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Archive for the 'Capitalism' Category

How to Use the Internet to Save 15% on Your Rent

Sunday, July 18th, 2010

Since 2008, I’ve dropped over $150 from my rent payment through a simple feed from Craigslist. Here’s how I did it.

Seventeen07: From pretentious to desperate

Saturday, October 4th, 2008

Update Oct. 20, 2008: The auction was yesterday. Matt at Urbnlivn reports that 14 of the 17 units sold, while 3 were held back. No word on prices yet. Update Oct. 21, 2008: According to the Daily Journal of Commerce, the auction brought in $3 million for 14 units, (subscription required) or an average of [...]

When Starbucks competes with itself

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008

At my local QFC supermarket there’s a Starbucks counter just inside the entrance. They sell coffee beans for $10.49 a pound, in bags of a pound, pre-measured and sealed. In the coffee aisle of that same QFC, they sell Starbucks coffee beans in sealed bags for $11.99 for 12 ounces. That works out to about [...]

Planning a trip the 21st-century way

Saturday, April 5th, 2008

In June and July 2008, I’m going from Seattle to Providence to New York to Rome to Tuscany to Venice to New York to Seattle with a backpack full of digital goodies.