///Sponsored Video Advertisement about New Zealand/// This post is sponsored by Tourism New Zealand, insofar as I’ve received compensation to display the video, but not to provide any links or specific opinions about New Zealand. I will say – this is an uncompensated opinion – that New Zealand is a cool country. I’ve always been interested …
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On Tuesday, I re-posted a bunch of “life hacks”. One of these life hacks recommended using toothpaste for vehicle headlight restoration. This headlight restoration hack really piqued my interest. Headlight restoration kits can get pretty expensive considering they’re glorified cleaning products. My 2003 Malibu wasn’t in desperate need of headlight restoration, so I wouldn’t pay $20 for …
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“Emergency Fund: Do You Really Need One?” is a post by Adina J, a freelance writer, TimelessFinance contributor, and author of Blue collar / Red lipstick. Wait, don’t run away! I promise this is not one of those emergency fund posts. Notice the question mark in the title? It’s there for a reason. So hear me out … pretty …
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What’s a Life Hack? According to Wikipedia, a life hack is “any sort of trick, shortcut, skill, or novelty method to increase productivity and efficiency; in other words, anything that solves an everyday problem in a clever or non-obvious way.” I saw some great “life hack” images while using StumbleUpon and then found another set …
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The Basic Survival Kit Everybody should have a 72-hour survival kit. If you don’t have one, make one. It’s easy and essential. It doesn’t need to cost you a bunch of money. A lot of components can be obtained at the dollar store. The government is incredibly incompetent — don’t count on their ability to …
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///TF2 – Mann vs. Machine/// My favourite computer game, Team Fortress 2 (aka TF2) just got a new game mode called “Mann vs. Machine”. Essentially, instead of the game’s traditional dynamic of two teams of human players trying to kill each other, it’s a cooperative mode where human players work together to stop robots. I’d …
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I Roll Coins and So Can You!! I’ll get to the instructions on how to roll coins in a minute. A friend of mine (and/or this guy) forwarded me a personal finance article about “How to Write a Check”. For us Canadians, that’s “How to Write a Cheque”. It’s exactly the kind of painful Trent Hamm-esque …
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“Tracking My Spending: Why I Stopped” is a post by freelance writer, TimelessFinance contributor, and author of Blue collar / Red lipstick, Adina J. As of this month, I have stopped tracking my spending. I don’t track my spending, nor my husband’s. To devotees of Gail Vaz-Oxlade (a.k.a. “GVO”), or of most personal finance blogs …
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Today’s guest post about conscious spending is from Anna, owner of Canadian shopping community, Bargainmoose.ca. On Bargainmoose you can find the latest promotional codes, shopping deals and freebies, and other daily ways to save on purchases. Conscious Spending: Four Tips from a Pro If you were to ask yourself how much money you spent on snacks …
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OCTOBER 1ST 2012 UPDATE: AMAPCEO has negotiated a shamefully bad tentative agreement with the employer that sacrifices half our vacation just to get small salary increases for some Members (a.k.a. MORE Union dues). Please read this article about why we should vote “NO” on ratification of the tentative agreement. The Ontario provincial government, led by …
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