So since I have been home I have been toiling away at cleaning my room. My whole life I have been a pack rat keeping the most useless things for no reason other then not wanting to throw them away. I went through all my stuff and ended up with 6 big green garbage bags full and 3 more full of old clothes that I just donated to the salvation army. It has been an adventure to say the least.
So what does this have to do with anything? I guess I could relate it to student life (I am a student and this is something going on in my life) but I think finance is a better thing to relate it to. You see as I cleaned away I found some old used things that I no longer have any use for like: old snowboard bindings, old computer stuff and an old digital camera. I have been thinking and there is definitely some way that I can make money off these things. The bindings I can probably ebay for 20 bucks (they cost 350 new 5 years ago) and the computer and camera stuff I can sell for maybe another 20.
Point is, if you are really short on cash clean your room. You never know what crap you might find that you might be able to pawn on the internet for a few bucks. Now I don't know if I will actually sell any of my crap, but if it works out I will inform you. I still have to post it all, which will be a time consuming process because I want a quality post. I am going to be truthful in the information i post about what I am selling because my goal is not to scam anyone but to make some money legitimately. Well that's it for today, I will post links to my ebay items when I get around to making the ebay posts, until then keep on truckin dear reader, keep on truckin.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Traffic
I'm not talking about the kind of traffic that you get run over by, or the kind you get stuck in for 6 hours, no I'm talking about internet traffic. I have been keeping at this bad boy for about 2 weeks give or take a few days, and my traffic is still zero. I maybe get 3 views a day from people who are not friends or family, and that's a big maybe. See those little gadgety things in the bottom right side of the page those are supposed to help bring traffic to my site, they do not work.
I have done everything I can think of to drive traffic to my site, but nothing seems to work that well. I have told people to come here, I have used those gadget things and nothing, hell I even tried quality posting and that didn't work. I ask you non-existent reader, help me acquire traffic. Digg my blog, thumbs up it in stumbleupon tell random people on msn to check it out, I ask you if you like this blog please help me because I am out of ideas. On the other hand it's not like I'm gonna stop posting if I don't get traffic it just feels like I am talking to a void, an abyss (and its not talking back). Also if you want to, please comment on posts, it makes me happy to see comments even negitive ones.
Now a bit of info, as you can probably tell I am going through an idea dry spell. I do not know what to post about. This is because of my lack of camera hardware and how my inability to take pictures of stuff is making my blog look bare, and also because my brain has entered summer mode. Maybe throught the assistance of certain materials I will do a random post...
Now due to lack of thinking I give you random youtube video yay:
I have done everything I can think of to drive traffic to my site, but nothing seems to work that well. I have told people to come here, I have used those gadget things and nothing, hell I even tried quality posting and that didn't work. I ask you non-existent reader, help me acquire traffic. Digg my blog, thumbs up it in stumbleupon tell random people on msn to check it out, I ask you if you like this blog please help me because I am out of ideas. On the other hand it's not like I'm gonna stop posting if I don't get traffic it just feels like I am talking to a void, an abyss (and its not talking back). Also if you want to, please comment on posts, it makes me happy to see comments even negitive ones.
Now a bit of info, as you can probably tell I am going through an idea dry spell. I do not know what to post about. This is because of my lack of camera hardware and how my inability to take pictures of stuff is making my blog look bare, and also because my brain has entered summer mode. Maybe throught the assistance of certain materials I will do a random post...
Now due to lack of thinking I give you random youtube video yay:
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Gardening
Right, so this is pretty off topic for me, but I can make it on topic. So I am starting a vegetable garden (pictures of said garden soon) and my seeds are now huge sprouts. I think this is going to become a new hobby of mine, gardening that is. It is actually pretty fun and easy, all you do is put some seeds in dirt and they grow. It's kinda like playing god on my own micro scale. Once I get a camera I will have pictures of said garden( the picture is not my garden but will do until I get a camera), but until then reasons for growing your own food.
1.) As a student access to healthy food is often limited because for some reason healthy food costs more then junk. So by paying 30 bucks for pots, seeds, soil and a seedling tray you can grow your own healthy food and never run out. If you manage to grow inside and harvest seeds you won't have to pay again.
2.) It's organic(if you want), you can choose how your food is grown. You can decide if you want to use pesticides, if you want to use fertilizer or whatever. You are in control of your food from seed to harvest.
3.) It's a bit of exercise. If you plant outdoors in the spring you have to till the soil, dig a plot, plant, put up fencing to keep critters out. A bunch of activity, now it won't replace going to the gym but it gets you off the couch and doing something enjoyable.
Well that's my rant on why veggie gardening is good for students. I guess it is still irrelevant but I have been on a dry spell for post ideas lately. For those who care/read I am still broke (cashing my change just allowed me to pay my credit cards). However I am no longer starving as I am home feeding off my parents and their well stocked fridge. So now I guess its summer posting time. I have applied at like a million jobs and am now waiting for calls (if i don't get a call in 3 days its follow up time). So that's it, to my non-existent reader base I bid you all good day.
Monday, April 27, 2009
Saving Change
Well I am home now, and after some craziness with unpacking and other welcome home activities I am now settled in. Today I broke open my piggy bank that I have been putting change in for the last year. I sat and counted all my quarters and other loose change for about an hour. At the end of that I had over a hundred dollars all rolled up in little change rolls from the bank. This brought a vision about a new blog post, how to save change.
This sounds like a simple enough endeavor for someone to do, but I am surprised that not that many people do it. All it takes is some self control and a jar and you too can save hundreds of dollars in change.
First thing to do is find a suitable vessel for your change (mine is a old washed out pickle jar) and cut a slot in the lid so you can slide change in.\
Now all you have to do is put change in it and do not take that change out until you are ready to count and deposit it. Every time you come home with change jingling around put it in that jar, do not spend from that jar just deposit. This is where the self control comes in because eventually you will notice all the loonies and toonies in the jar and want to reach in and grab some spending change, don't do this. If you can wait the pay off will be a lot more in the end.
That's basically it, just put change in a jar and do not take it out. Don't spend with change either just bills. Now this is of course not a way to actually make money, but it is a good way to force yourself to save money. I have been doing it for the past 3 years and every cash out has been more then a hundred dollars so it works. Well that's my advice for the day, now back to job hunting.
This sounds like a simple enough endeavor for someone to do, but I am surprised that not that many people do it. All it takes is some self control and a jar and you too can save hundreds of dollars in change.
First thing to do is find a suitable vessel for your change (mine is a old washed out pickle jar) and cut a slot in the lid so you can slide change in.\
Now all you have to do is put change in it and do not take that change out until you are ready to count and deposit it. Every time you come home with change jingling around put it in that jar, do not spend from that jar just deposit. This is where the self control comes in because eventually you will notice all the loonies and toonies in the jar and want to reach in and grab some spending change, don't do this. If you can wait the pay off will be a lot more in the end.
That's basically it, just put change in a jar and do not take it out. Don't spend with change either just bills. Now this is of course not a way to actually make money, but it is a good way to force yourself to save money. I have been doing it for the past 3 years and every cash out has been more then a hundred dollars so it works. Well that's my advice for the day, now back to job hunting.
Friday, April 24, 2009
Lack of posting
Sorry to anyone who has been wondering why there has been a lack of new material lately. I finished my finals on Wednesday and have been busy doing things you do after finishing finals. I probably won't have a new quality post until Monday as I pack up my stuff and move out and unpack my stuff and get resettled. I just want to say that this has been one of the best times of my life. I met some amazing people that I will never forget, they know who they are. Well my loyal and mostly non-existent reader base, this is it until Monday.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Quick Rant
Okay I have a quick and not so unique rant. I don't know for sure but I think 'quick rant' might be an oxymoron. Anyway, this is about something that every somewhat tech savvy person has ranted about at one time or another, DRM. All I can say is that I hate it, I came to this conclusion a a long while ago, but it was made even more clear last night as I fiddled around with my roomies iphone. DRM ruins software and it ruins hardware and in my opinion it is what will eventually bring apple down.
See once all the apple people get over how pretty their hardware looks and how "omg macs kill pc's anyday" (which is a moot argument there are so many differences its basically apples and oranges), they will see what DRM is doing to it. Once all these mac heads with their iphones and i-(insert word here)'s realize that their hardware is the perfect platform for crippling DRM software sales will start to drop. The reason this gets me upset is that were it not for the fact that every mac product is crippled from the beginning they would have some of the best tech out there. It's a shame really, to see a company forced under by software meant to protect its income.
About DRM in general though, it is the most ineffective waste of money thing that a company can do to try and save money. When it comes to pc's, where users have more control, DRM is useless. I think that the hardware and software manufacturers out there need to take a step back and re-evaluate their positions. DRM does not save money and it makes legitimate users suffer. To combat the "losses" that piracy brings companies should try to make quality products that garner consumer gratitude and loyalty. This in my opinion would make people actually want to pay for stuff, of course some still won't, but its better then the current strategy where every customer is treated like a thief.
Well that's my rant, not so short I guess and most likely non-sensicle, but I think that's another characteristic of a rant, aren't they supposed to not make sense?
See once all the apple people get over how pretty their hardware looks and how "omg macs kill pc's anyday" (which is a moot argument there are so many differences its basically apples and oranges), they will see what DRM is doing to it. Once all these mac heads with their iphones and i-(insert word here)'s realize that their hardware is the perfect platform for crippling DRM software sales will start to drop. The reason this gets me upset is that were it not for the fact that every mac product is crippled from the beginning they would have some of the best tech out there. It's a shame really, to see a company forced under by software meant to protect its income.
About DRM in general though, it is the most ineffective waste of money thing that a company can do to try and save money. When it comes to pc's, where users have more control, DRM is useless. I think that the hardware and software manufacturers out there need to take a step back and re-evaluate their positions. DRM does not save money and it makes legitimate users suffer. To combat the "losses" that piracy brings companies should try to make quality products that garner consumer gratitude and loyalty. This in my opinion would make people actually want to pay for stuff, of course some still won't, but its better then the current strategy where every customer is treated like a thief.
Well that's my rant, not so short I guess and most likely non-sensicle, but I think that's another characteristic of a rant, aren't they supposed to not make sense?
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Re-evaluation
Now I know that this is probably not the norm, to get partially established in something the review and change it. But that is what i am going to do. I am going to alter my main topic from finance to three things. I looked at the name of my blog and that gave me my three topics.
Broke: the first word in the URL this will be finance related stuff (from student perspective).
Starving: this will be food related stuff, such as recipes and pictures of food I want to eat, stuff like that.
Student: these will be posts about student life, interesting things, and random stuff that I think and decide to post, basically misc. posts.
So that's my plan, I am not taking this in a whole new direction, rather I am broadening my topics, should be fun.
Broke: the first word in the URL this will be finance related stuff (from student perspective).
Starving: this will be food related stuff, such as recipes and pictures of food I want to eat, stuff like that.
Student: these will be posts about student life, interesting things, and random stuff that I think and decide to post, basically misc. posts.
So that's my plan, I am not taking this in a whole new direction, rather I am broadening my topics, should be fun.
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