October 2008

Send your name to outerspace for free!

October 10, 2008

Members of the public can send their names around the earth on NASA’s Glory satellite,  the first mission dedicated to understand the effect of dust and smog. If you sign your name up here, you get a certificate from NASA and will have your name recorded on a microchip on the spacecraft. The deadline to [...]

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What the Wall Street mess means for us

October 9, 2008

Wallet Pop has a nice slideshow about the eight ways the financial downturn impacts regular folks. Among the changes1) Harder to get credit2) Harder to get student loans3) Harder for people with bad credit to get a loan4)Good holiday deals (rejoice!) Has anything in your life changed since the Wall Street meltdown?  What have you [...]

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Free book online (and it’s not from the library)

October 8, 2008

Magic for Beginners, a collection of short stories, is available to download for free! Click here for more information. What books are you currently reading?

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Starbucks wastes 6 million gallons of water daily

October 7, 2008

An investigation by a UK newspaper says that Starbucks wastes enough water daily to quench the thirst of an African nation. The coffee giant has a policy to keep water running while utensils are being cleaned. The company has the policy to cut down on germ build up in sinks and to wash away food [...]

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Operation Frugalista: Surviving the Night Life

October 6, 2008

I went to a free Jazmine Sullivan concert, recently. I had the night of fun and fabulous frugality planned perfectly. I closet shopped, wearing a raspberry-colored dress I bought this summer for my journalism convention. I wore my favorite rhinestone teardrop hoop earrings.  The concert doors opened at 10 p.m. at the Delano Hotel ; [...]

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Banks cut credit to consumers

October 2, 2008

Because of the financial crisis, banks are getting stingy with credit.  If you go on a charging spree, the bank may lower your card limit without warning. It doesn’t matter if you are a diligent consumer. The banks have limited cash and are scared to take risks. From the CNN article: … the percentage of [...]

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Jay Z gives free concert for Obama campaign

October 1, 2008

I stole this from our Naked Politics blog at the Miami Herald: Hip-hop superstar Jay-Z will give a free concert at Bayfront Park in Miami Sunday to promote voter registration and Democrat Barack Obama’s campaign. Monday is the last day to register to vote for the Nov. 4 election, and the Obama campaign has been [...]

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Senate to vote on financial rescue plan today

October 1, 2008

Are you all following our nation’s financial mess? It’s surreal to me. Today, the Senate is going to vote on the $700 billion bank bailout. The House gave the bill the boot on Monday. From a CNN article: The bill, if approved, would allow the federal government to buy troubled mortgage-related investments from financial institutions, [...]

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