Archive for December, 2008

31
Dec

Weakonomics Best of 2008 Awards

Posted by The Weakonomist in Wednesday, December 31st 2008   Comments Off   

I want to thank everyone for their input as I compiled the Best of 2008, your help was greatly appreciated.  Ultimately, these are Weakonomics awards so I did have the final decision.  Thanks and see you next year!
Websites:
Hulu – Watch your favorite TV shows online, free.
Goodreads – There is a whole Facebook social-networking thing here, [...]

under: banking, books, business, cars, economics, government, investing, jobs, lists, loans, media, personal finance, technology    
30
Dec

CNN Money’s 21 Dumbest Moments In Business 2008

Posted by The Weakonomist in Tuesday, December 30th 2008   Comments Off   

CNN Money put together a nice slide show of what they think are the dumbest moments of 2008 as they relate to business and the economy. Like most lists, even mine, some were great and others were a stretch. I’ve picked out a few of my favorites but make sure you click through [...]

under: banking, cars, economics, government, investing, loans, media    
29
Dec

The Weakonomist Writes for Qvisory:  Identity Theft

Posted by The Weakonomist in Monday, December 29th 2008   Comments Off   

Ah, the Monday after Christmas. You return to work and remember exactly how much the real world sucks. Though after spending so much time with family you were probably looking for the welcome distraction that is your normal life.
As I’ve talked to you before about, I occasionally do some posts for Qvisory. [...]

under: economics, jobs, personal, personal finance    
27
Dec

Weakonomics Weekend Edition: TinyURL.com Edition

Posted by The Weakonomist in Saturday, December 27th 2008   Comments Off   

So my friends, what did you get for the holidays?  If you go back a few weeks you can see I wanted the following for Christmas:

A few business books
Gift card to Kohls for work clothes
Lego Star Wars for Nintendo Wii
Cheap Tom Tom GPS navigation system

And I got this:

The Ascent of Money
Hot Flat and Crowded
Garmin Nuvi [...]

under: personal, technology, weakend    
26
Dec

5 Dead (But Functional) Trends I Rock Like A Champ

Posted by The Weakonomist in Friday, December 26th 2008   Comments Off   

On 12/24 we saw some of the male clothing trends that bother me.  Most of them are pathetic excuses to be trendy and flashy.  Admittedly though, I am not the most fashion forward person.  Yesterday I mentioned 5 such styles that aren’t especially great additives to one’s style cred.  Today I’ll walk you through five [...]

under: lists, personal    
25
Dec

5 Fashions I Rock, But Probably Shouldn’t

Posted by The Weakonomist in Thursday, December 25th 2008   Comments Off   

Yesterday, I took you through 7 styles that should be dead.  Today I’ll take you through 5 fashions I rock, but probably shouldn’t.  Keep in mind fashion doesn’t mean IN fashion.  We all develop our own personal styles, which is often a representation of who we are and how we feel comfortable.
Sweater Vest

Long considered only [...]

under: lists, personal    
24
Dec

7 Men’s Styles That Should Be Dead

Posted by The Weakonomist in Wednesday, December 24th 2008   Comments Off   

With all the bad news going on since, oh about January of this year, I thought we’d change the subject for a few days over Christmas.  The news is slow anyway.  Today is 7 men’s styles that simply kill me.  I laugh at people that follow these.  If you follow them, I’ll laugh at you [...]

under: lists, personal    
23
Dec

Haiku #7

Posted by The Weakonomist in Tuesday, December 23rd 2008   Comments Off   

Greenback is my friend
Euro is my good neighbor
Pounds are for weight, Brits

under: haiku    
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