.asp">WisdomTree</a>: <p>An interesting twist on index investing. Might have to do a little experimenting…</p>http://irregular.tumblr.com/post/633400http://irregular.tumblr.com/post/633400Fri, 06 Apr 2007 00:02:13 -0500<a href="http://www.paperbackswap.com/index.php">Your source for swapping paperback books for FREE!</a>: <p>A library for those of us too lazy to go to the library… ;)</p>http://irregular.tumblr.com/post/492540http://irregular.tumblr.com/post/492540Sat, 31 Mar 2007 23:59:40 -0500“You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.”<br/><br/> - <em>Jack London</em>http://irregular.tumblr.com/post/432304http://irregular.tumblr.com/post/432304Thu, 29 Mar 2007 10:51:12 -0500<a href="http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Taxes/Advice/YoullWork4MonthsJustToPayTaxes.aspx">Almost done working for the government...</a>: <p>Just another month (or almost two, for you Connecticutians) to go before we’ve all finished giving the government our paycheck for the year. Tax Freedom Day just keep coming later and later every year.</p>http://irregular.tumblr.com/post/406990http://irregular.tumblr.com/post/406990Wed, 28 Mar 2007 10:40:09 -0500“There is no kind of dishonesty into which otherwise good people more easily and frequently fall than that of defrauding the government.”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/648.html">Benjamin Franklin</a></em>http://irregular.tumblr.com/post/356106http://irregular.tumblr.com/post/356106Mon, 26 Mar 2007 10:36:10 -0500<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/2Bis6fUSFxY&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2Bis6fUSFxY&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Make your own vision statement (via <a href="http://www.malcolmcohan.com/">Malcolm Cohan</a>)</p>http://irregular.tumblr.com/post/355861http://irregular.tumblr.com/post/355861Mon, 26 Mar 2007 10:22:16 -0500“Hit the ball.”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://www.sowpub.com/forum/showpost.php?s=81efd978235ae181b30e19cc4bfe0e1c&p=2035&postcount=1">Don’t make it so complicated…<br/></a></em>http://irregular.tumblr.com/post/346084http://irregular.tumblr.com/post/346084Mon, 26 Mar 2007 00:10:13 -0500<a href="http://www.iwillteachyoutoberich.com/blog/ramits-2007-guide-to-kicking-ass">Ramit’s 2007 Guide to Kicking Ass</a>: <p>But shouldn’t it have been for sale for <a href="http://www.7dollarsecrets.com/?e=sean@irregularpayments.com">$7</a> rather than $4.95? ;)</p>http://irregular.tumblr.com/post/310065http://irregular.tumblr.com/post/310065Fri, 23 Mar 2007 23:43:16 -0500“You should not confuse your career with your life.”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/3716/ebookebook-16-things-it-takes-most-of-us-50-years-to-learn">16 things it takes most of us 50 years to learn</a></em>http://irregular.tumblr.com/post/298110http://irregular.tumblr.com/post/298110Fri, 23 Mar 2007 10:30:25 -0500