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6
Nov

I’m Tired of Receipts

Posted by The Weakonomist in Friday, November 6th 2009   5 comments already   

Swipe, print; swipe, print; swipe print sign; swipe print sign…
These are the sounds of money leaving my accounts and moving into the merchant accounts of dozens of businesses all over town.  Restaurants, grocery stores, gas stations, clothing stores, book stores, office supply stores… you name it I swipe it.  Lately, I’ve been making more and [...]

under: business, personal finance, technology    
23
Oct

Stop Giving Away Your Information!

Posted by The Weakonomist in Friday, October 23rd 2009   6 comments already   

This is a short post today because the point is easy to make: STOP GIVING AWAY YOUR INFORMATION!!
Do you think you are one of the select few that does not give away your information?  What do you do when you make a purchase and the store asks for your phone number?  Yeah, you give it [...]

under: business, personal finance, technology    
9
Sep

The Weakonomist Buys a MacBook Pro

Posted by The Weakonomist in Wednesday, September 9th 2009   7 comments already   

Never in my life would I think I would cave and buy a Mac.  The iPhone purchase was a different situation, it’s not overpriced and it wasn’t purchased for its sexiness.  Though my first computer (back in the 80s) was a Mac I’ve been using Windows ever since.  Windows isn’t great, but it’s always gotten [...]

under: personal, technology    
6
Jun

Weakend: Microsoft Bing

Posted by The Weakonomist in Saturday, June 6th 2009   8 comments already   

If you haven’t seen in the news or noticed the commercials yet, Microsoft launched their new search engine this past week called Bing. Silly name, silly proposition.
Ever since Google came on to the scene Microsoft has been on a quest of epic proportions to beat them in the search game. In search traffic [...]

under: technology, weakend    
23
May

Weakend: Wolfram Alpha

Posted by The Weakonomist in Saturday, May 23rd 2009   2 comments already   

Let’s say Google is sitting in a bar, he’s had four shots of Jack and three beers.  A lovely lady who says her name is Vicki or something offers to buy Google a few more drinks.  She is pretty hammered too.  Naturally one thing leads to another and Google and the woman end up having [...]

under: technology, weakend    
13
May

Six Lessons Star Trek Can Teach You About Money

Posted by The Weakonomist in Wednesday, May 13th 2009   13 comments already   

Yes the same blog that brought you 6 Lessons Star Wars Can Teach You About Money is back again with money lessons taught by Star Trek.  As a warning, if you aren’t familiar with the Star Trek franchise you may not be able to follow every detail of the post.  This is written by a [...]

under: lists, personal finance, technology    
7
May

Text Messaging is the Biggest Scam of the 21st Century

Posted by The Weakonomist in Thursday, May 7th 2009   20 comments already   

Readers: The following post is lengthy to say the least.  The point of the post is obvious, what I do in it is break down the overall cost of text messaging compared to other data services.  Feel free to skip to the middle portion called “Cost Per Gigabyte of Data” for the interesting stuff.  I’m [...]

under: personal finance, technology    
11
Apr

Weakonomics Weekend Edition: Google Products

Posted by The Weakonomist in Saturday, April 11th 2009   7 comments already   

Before we get to the weekend edition I want to address some concerns that were raised with Wednesday’s post.  I used a term that offended a few readers.   I won’t repeat the word here, you can read the post for yourself.  I responded to each complaint but also wanted to speak out to those [...]

under: banking, personal, technology, weakend    
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